EDUC 3800U Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Autism Spectrum, Asperger Syndrome
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Multiple exceptionalities: autism spectrum disorder (communication) (asd) High functioning to low functioning children (cognitively and verbally) Impairment in verbal and non-verbal language (body language: temple grandin (movie) Behaviour: severe problem behaviours that some students display - tantrums, aggression, destructiveness and self-injurious behaviours, behaviour used by the student to. Escape the environment: need to understand why the student is doing what he/she is doing - the underlying purpose of the behaviour, various factors may influence decisions about developing effective management strategies. Behaviour is student and situation dependent: applied behaviour analysis (aba, effective support plan will. Include methods for teaching alternatives to the behaviour problems: functional behaviour assessment (fba) - systematic process designed to look beyond student behaviour and focus on identifying its function or purpose. Collect data through observation - use a scale. 1: mild disruption to others sitting nearby. 3: moderate disruption to others within classroom. Abc data-collection method (antecedent - behaviour - consequence)
