Teaching Children

With Autism

By B

renda Heavin, Leslie

Fentiman,

Rochelle Birk, &

Valerie Doran

AUTISMS FIRST CHILD

• D o n a l d G r a y Tr i p p l e tt• 7 7 y e a r s o l d• N a m e m u s i c a l n o t e s a s b e i n g

p l a y e d• M u l ti p l y l a r g e n u m b e r s i n h i s

h e a d• C a s e 1 , 1 9 4 3

AUTISM TODAY• W o r d A u t i s m i s m o r e c o m m o n • R a t e o f A S D i n c r e a s i n g • N o c u r e

• Te a c h e r s n e e d t o u n d e r s t a n d d i f f e r e n t i a t e d i n s t r u c t i o n a n d t e a c h i n g s t r a t e g i e s m o r e t h a n e v e r y

Discrete Trial

• Teaches skills in smaller increments

• Introduced 1st in isolation, then add distractors

• Perform maintenance on mastered skills

Errorless

• Limits incorrect response in an instructional situation• Errorless minimizes the number of errors• Decreases errors in future trials• Reduces frustration in students

Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)

• Starts with single pictureexchange for a

preferred item

• Ends with using cards to communicate in full sentences

TEACCH

Floortime/DIR

Mapping

WHY THIS TOPIC?• Likely have children in

classrooms with ASD

• Need for knowledge

• Recognize what is important

• Guarantee success for student