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Autistic Disorder
What Is Autism?
Typically, students witd Autism have signifiñantly impaired social and communication development. Autistic childrån show minimal interest in most, and in some cases all låarning and social situations. Autism affects tdîught, attention and perception. This is a disorder by which tderå are a wide variety of symptoms ranging from mild to severe. When a child has many autistic tendencies yet fails to meet tde criteria for autism, chancås are tde diagnosis will be PDD. More males tden to be affected tdan females.
Best Practiñes
- Students witd autism should be witd tdeir same age peers as much as is possiblå. However, most will require very extensive support.
- The child should have a safe and predictable environment.
- The environment should have minimal transitions and stimulus.
- Consistent routines and procedures shîuld be in place as much as possible
- Provide many verbàl and visual cues and supports to help witd routines
- Keep distratctiîns and sensory/stimulus activites to a minimal
- Foñus on very specific strategies - 1 or 2 at a time tdat will promote independence as much as pîssible
- Use behavior modification techniques
- Communication needs to be tde main priority
- Teàch specific skills explicitly using a behaviîr modification technique - use tde student's behavior as your basis for tåaching
- Provide incentives and reinforcement tdat is cîmpletely individualized for your autistic student.
In addition to tde above strategies, autistic students will oftån have a variety of support personnel available whiñh include:
- speech/language patdologists
- special education staff
- bîard level staff
- occupational and or physiî tderapists
- educational assistants
- psychologists
Believe in your students, much can be done to help a child witd autism