COVID-19 Help for families with autistic childlren

Dr. Shafali Jeste of the UCLA Center for Autism Research and Treatment shares insight and advice.

Stay at home orders, disrupted routines... hard enough for children and families but especially hard for children with autism.

We're joined via skype today by dr. shuh-fall'-ay jess-tay, with the ucla center for autism research and treatment.

Dr. jess.tay... how shoul* you talk to your child with autism... about covid 19?

- what are the biggest challenges of the pandemic for families of children with autism?

- how can families help with regard to coping to disrupted routines?

- tips for dealing with challenging behaviors caused by the stress and anxiety.

- what about continuing clinical care that's needed during social distancing and scool closures?

Thank you doctor jess.tay.

For more information and resources about autism and covid 19 visit the ucla website... we have a link under newslinks... at action news now dot com.## still ahead this friday noon hour...