Stephanie Santos
Question
What are the most effective instructional approaches that I can use with students who
have autism so that they can succeed in meeting the appropriate expectations of the curriculum
in their regular classroom?
Rational
I chose to study autism the day I went for my first observation. I was observing a class
with students with multiple exceptionalities at James Culnan. There were only five students in
the class and one boy in particular stood out to me. He is a student with severe autism and
cerebral palsy. He is a very sweet student whom aims to please his teachers but often feels
frustrated because his communication skills are very low. I spoke with his teacher and she
showed me his books and some strategies she used to communicate with him such as, using
Boardmaker (using pictures to communicate) and so on. Therefore I decided to look at autism
and strategies to help student’s learning.
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