Build Early Knowledge and Skills

Before your child turns 5, it is often the parents responsibility to build the early knowledge and skills needed to be successful in school. This includes reading out loud to your child, modelling how to have social relationships, and building communication strategies. This is also a time where your child can role play independent living skills and participate in many activities with their nondisabled peers since they are also still developing. Parents should help their children become self-aware so they can start to understand their needs, wants, and likes. These activities are done primarily through daily interactions with your children and can be supported with resources from public local organizations.