Interactive Calendar and Morning Message: Part 1 of 2
A morning routine for students should be provided. Start the students in the “floor zone.” The floor zone is an area where the students are ready for...
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Interactive Calendar and Morning Message: Part 2 of 2
Provide a morning routine for students. Please Note: There are Occupational Therapy (OT) Tips throughout this presentation. They demonstrate devices and techniques. If...
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Movement Strategies: Using Stations for Learning
Students move through a visual rotation schedule while working on various literacy activities. Stations provide movement breaks and brain breaks for the students....
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Characteristics of the Learner with ASD
Intense and restricted interests and hyperfocus on specific things Social rigidity: insistence on specific themes in play or conversation Lack of motivation to...
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Using the RAISE and SAC Rubric for Written Responses
RAISE and SAC is a rubric for written responses. It helps students become more independent in evaluating the quality of work prior to turning it in to the teacher....
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The Sensory Friendly Classroom
The Sensory Friendly Classroom, presented by an occupational therapist (OT), provides the audience with a definition and a general overview of sensory processing. The...
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How to Teach the Learner with ASD
Learners with ASD are a diverse population, requiring individualized assessment and sometimes specialized skills (e.g., applied behavior analysis, systematic...
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Video Modeling
Video modeling is a mode of teaching that uses video recording and display equipment to provide a visual model of the targeted behavior or skill. Types of video...
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Video Modeling: Greeting An Acquaintance
Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) need explicitly taught social skills. Video modeling is a technique in which the student watches either himself/herself or...
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Video Modeling: Joining a Small Group in Conversation
Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) need explicitly taught social skills. Video modeling is a technique in which the student watches either himself/herself or...
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Video Modeling: Greeting a Friend with Empathy
Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) need explicitly taught social skills. Video modeling is a technique in which the student watches either himself/herself or...
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Video Modeling: Greeting a Friend to Initiate a Conversation
Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) need explicitly taught social skills. Video modeling is a technique in which the student watches either himself/herself or...
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Video Modeling: Greeting a Friend in Passing
Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) need explicitly taught social skills. Video modeling is a technique in which the student watches either himself/herself or...
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Social Stories/Cognitive Scripts
A Social Story can be a written or visual guide describing various social interactions, situations, behaviours, skills or concepts and were introduced and described by...
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Errorless Learning Strategies
As the name implies, errorless learning refers to teaching procedures that are designed in such a way that the learner does not have to (and does not) make mistakes as...
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Visual Supports
Visual supports are any tool presented visually that supports an individual as he or she moves through the day. Visual supports might include, but are not limited to,...
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Token Economies & Other Motivational Strategies
Within an educational setting, a token economy is a system for providing positive reinforcement to a child or children by giving them tokens for completing tasks or...
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