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