Hygiene

Changes to your child’s body during puberty means they will need to include new activities in their personal care and hygiene routines. For parents and carers of children with intellectual disability and autism this can raise concerns about how they will introduce these new skills to their child to help keep their bodies clean and healthy. They might be worried about teaching their child to shower more often, wear deodorant or how to support them to care for their skin as pimples and acne start to develop. In this episode of Puberty Bites we speak to Kathryn, a mother of a young man with autism and psychologist Zoe Semmler about different strategies you can use to support your child with hygiene as they go through puberty. Tell us what you thought of this episode https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V3X296X Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.