Interventions/Teaching Considerations

    In the search for information on ASD, professionals have found a several methods that help a child with autism function. According to Fred Volkmar and David Pauls (2003), "Goals of treatment include reduction of problem behaviors that interfere with learning, and fostering growth in areas, including communication, cognition, and self-help skills" (para. 35). Because each individual child is unique from the next, each goal needs to be shaped to that specific person. "For lower-functioning and younger children goals can include developing basic learning-to-learn skills and fostering communication. As the child acquires more symbolic abilities goals can shift from associative towards more conceptual learning" (Volkmar & Pauls, 2003, para. 34).

Here Sasha explains how she is able to run a class of junior high students who have autism. (No children are present.)

Here is a video on how secondary school teachers can accommodate ASD in the classroom.

This video is a little older than I would have liked to use, but it shows some great examples of ways teachers can accommodate young children who have ASD.