Son-Rise Program and Autism Ranking:

Audience

The Son-Rise program is aimed at parents and professionals caring for a wide range of people of all ages, including autistic children or children with other developmental difficulties. For example, the Autism Treatment Center of America website, accessed on 26 July 2016, claims that the Program is suitable for:

“Parents, relatives and caring professionals looking to generate meaningful progress in their children (ages 18 months through 60 years) challenged by Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), Asperger's Syndrome, High Functioning Autism and other related developmental difficulties”

The aim is not simply to copy the activity but to build trust. By doing the same as the child, the adult shows the child that he or she is loved and accepted without judgment. It then becomes much easier to build a relationship. As the relationship develops the adult is able to use the child’s own motivation to teach him or her new skills based around his or her own interests.

Updated

16 Jun 2022

Last Review

01 Oct 2016

Next Review

01 Mar 2023