To get the most out of your child's time with FindMe, read below for ideas on how to make use of the app, and feel free to share your own thoughts in the comment section below.

Focus Activity

Recognizing and remaining attentive with other individuals in social settings can be difficult for many ASD kids. Incorporate FindMe into your child's daily routine in order to solidify and test out her social attention skills on a regular basis. FindMe gives kids an opportunity to develop their social attention skills at a young age, empowering them to focus on people in a room rather than being distracted by the environment or new surroundings. By using FindMe before or after social engagements where she'll be interacting with others, your child can learn to hone her focus skills for extended periods of time, especially as she uses the game longer and gets to more difficult levels.

Self-Control Activity

FindMe gives your child the ability to manage feelings of frustration or trepidation toward social settings. Ask your child to try to recognize when such feelings begin to arise -- whether she's feeling aggravated, distracted, or anxious -- and use FindMe as a tool to reassure her of her own Self-Control skills. The more she uses FindMe, the more comfortable she'll become recognizing and interacting with individuals when she's in the real world. Encourage and reward her when she uses FindMe successfully, and monitor her Self-Control skills as she progresses further into the more challenging levels of the game. Starting with small interactions -- like a friend or family member visiting -- you can draw connections between the app and real life, asking her to similarly attend to the real people she interacts with daily.

Find Me & Autistic Spectrum Disorder

One of the largest challenges of young children with ASD is overcoming issues involving the disconnect between people and the surrounding social experience. It can be difficult for ASD kids to focus more on nearby people over objects, toys, or other parts of the environment. FindMe provides a way for children with ASD to understand the differences between the world around them and the people they interact with. This is the first step to helping ASD kids communicate better with others. The more comfortable they become attending to others, the more likely they are to learn and grow from social experiences. Try the simple tips below when using FindMe with a child with ASD.

How to Use FindMe for Kids with ASD:

• Have your child use FindMe before attending school or a playdate. Beforehand, explore the differences between a person and an object. What characteristics set people apart? Talk about things like body language, conversation, and emotions; a flower can't smile, but a person can. As she discovers these differences, encourage her to explore them in a creative activity, perhaps drawing pictures to illustrate the people in her life.

• Use the 'distractions' in FindMe as a way of learning about the world around her. This can be a way for her to recognize the differences between things and people, but can also be a way for her to expand her interests and understand the world at large. When she clicks an object instead of a person in FindMe, take a moment to talk about it with your child. Did she click a flower? Talk about different types of flowers she might see as she walks around. This can be a great way of discovering her interests and encouraging her to explore the world around her.

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