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| Teaching your kid how to dance can make him build self-trust while learning. |
I’ve been covering various styles of art expression that Special Needs Children can practice and learn to improve their social skills and cognitive abilities for a joyful present and a better future. Today I’ll be talking about one that has a very different technique: Dancing. By dancing you can express emotions through movements; it doesn’t require communication because it expresses itself nonverbally. The dancer prepares their performance carefully and follows every step until he finishes.
We know for a fact that autistic children’s way of communication can vary from one child to another, but most of them do it nonverbally. When dancing, children can connect and channel their way of expression, while also opening up to their peers and instructor. There’s more: When dancing, music comes into play by making the kid focus on what he’s listening to and do sequences at the same time, making both sides of the brain work. There are also dancing therapies that base their teaching into further development of the connection of those hemispheres. Social interaction, not only with companions but with the public when there’s a show.
The courage needed for that can make them able to face real life situations, which require social interaction. There’s nothing more rewarding than seeing your children in stage doing choreography, showing what they have and proving everyone how wrong they were. When dancing in groups, they create bonds with other kids and grow in an interactive environment.
As a parent, you have to understand that before doing all this, you have to make sure your children is connecting with the activity, do not force things for him, it’ll make it worse in the end.
Special needs children understand and learn fast, they are able to become excellent dancers if you give them time and patience. All they expect from you is to love them and make efforts to connect, and if you can, make them practice sports too. With Autism Soccer you'll have both love and physical training, they'll be ready for dancing any time!
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| Incentivize them with compliments and keep reminding them how good they are. |
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