A Journey Into the World of Autism 1/19/2009
**Although there is a range of intervention strategies designed for students
with ASD and used in many educational settings, there is no one intervention
or approach proven effective for every child with ASD (National Research
Council 2000).
To gain the most from any intervention or teaching strategy requires a
careful review of the family’s vision for their child; the student’s ability
to communicate, how they prefer to communicate, and the student’s cognitive
ability, learning style, adaptive behavior and independent daily living
skills.
More ideas:
* Use consistent classroom routines. For example, asking for help, frequent
breaks, putting away homework, getting assignments, bathroom breaks).
Consistent routines lower all students’ anxiety and increase their ability
to function independently in the classroom.
*Give visual instructions, rules and use visual classroom schedules. Use
their visual strengths along with visual reminders to increase their ability
to function independently both academically and socially. Picture icons and
social stories can encourage appropriate behavior and keep their attention
to tasks. For example, when jokes are appropriate, free time activities
allowed after completed tasks, and social stories about classroom rules.
Picture icons like Boardmaker or Writing with Symbols help to increase
student understanding. Use a picture or words system for independent work
listing the procedures and tasks to be completed.
1) Listen or read teacher directions,
2) Work on page 6, problem 1-4,
3) Put finished work in All Done folder,
4) Read car magazine when all done.
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