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Lecture 6: Autism Spectrum Disorder (Srategies (functional communication,…
Lecture 6: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Symptoms: must show all 4
A: Social interaction deficits
trouble maintaining relationships
struggles with interaction
B: Fixations
student can get fixated on certain interest
Student will have repetitive behaviours
C: Must have shown symptoms in early childhood
D: symptoms must be a handicap for their life
Behaviour traits
Social Interaction
No touching
Lack of eye contact
closeness
unable to express emotions verbally
Repetitive Behaviours
words and phrases
fixations on interests
daily routienes
Sensory environment
ensure student is responding well to environemnt
Trial and error made need to be used if student is non verbal
Reduce sensory input load
Theories
Executive
lack organiation skills
Poor Central Coherence
Trouble problem solving and processing information
Mind
thinking about what others think
Srategies
functional communication
social skills
interactions
academic
cognition
How to?
No sarcasm
Explicit teaching
renforcement
sensory and biological factors
Behaviour Moderation
replace with something more approprate
modelling
Role play