Temple Grandin Quotes About Teachers

Quotes about: Teachers

• I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher.

  Temple Grandin

  Teacher, Autism, Enough

  Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.

• I think sometimes parents and teachers fail to stretch kids. My mother had a very good sense of how to stretch me just slightly outside my comfort zone.

  Temple Grandin

  Mother, Teacher, Kids

• If you see a child with autistic-like behaviors at age two and three, the worst thing you can do is just let them sit and watch TV all day. That's just the worst thing you can do. You need to have a teacher working with that child, working on teaching language, working on social interaction, working on getting them interested in different things, and keeping their brain connected to the world.

  Temple Grandin

  Teacher, Children, Teaching

  "Talk of the Nation" with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. January 20, 2006.

• Some teachers just have a knack for working with autistic children. Other teachers do not have it.

  Temple Grandin

  Teacher, Children, Knack

  Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.

• Some autistic children cannot stand the sound of certain voices. I have come across cases where teachers tell me that certain children have problems with their voice or another person's voice. This problem tends to be related to high-pitched ladies' voices.

  Temple Grandin

  Teacher, Children, Voice

  Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.

• I had people in my life who didn't give up on me: my mother, my aunt, my science teacher. I had one-on-one speech therapy. I had a nanny who spent all day playing turn-taking games with me.

  Temple Grandin

  Mother, Teacher, Giving Up

  "Temple Grandin on her struggles and ‘yak yaks’" by Joan Raymond, www.nbcnews.com. February 02, 2010.

• You have to get autistic kids out and expose them to things, but do this without any surprises, so they know what to expect. You have to find skilled mentors to teach them things. For me, it was an aunt, and it was my science teacher. You need to find the things they're interested in and good at and expand on this.

  Temple Grandin

  Teacher, Kids, Aunt

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• If you have a 2-year-old who is non-verbal, don't wait until you get a diagnosis at 4. The child needs one-on-one teaching with an effective teacher now. This can be a grandmother or a teacher or someone from the community. Grandmothers are especially great. There are a lot of grannies around. Go to your church for help.

  Temple Grandin

  Teacher, Children, Teaching

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• Research is starting to show that a child should be engaged at least 20 hours a week. I do not think it matters which program you choose as long as it keeps the child actively engaged with the therapist, teacher, or parent for at least 20 hours a week.

  Temple Grandin

  Teacher, Children, Thinking

  Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 01, 1996.

• What parents and teachers and caregivers did with me that actually worked and a lot of that was the old fashion 50s upbringing. They just gave the instruction when I did something wrong - life was more structured. So basically it's [my work] based on experiences with me that worked and it was teachers and parents that made me have those experiences.

  Temple Grandin

  Fashion, Teacher, Parent

  "My Interview with Temple Grandin About Autism". Interview with Connie, parentcoachingforautism.com. September 27, 2013.

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