What Makes Day Services Support Autism Effectively?
The quality of care for individuals with autism is not only dependent on how care is provided on an individual basis within the home or school environment. It can also depend on whether they are well-supported in a safe, social and very structured way during the daytime. This is where Day services to supporting someone with autism are so important. The purpose of this is certainly not to tick boxes or fill empty hours. Day services are most likely to work well when they are organised around what constitutes safety and control for the individual themselves. And that happens through a mix of trained staff, predictable routines and flexible activities. This blog dives into what makes those services actually work and not just sound good on paper. Environment That Feels Safe, Calm and Predictable If someone on the autism spectrum walks into a noisy, unstructured environment, things can go south quickly. That’s because sensory sensitivity, anxiety and uncertainty about what’s next can...