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Training Series

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Southwest Ohio (RAAC-SWO)

Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Task Force

Adult Training Series ModulesAdult Training Series Modules

Module One: Autism Defined, Autism Prevalence and Primary Characteristics

Module Two: Physical Characteristics of Autism

Module Three: Cognition and Learning in AutismModule Three: Cognition and Learning in AutismModule Three Cognition and Learning in AutismModule Three Cognition and Learning in Autism

Module Four: Autism and Sensory Differences

Module Five: Communication and Autism

Adult Training Series ModulesAdult Training Series Modules

Module Six: Behavior Challenges and AutismModule Six: Behavior Challenges and Autism

Module Seven: Understanding Behavior in Persons with Autism

Module Eight: Functional Behavior Assessment

Module Nine: Autism and Leisure Skills to TeachModule Nine: Autism and Leisure Skills to Teach

Module Ten: Special Issues of Adolescence and Adulthood

Module Eleven: Safety and Autism

C iti d L i i A tiCognition and Learning in AutismThere is a wide range of cognitive There is a wide range of cognitive

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People with autism can plearn. It is up to us to

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Strategies for Learning DiffDifferences

Many people with autism understand better by seeing than hearing something. When possible, use a picture or written wordspicture or written words.

Actual objects mean more than photographs or line drawings for somedrawings for some.

They may have great memory for numbers, facts, directions but they may have a hard time retelling directions, but they may have a hard time retelling events. Use pictures or reminders to help remember past events.

Strategies for Learning DiffDifferences

Skills learned in one place may not be used in a new place. May have to teach the skill in each place it is used.

The person may not learn by watching others. We may have to teach them by going through each step. A list of steps can be helpful for some tasks. p pf f

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It might take longer for the person with ASD to think through what was said before they

bl t d Gi th tiare able to respond. Give them time.

They might not even see why they should respond. Prompt them to respond.

Some days it may be harder to concentrate or m y m ythe person may be more stressed, making it harder for them to think and learn.

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Visuals help with learning Visuals help with learning. This can be objects, jpictures, or written words.