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Putting the Pieces Together
MNPS Autism Team
Supporting Individual’s with Autism in the Home
Autism Spectrum Disorder a complex developmental disability which affects
the physiology, biology, and neurology of the brain.
Inappropriate Behavior Responses
• Non-compliance • Tantrum• Aggression• Self-Stimulatory• Inappropriate Verbal
Commenting • Property Destruction • Inappropriate touching
• Bullying • Inappropriate • Self- Injury • Elopement/Leaving area• Off-Task • Compulsive/ Impulsivity• Withdrawal
Providing Structure
•Visual Strategies: are things that we see that enhance communication.
-Helps to reduce anxiety-Helps support understanding
Timers
www.timetimers.com
www.online-stopwatch.com
PICTURE SCHEDULES
Work First/Then Break Sit at table Eat dinner All done /Break
John’s Schedule Get shirt Put on Get Pants Put on Get socks and shoes Put on All Done
WRITTEN SCHEDULESGet pencil
Write name
Math
All Done
Visual Schedules
Visual Cues
Calendars
Reinforcement • Used to increase behaviors you want to see
again. • Should be immediate when teaching new
behaviors. • Increase delay in reinforcement as behaviors are
acquired. • The individual should be aware of what they are
working for. • Choice Boards • First/Then Boards• Token Boards
Choice Boards
Picture Resources •Mrsriley.com•Google Images • Boardmaker • Picture Card Maker- iPhone
First/Then Boards
Token Boards
Tokens are used to teach delayed reinforcement. The provide a concrete visual.• Give token immediately following a
behavior or/• Give token after a specified amount of
time with absence of the target behavior.
Token Board Example
Token Board Examples
Structured Work Systems• Teach independence skills • Provide concrete visual directives, embedded in
task• Clear beginning and end• Left to Right
www.TEACCH.com
Example:
Folder 1 Folder 2 Break Folder 3All done
Work Folder Systems
Embed visual instructions inside the folders
Visual Schedule
Index card system
Autism Team Ada Winford, Lead Teacher
[email protected] -----------------------------------
Lynnette White Hofmeister, Behavior Analyst [email protected]
--------------------------------------Adrienne Flannery-Reilly, Behavior Analyst BCBA
[email protected] --------------------------------------
Becky Sain, Exceptional Educator [email protected]
--------------------------------------Gladys Henry, SLP
Angela Vaughan, Exceptional Educator [email protected]
Thank you!
“If they can't learn the way we teach, we teach the way they learn”
~ O. Ivar Lovass
