Teaching Strategies for Autistic Children

Teaching Strategies for Autistic Children

Julie King

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Abstract

The effort to include special students within the classroom setup is continuously evolving especially nowadays with the constant rise and development of new teaching strategies that will enhance their overall growth and development . Seeing this , there are different challenges that special student educator must address for them to adequately promote such endeavor . With these different practices , parents can be ensured that the welfare of the students are addressed and given priority . In addition such actions

can be a defining factor towards these students holistic development and increased interaction within the classroom setup

I . Introduction

With today 's increase in number of students and the relative diversification of the classroom , many teachers are faced with the challenges of facilitating and providing effective teaching strategies for individuals particularly students with special needs . Due to this many scholars in the field of education have come up and proposed different strategies that can enhance and facilitate deeper learning experiences for students with special needs

With these , teachers are given the responsibility to create active environments for learning and effective avenues of facilitation among students . In the end , as special students face the new challenges in the classroom , they are assured that their teachers are there to support and provide adequate mechanisms for their further improvement and development

II . Defining Autism and its History

Before dwelling into the element of how these students can be facilitated , it is important to first discuss autism and how it affects every individual . Tracing its history , autism is manifested and coined after peoples ' actions . WebMD stipulates that the term describes conditions in which a person is removed from social interaction -- hence , an isolated self (p .1 . The person noted to use the term was Eugen Bleuler . WebMD mentions that the Swiss Scientist started using it around 1911 to refer to one group of symptoms of schizophrenia (p .1 . In the United States , the term was used and practiced in the 1940 's . Lastly , WebMD argues that in the 1940s , researchers in the United States began to use the term autism ' to describe children with emotional or social problems (p .1

Characteristics

With these things mentioned , there are several important characteristics is manifested by autism . Such dis can be exhibited by individuals regardless of age and gender and vary accordingly on the patient who suffers such condition . Autism Society of America elaborates that Autism is a spectrum dis , and although it is defined by a certain set of behaviors , children and adults with autism can exhibit any combination of these behaviors in any degree of severity (p .1 Seeing this , diagnosing individuals with autism remains to be varied in approach because that each one may exhibit various characteristics However , notable characteristics are present among victims and they include (1 ) difficulty in expressing needs (2 ) preference to being alone (3 ) tantrums (4 ) difficulty in mixing with others (5 unresponsive to normal teaching method , and (5 ) noticeable physical...