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Monday, July 30, 2007
Visual Schedules
Another interesting site that I recently visited is titled:
Special Education Services
Autism: Interventions andStrategies for Success
http://www.specialed.us/autism/index2.htm
This site is very informative and can really be used as a tool in developing educational programs for a child with autism. In this site, if you click on the crayon labeled Structured Teaching: Strategeies for Supporting Students with Autism, it describes a very important tool for the development of a child with autism. The tool is a visual schedule. A visual schedule will tell the child what events will occur and in what order which will help the child in a number of ways. It will help them with sequential memory and organization of time, expectations of them, anxiety, and transitioning. The example uses a "first-then" approach.
It also shows how to develop a visual schedule.
The specific page for the visual schedule is http://www.specialed.us/autism/structure/str11.htm
Special Education Services
Autism: Interventions andStrategies for Success
http://www.specialed.us/autism/index2.htm
This site is very informative and can really be used as a tool in developing educational programs for a child with autism. In this site, if you click on the crayon labeled Structured Teaching: Strategeies for Supporting Students with Autism, it describes a very important tool for the development of a child with autism. The tool is a visual schedule. A visual schedule will tell the child what events will occur and in what order which will help the child in a number of ways. It will help them with sequential memory and organization of time, expectations of them, anxiety, and transitioning. The example uses a "first-then" approach.
It also shows how to develop a visual schedule.
The specific page for the visual schedule is http://www.specialed.us/autism/structure/str11.htm
Communication Book
If you have an autistic child that attends school, make sure to have a communication book. A communication book is a way that the parent and teacher can provide information to eachother while the child is not with that individual. The parent can help the teacher by providing information about any unusual events that occured while the child was out of school. This information could be vital to the teacher and might provide some explanation why the child is acting in certain ways. Ex: The child could not sleep well the night before. The teacher then knows why the child is acting differently on a particular day. this communication is helpful to the parent as well. Since the child may have limited communiaction skills, the child may or may not communicate what they did during the school day. The teacher can then provide information to the parent and can help the parent understand what the child has gone through during the course of the school day. Ex: Teacher can explain what social skills they are working on in class, as well as, any positive/negative events that occured. The parents can then praise the child for any positive instances and reinforce the incident at home to encourage growth.
Austism Teaching Tools
I recently came across a website that had many useful lists of different teaching material for autistic children. The site recommendations list of reading books, art project books, and educationals manuals. It also has a list of TV shows that are considered educational, such as, Blues Clues (a favorite show of my cousin with autism), Pokemon, Transformers, and Dora The Explorer. The most useful link I clicked on was a discussion link which brought me to a page for people to interact with eachother about the subject of Autism. Through these discussions, information and ideas are easily exchanged from parents, professionals, and people interested in the subject. Yahoo also has many valuable message boards with a large group of members. View the Yahoo groups at http://health.dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/Health___Wellness/Support/Diseases_and_Conditions/Autism
The Autism Teaching Tools website can be viewed at http://www.autismteachingtools.com/
The Autism Teaching Tools website can be viewed at http://www.autismteachingtools.com/
Autism Research
There are no certainties on the causes of autism. Some scientists believe that it is environmental and some scientists think it is from genetics. Studies have shown that people with autism have irregularities in certain areas of the brain. Scientists have also found that there are abnormal levels of serotonin or other neurotransmitters in the brain. These abnormalities suggest that autism could result from the disruption of normal brain development early in fetal development caused by defects in genes that control brain growth and that regulate how neurons communicate with each other. Recent studies strongly suggest that some people have a genetic predisposition to autism.
Much research is being done to discover the causes of autism and help prevent it. Some of these sites might be useful:
National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR), at: www.naar.org/naar.asp
Cure Autism Now (CAN), at: www.cureautismnow.org/
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)'s Autism page, at: www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/autism.cfm
Organization for Autism Research (OAR), at: http://www.researchautism.org/
Much research is being done to discover the causes of autism and help prevent it. Some of these sites might be useful:
National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR), at: www.naar.org/naar.asp
Cure Autism Now (CAN), at: www.cureautismnow.org/
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)'s Autism page, at: www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/autism.cfm
Organization for Autism Research (OAR), at: http://www.researchautism.org/
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