elementary teaching assistant training 2012-2013 supports for students with asd
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ELEMENTARY TEACHING ASSISTANT TRAINING 2012-2013
Supports for Students with ASD
Supports for Students with ASD Overview
Environmental and visual supportsCommunication Supports
Social SupportsSensory Supports
Instructional Supports for cognitive style
Purpose of Environmental Supports
Creates predictability
Accommodates for receptive language deficits
Establishes routines
Assists with transitions
Increases independence
Decreases anxiety
Environmental Supports
Assist in understanding physical spaceDefine space (work space, personal space,
tape, specific defined areas)Minimize distractions (classroom placement)Organize space and materials (color coding,
specific placement for materials)Define work/schedule expectations (personal
schedule, expectations for work completion)
Environmental Supports-Work Systems
The following 4 questions should be visually available with the presentation of any task/activity
1.What is the work to be done?2.How much work?3.When will the work be done?4.What is next?
Communication Supports
Choice boardsSentence startersCue cardsScriptsVisual cues for rulesVisual breakdown of taskVisual schedulesTask organizersConcept mapsLow and high tech augmentative devices
Social/Emotional/Behavioral Supports
Supporting student interaction with others in their environment (peers and staff)
Support coping with anxiety
Support developing friendships
Support developing appropriate social behavior across environments
Use strategies listed in behavior support plan
Examples of Social/Emotional/Behavioral Supports
●Rule Cards
●Social Stories
●Visual supports –social routines, scripts, task organizers
●Feelings scale-5 pt. scale, zones of regulation, etc.
Purpose of Sensory Supports
Goal is always to have student be independent at regulating self
Keep a routineProvides support in keeping students’
arousal at a ideal level.Attempt to have natural or functional
sensory breaks. Occupational Therapist should be consulted
in any sensory diets/plans
Examples of Sensory Supports
Various sensory equipmentVisual supportsPreparing students for sensory aversions Provide coping/calming routinesBreak scheduleExercise routines
Examples of Academic Supports
Visual supports (objects, pictures, written directions, defined space for answers, concept maps, graphic organizers, word banks, and defined physical space, defined amount of work)
Peer supportPredictable routinesSmaller group instruction
Resources
Chapter 5 in Learners on the Autism Spectrum book
5 Column WorksheetChapter 3 in Quality Literacy Instruction
book