If the educator gives the child sensory input that is intense enough, the child won't engage in the activity other times. When we try to stop the child's motor patterns, we cause the child more stress. A Safe Space Children with autism also need calming sensory activities or materials where they can go when they about to hit overload. They will go off for brief period of time and come back out. They need down time.
Visual Accommodations Use visual schedules for children with autism.
It doesn't matter if the schedule is created with objects, photos or symbols. The written word should always be used along with the symbols or photos so the child can pair abstract and symbols. Also, if the teacher uses color coding, he or she can build a visual syntax. Many times, teachers create these schedules and when the child memorizes them, the teacher stops using them. A better method is to continue using the schedule by having it serve as a transition tool.