EDUC 4380U Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Autism Spectrum
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Resource book: effective educational practices for students with autism spectrum disorder. Order it and it will come to your home - free! (let amber know) - look for it online. Effective behaviour meets the student"s need, is understood and considered appropriate by others, and reflects the student"s interaction with the environment. Ineffective behaviours are caused by the child"s desire to gain something, make a change in the environment or escape the environment. Essentially, ineffective behaviour occurs when the child is lacking something in the learning environment. We must focus on the underlying purpose of the behaviour, because it means the difference between putting up with a disruptive child or transforming the disruptive child to a cooperative one in the classroom. Because children only display ineffective behaviours when they lack something in their learning environment, by modifying the environment, we as teachers can help them display effective behaviours.
