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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
Addressing Sensory Needs in the Classroom Environment
Occupational Therapist on the team will create an individualized “sensory diet” for each student that needs one.
Sensory diet is made up of activities that will help the student be ready to learn during the school day.
Activities in the sensory diet are things that should occur everyday and should be implemented through out the school day.
Sensory diet is a proactive approach, which means it helps to prevent problem behavior related to sensory needs and ensures the student’s body is ready to learn.
Big Idea
Sensory activities can and should occur in all
environments of the school including the classroom,
hallway, lunch room, specials, playground, and bus.
Sensory Diet ActivitiesThere are four types of activities that may be a part of a student’s
sensory diet.
1. Core Muscle Strength Helps improve posture, or how a student sits at their desk or
table in the classroom environment.
2. Crossing Midline (when a person is asked to take their right hand and reach across to their left side to do something, or vise versa, asked to take their left hand and reach across to their right side to do something) Helps with reading, writing, and math concepts.
3. Heavy Work Helps a student calm down and re-focus.
4. Calming Helps a student transition to the next activity.
Core Muscle Strength Activities
Yoga Poses
Dog
Cat
Bridge
Cobra
Superman
Popcorn
Scooter board
Ball activities
Crossing Midline Activities• Cross Crawls- standing,
sitting, front back
• Brain Dance
• Alphabet Crossover
• Arm Swings- front, back, cross-over
• Balance beam- forwards, backwards, sideways
• Yoga-Windmill, Pretzel, Hero
Heavy Work ActivitiesWall pushes
Chair push-ups
Yoga
Exercise bands
Jumping- on floor, mini-tramp
Pushing/pulling- give them a job “delivering” something
Calming ActivitiesYoga Poses
Peacock
Mouse
Do Nothing Doll
Waterfall
Hook-Ups/Bear Hug
Listening Ears
Dots and Squeezies
Big Idea
Sensory activities help students stay calm and organized so that they
can be open to learning.