THE CASWELL TIMES
Armstrong State
University Press
For the Requirement of EDUC 6300
Presented to: Dr. Kelly Broosher
Lauren Caswell, M.ED.
Year 2015, No. 6300-01F
Attention * ATTENTION* Attention
April is Autism Awareness Month!
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ASD fall on a continuum from relatively mild to severe. The
American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) states that
symptoms of ASD are wide ranging, the DSM-5 divides them into
two general domains: „social communication impairment” and
„repetitive /restrictive behaviors.”
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Prevalence
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Impaired Social Communication: Parents of children with ASD often notice that their babies
or toddlers don’t respond normally to being picked up or cuddled. Young children with ASD
might not show a differntial response to parents, siblings, or their teachers compared to other
strangers. Children with ASD often lack communicative intent or the desire to communicate
for social purposes. There is also a deficit in joint attention or the process by which one alerts
another to a stimulus via a nonverbal means, such as pointing or gazing.
Repetitive/Restricted Behaviors: People with ASD are prone to abnormal sensory perceptions.
They may display stereotyped motor or verbal behaviors: repetitive, ritualistic motor
behaviors such as twirling, spinning objects, flapping the hands, and rocking. There may be an
extreme fascination or preoccupation with objects and a very restricted range of interests.
Some experience hyperrespnsive or hypersensitivity or hyporesponsive or nonresponsive or
some form of combination between the two. Some people with autism experience a
neurological mixing of the senses, or synaesthesia (occurs when sensory or cignitive system
results in the stimulation of another sensory or cognitive system.
Visit Synapse.org to learn more information about ASD and classroom strategies at:
http://autism-help.org/index.htm
Instructional Considerations
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If you are looking for the most up-to-date news and professional guidance for you and your
child on the subject of autism, follow the link: http://www.autismparentingmagazine.com/
To visit the Autism Parenting Magazine.
References: Hallahan, D. P., Kauffman, J. M., & Pullen, P. C. (2015). Exceptional learners: An
introduction to special education (13th ed.) Pages 211, 212, 217, 218, 219, & 222.
The Prevalence is 5 times higher for
boys than girls. As with other
disabilities reasons for this disparity
vaary from males being biologically
more susceptible to neurological
dysfunction to professional having a
biased tendency to refer and/or
diagnose males when they exhibit
behaviors outside the range of
normalcy.
ASD occurs in all socioeconomic,
ethnic, and racial groups.
The prevalence rate is just as high, if
not higher, in Europe and Asia.
The reasons for the growth in
prevalence are disputable; A widening
of the criteria used to diagnose
autism, including thiose who are
higher functioning;A greater
awareness of autism in the general
public as well as the medical,
psychological, and educational
professions; Diagnostic substitution –
the phenomenon of persons now
being identified as having autism
spectrum disorder who previously
would have been disagnosed as
mentally retarded or as having
developmental language disorder.
Instructional Considerations
Direct Instruction of Skills: Applied
behavior analysis (ABA) is a highly
structured approach that focuses on
teaching functional skills and
continuous assessment of progress.
Functional behavioral assessment
(FBA) and Positive behavioral
intervention and support (PBIS) can
help reduce or eliminate inappropraite
behaviors. FBA involves determining
consequences ( purpose the behavior
serves for the person) and the
antecedents (things that trigger the
behavior). PBIS involves finsing ways
to support positive behaviors of
students rather than punishing
negative behaviors.