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Social and Emotional Disabilities. Goals for Today. Describe the Impact of Social and Emotional Disabilities Describe some red flags for Disability Define the characteristics of autism spectrum disorder. Statistics! . Delaware – 4 th in the nation for Pre-K Expulsion
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Goals for Today • Describe the Impact of Social and Emotional Disabilities • Describe some red flags for Disability • Define the characteristics of autism spectrum disorder
Statistics! • Delaware – 4th in the nation for Pre-K Expulsion • Children with Lower SES might be at greater risk for expulsion (Qi & Kaiser, 2003) • A child is more likely to be expelled from preschool than K-12 (Gilliam 2005)
Yeah….And? • Do they grow out of it? • When should I worry? • Behavior disorders • Internalizing • externalizing
What is Autism? • Autism is a developmental disorder that is characterized by: • Problems with Social interaction • Communication Deficits • Stereotypic interests • Some want to add sensory processing • Usually diagnosed before age 3
Teaching and prevention of problem behavior • If a child doesn’t know how to read, we teach. • If a child doesn’t know how to swim, we teach. • If a child doesn’t know how to multiply, we teach. • If a child doesn’t know how to drive, we teach • If a child doesn’t know how to behave, we… • Teach? • Punish? • Why can’t we finish the last sentence as automatically as we do the others?
For More Information Adamson, L. B., Bakeman, R., Deckner, D. F., & Romski, M. (2009). Joint engagement and the emergence of language in children with autism and down syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39(1), 84-96. Heflin, L. J., & Alaimo, D. F. (2007). Students with autism spectrum disorders: Effective instructional practices. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Merrill Prentice-Hall. Huaqing, Q. C., & Kaiser, A. P. (2003). Behavior problems of preschool children from low-income families: Review of the literature. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 23(4), 188-216. Jacobson, L. (2005). Preschoolers expelled from school at rates exceeding that of K-12. Education Week, 24(37), 1,. Lord, C., & McGee, J. P. (2001). Educating children with autism. Washington, DC: National Academies Press. Sterba, S., Egger, H. L., & Angold, A. (2007). Diagnostic specificity and nonspecificity in the dimensions of preschool psychopathology. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48(10), 1005-1013.