FRHD 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Task Analysis, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Discrete Trial Training
29 May 2018
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STUDENTS WITH AUTISM
• Diagnosing autism spectrum disorder
o Criteria
▪ Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across
multiple contexts
• Social emotional reciprocity
• Nonverbal behaviors
• Developing, maintaining and understanding relationships
▪ Restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests or activities
• Insistence on sameness
• Fixated interests
• Hyper or hypo reactivity
o Prevalence
▪ Increasing
• Most common neurological disorder affecting Canadian children
• One of the most common developmental disabilities in Canada
• Most rapidly advancing childhood disorder in North America
• Levels of autism severity
o Requiring support
▪ Without supports there are deficits
o Requiring substantial support
▪ Marked deficits
o Requiring very substantial support
▪ Severe deficits
• Causes of autism
o Genetics
▪ Possibilities
• Random one time genetic mutation
• Inherited abnormalities passed to children through their parents
▪ Autism genome project
• Genetic markers for autism
o Known gene/dna sequence associated with particular trait
▪ Can aid in autism early intervention
o Neuropathology
▪ Study of diseases of nervous system tissue
o Prenatal factors
o Toxin exposure
• Autis effects o childre’s developent
o Cognitive
▪ 80%
• subnormal range on standardized tests
▪ other
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• normative range
o Social and emotional
▪ Difficulties
• Engaging in the give and take of everyday human interaction
• Interpreting what others are thinking or feeling
• Regulating emotions
o Motor and sensory
▪ Why
• Dysfunctional sensory systems involving the 3 basic senses
o Tactile
▪ Where
• Nerves under skin surface
▪ What
• Send info about
o Light
o Touch
o Pain
o Temperature
o Pressure
o Vestibular
▪ Where
• Inner ear
▪ What
• Detects
o Movement
o Head position
o Proprioceptive
▪ Where
• Muscles, joints, tendons
▪ What
• Subconscious awareness of body position
• Most popular research based educational practices for teaching students with autism
o ABA
▪ Interventions
• Discrete trial training
o For ages 2-6
• Lovaas method
o For ages 2-12
▪ Strengths
• Early intervention
• Individual teaching sessions
• Structure and consistency
• Involves and informs parents
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Document Summary
Students with autism: diagnosing autism spectrum disorder, criteria, persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts, social emotional reciprocity, nonverbal behaviors, developing, maintaining and understanding relationships, restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests or activities. Insistence on sameness: fixated interests, hyper or hypo reactivity, prevalence. Interpreting what others are thinking or feeling: motor and sensory, why, dysfunctional sensory systems involving the 3 basic senses, tactile, where, nerves under skin surface, what, send info about, light, touch, pain, temperature, pressure, vestibular, where, what. Inner ear: detects, movement, head position, proprioceptive, where, muscles, joints, tendons, what, subconscious awareness of body position, most popular research based educational practices for teaching students with autism, aba. Interventions: discrete trial training, for ages 2-6, lovaas method, for ages 2-12, strengths. Individual teaching sessions: early intervention, structure and consistency. Involves and informs parents: parents supported by trained therapists, green floor time, program description, challenging, child friendly play experiences.
