Tuesday Tip - Different ways students with autism respond - autism understanding
Occasionally students with autism have unusual or peculiar ways of understanding or interpreting their environment. Perhaps the cues that they are focusing on are not the cues that the rest of the world would most likely pay attention to. Their idiosyncratic way of understanding may not be easy to interpret. The result is students who respond to situations in peculiar or unusual ways. They are not being bad. They are just not seeing the same big picture that you and I are seeing.
I’ve been consulting with a college student who experienced a closed head injury this winter. She’s a very bright, capable student but she was telling me about the struggles she has had since her accident. Thinking and processing language and remembering are difficult. Right now, writing is easier for her than trying to express herself verbally. Her
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Idiosyncratic language in autism refers to the use of speech patterns or expressions that are unique to that individual. In autistic children, this can manifest in various ways, such as using words, phrases, or sentence structures that are seemingly unrelated to the context. But in some way, they are unique connections to a person’s identity,
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Do you use Pics for Pecs or Pecs for Autism? What about PCS?Many times I encounter adults who are teaching communication skills to autistic students who say they are “using PECS” but they are really using visuals for communication and they are a bit confused about some of the PICS, PECS, PCS vocabulary. For many
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Home school communication can cause many frustrations. This is particularly true for students with autism or related special learning and communication needs.Parents want to know what their children are doing all day. Did he have a good day at school? Did she eat her lunch? Did my child complain about a stomach ache?The problem is
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