Objectives: To assess the feasibility and effectiveness of an innovative curriculum designed to teach communicative receptive and expressive language to non-verbal children with autism through reading and writing.Methods: Randomized, controlled clinical trial of 18 children aged 513 years with autistic ...
engaging and hands-on activity. Students need to find the different ' regular' objects to the matching shapes that they belong to. The clipart images are copies of ' real life' objects. This activity is a great starter for you to encourage your students to look around them in their enviro...
“autistic child has trouble initiating a shared focus of attention”. Communication is another core problem: “Preschoolers diagnosed with autism may demonstrate delays in spoken language or may be completely nonverbal. They may simply echo what is said to them without meaning . Some children may...
Abbey was a 7 year old nonverbal girl diagnosed with Down Syndrome as well as autism. She communicated using signs and displayed a moderate receptive repertoire. She had been receiving discrete trial training for the 8 months she had been attending the facility prior to the start of her ...
Although the positive effects of the use of technology for students with learning disabilities (LD) have been reported, there is a lack of both theory and
In addition, these do not necessarily involve verbal or social skills. The aim of JeStiMulE is to compensate difficulties in intuitively understanding the social world through learning strategies adapted to the autistic cognitive profile. In this sense, using logical skills to teach emotions to ...
(2018) saw improvements in computational thinking for students on the autistic spectrum when using a Scratch based intervention. Similarly, in a separate study, the use of Scratch over an 8-week period saw learners with autism improve their social skills as demonstrated by observing their ...
visual supports can be referred to as the lifeline that helps the children get through their ideal classroomenvironment. They are key to aiding the children with ASD comprehend what is expected of them thus they can function properly. Students can focus o the relevant information. From the video...
Trainingisthekey!Preparethemtoworkwithanautisticstudent.3-RingBinder1.StudentswithASneedmoretimethanotherstudentstolearnhowtokeeptrackofwork,duedates,notes,etc.2.Putthefollowinginthebinder:AssignmentNotebook,Take-Homefolder,GivetotheTeacherfolder,Homeworkfolder,Extra’spocket,labels,reinforcements,paper.3....
to communicate graphically certain specific actions. Although PECS was developed for autistic people it has been used in a wide range of people with disabilities. Early AAC technologies quickly became more portable and less expensive and they are now being used in mobile applications. Furthermore, ...