Even though autism was first described in the 1940s, little was really known about the disorder until the 1990s. Even today,there is a great deal that researchers, scientists, and health care providers don’t know about autism. But there are things that we do know about autism. This fact sheet offers broad information about autism and answers some of the more common questions that parents and families often have about the disorder.
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Interventions to Facilitate Social Interaction |
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Social Lives of Children With Autism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mkooYN0nn3I
Carol Gray: What Are Social Stories (TM)
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Develop a 1 to 2 page table of these elements (downloadable version):
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Identify a social skills deficit and provide a brief definition (a minimum of 5 social skill deficits must be included)
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Provide an example of how this might look for a student (i.e., “When Neil is introduced to a neighbor he does not look at the neighbor and walks away”)
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Provide a brief description of a strategy or intervention (i.e., “I will use social stories to teach Neil how to look at the neighbor and respond when introduced. Specifically, I will develop……..)
Please consider the below. You can choose to focus on these or create others:
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Four common social skills deficits include nonverbal communication, social initiation, social reciprocity, and social cognition.
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There are many strategies that have shown to improve social skills in children with ASD. Some examples of skill acquisition strategies include Social Stories, Video Modeling and video self-modeling, social problem solving, PRT, social scripting and fading.
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Provide an example of how this might look for a student diagnosed with ASD |
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Module 5: Communication Characteristics and Effective Interventions