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Originally Posted by Russ B
Well common sense (currently some peoples' Holy Grail in this thread) says I can't say what would have worked as, like the teaching assistant I have no experience on autistic children. But as a parent (perhaps my advantage over you here?) I do know what scares children.
The room she was in was 16 by 7 feet, had no windows and was sparsely decorated. I suspect her own bedroom (which I'm sure she'd have been used to having spent lots of time in it) would look different.
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But had a window of sorts(ie a hatch) looking on to the corridor.
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put her in the medical room, which was 16ft by 7ft and windowless apart from a small hatch looking on to the corridor.
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The NAS website says
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It is important to give the child a quiet, distraction-free learning area. Too many pictures, bright colours and noise could be difficult for some children to cope with.
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ie sparsely decorated