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Regional Autism Advisory Council of
Southwest Ohio (RAAC-SWO)
RAAC Training Committee 2011
The Basics of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Training Series
Training Series ModulesModule One: Autism Defined, Autism
Prevalence and Primary Characteristics
Module Two: Physical Characteristics of Autism
Module Three: Cognition and Learning in Autism
Module Four: Getting the Student Ready to Learn
Module Five: Structuring the Classroom Environment
Module Six: Using Reinforcement in the Classroom
Training Series Modules
Module Seven: Autism and Sensory Differences
Module Eight: Sensory in the Classroom
Module Nine: Communication and Autism
Module Ten: Communication in the Classroom
Module Eleven: Behavior Challenges and Autism
Module Twelve: Understanding Behavior in Students with Autism
Training Series ModulesModule Thirteen: Social Skills in the School
Environment
Module Fourteen: Functional Behavior Assessment
Module Fifteen: Working Together as a Team
Module Sixteen: Autism and Leisure Skills to Teach
Module Seventeen: Special Issues of Adolescence
Module Eighteen: Safety and Autism
Module Nineteen: Special Issues: High School, Transition, and Job Readiness
Training Series ModulesModule Twenty: Asperger Syndrome:
Managing and Organizing the Environment
Module Twenty-One: Asperger Syndrome: Addressing Social Skills
Social Skills and Asperger Syndrome
Social skills deficits is the one characteristic that we will see in all students that have a diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome.
This is an area that has to be addressed at every level and every age.
Social skills must be specifically taught, these students are just not going to get it through observations and repeated experiences.
Big Idea
When talking about social skills and students with Asperger Syndrome, it is more about the WHAT to teach
then the how to teach.
The Hidden Curriculumthe “WHAT” to teach
The Hidden Curriculum was developed by Brenda Smith Myles (2004).
The Hidden Curriculum is a set of rules or guidelines that are often not directly taught but are assumed to be known.
The Hidden Curriculum contains items that have an effect on social interactions, school performance, and safety.
There are things that most students “just pick up” or learn through observation.
The Hidden CurriculumThe Hidden Curriculum differs across gender.
Girls and boys interact with each other in vary different manners.
The Hidden Curriculum differs across age.The Hidden Curriculum for a 9-year-old is different
from that for a 16-year-old or a 25-year old.
The Hidden Curriculum differs depending on who you are with. Students use different language based on whether
they are with their peers or with the adults in their lives.
Big Idea
Never assume that a student knows even the most basic social
skills. These must be taught, sometimes over and over again
and in multiple locations.
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