Connecting the pieces of the puzzle for individuals with autism will set them up for success in their future.
This page has been enhanced to provide additional resources for teachers/parents/adults who work with individuals with autism. Putting all the pieces of the puzzle together maximizes success for each person on an individual level. Being an educator in a classroom for students with autism, my educational philosophy is to provide my students with the necessary skills required to function within society independently.
11/26/2022
Great book that includes everyone that works with any individual with a disability (teachers, parents, related service providers, etc.):
Comprehensive Literacy for All: Teaching Students with Significant Disabilities to Read and Write Comprehensive Literacy for All: Teaching Students with Significant Disabilities to Read and Write
11/08/2020
Here is a great resource that contains modules to help you learn different aspects of individuals with ASD:
AFIRM Modules | AFIRM AFIRM Modules are designed to help you learn the step-by-step process of planning for, using, and monitoring an EBP with learners with ASD from birth to 22 years of age. Supplemental materials and handouts are available for download.
11/10/2019
"Individuals with disabilities are more than their diagnosis. They are people first." Remember the importance of person first language!
Why It's Important to Use Person First Language Person first language allows us to focus on the whole person and their positive qualities.
Coming with a strong post since it has been a while. Great information from Autism Speaks in regards to challenging behaviors for our students/children with Autism. A great read to be able to best tend to the needs of our students/children in crisis situations!
Being a trainer in TCIS, this is an important piece to the puzzle in helping students in crisis situations and how to intervene to continue critical instruction.
Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) System Overview TCI System Overview A Child in Crisis Needs Help What kind of help and how it is given make a crucial difference between the child's learning from the experience or being set back. The Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) training program for child and youth care staff presents a crisis prevention…
10/15/2017
http://www.autism-community.com/what-is-teacch/
What is TEACCH? TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and Communication related handicapped CHildren) is an evidence-based service, training, and research program for individuals of all ages and skill levels with autism spectrum disorders. TEACCH was developed at University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill...
06/18/2017
A great book preview of "The TEACCH Approach to Autism Spectrum Disorder" by Gary B. Mesibov, Victoria Shea, and Eric Schopler. Comment your thoughts for discussion! Happy TEACCHing!!
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=zo3sInxa3Q0C&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=teacch+autism&ots=kvvik5hMa6&sig=ddjqebDthKvtJP5EAyNvLSoEZsw =onepage&q=teacch%20autism&f=false
The TEACCH Approach to Autism Spectrum Disorders TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication-handicapped Children) has grown over the past three decades from a small clinic for children to an internationally recognized treatment and support modality for individuals of all ages with autism spectrum disorders. In The TEACCH...