Essential Components of a Program of Instruction for Every
Student with ASDVI
NT ASD
VI
ASDASDVIVI
Expanded Core Curriculum for Blind/VI
□ Compensatory or functional academic skills, including communication modes
□ Orientation and mobility □ Social interaction skills □ Independent living skills □ Recreation and leisure skills □ Career education □ Use of assistive technology □ Visual efficiency skills □ Self determination
ASD Expanded Core Curriculum
□ Engagement□ Communication – expressive, receptive, nonverbal□ Play, Social Skills□ Sensory and Motor Skills□ Adaptive Behavior □ Challenging Behaviors□ Organization Skills
“Educating Children with Autism”
EXPANDED CORE ASDVI
Engagement Communication –
expressive, receptive, nonverbal
Play, Social Skills (including Recreation and Leisure)
Adaptive Skills
Organization Skills Orientation and Mobility
(include sensory and motor skills)
Career and Life Education
Self Advocacy
**Use of Assistive Technology and Visual Efficiency Skills to be considered for all above areas…
Critical Lifelong Goals
To tolerate people and value interactions (interdependence/cooperation)
To communicate intentionally and effectively
To organize information and learn meanings/purposes (words, events, routines)
To tolerate change and accept new experiences
To be independent of constant verbal direction
To self-monitor and manage stress
Assessment: To Build a Picture of the Child So that Everyone
Understands…
Be ready to answer the following as a result of your assessment:
How does the individual interact/interface
with the environment?
Are interactions (skills) generalized?
Building the Individual Student Profile:
1) How does the individual respond to sensory information?
2) How does the individual communicate? (receptive, expressive, nonverbal)
3) How does the individual play?4) How does the individual interact with
others?5) How does the individual respond to change
under a variety of conditions?6) How does the individual learn new
information?7) How does the individual perform skills
expected for his/her age?8) Develop plan for completing a task?9) What are the individual interests and
strengths?10)What is the individual’s primary learning
medium?
Critical Skills
“Learning to Learn” Skills
•Attending•Waiting•Response to instructions•Learning from prompts•Persistence•Staying on task•Observational learning•Asking questions•Asking for assistance
Assessment
□ Where?□ When?□ Under what
conditions?□ Generalized?
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Essential Components of Effective Program
Development for Learners with an ASDVI
Assessment:Understand and Use “Picture of the Child” as the Foundation
Generalization:Activities and Opportunities
1) Address sensory and biological needs
2) Provide appropriate reinforcement
3) Opportunities to communicate and functional communication systems
4) Concrete supports to assist with participation and understanding
5) Address task demands
6) Systematic, planful instruction
7) Data driven decision making
8) Appropriate level of instruction
Comprehensive Program of Instruction:
Evidence-Based Interventions
National Standards Report
□ http://www.nationalautismcenter.org/pdf/NAC%20Standards%20Report.pdf
National Professional Development Center□ http://
autismpdc.fpg.unc.edu/
CAPS
Purposeful Movement/O&M