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Educational Provision: making mainstream schools autism-friendly & inclusion

Educational Provision: making mainstream schools autism-friendly & inclusion. Dr. Rita Jordan School of Education, University of Birmingham, 2003. Issues in Effective Integration. Size & flexibility Few explicit but enforced rules Bullying Child -> increase understanding

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Educational Provision: making mainstream schools autism-friendly & inclusion

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  1. Educational Provision: making mainstream schools autism-friendly & inclusion Dr. Rita Jordan School of Education, University of Birmingham, 2003

  2. Issues in Effective Integration • Size & flexibility • Few explicit but enforced rules • Bullying • Child -> increase understanding • Others -> seduce prime bully • -> Gray’s 6th sense • ‘Circle of friends’ & buddies • Support for unstructured times & toilets

  3. Issues in Effective Integration 2 • Language • Processing time • Direct commands (using LSAs - no monitoring) • Indirect speech/ sarcasm/ idioms/ questions • Vocabulary - define concepts • Sensory disturbance • Proximal support - noise/ light/ smell/distraction • Warning for end of lesson etc. clear starts & finishes

  4. Issues in Effective Integration 3 • Impulse control • Fire alarms - alternative sign • Running off - plan escape • Say what to do & train • Use visual supports • Parents • Watch stress build up • Daily aerobic physical activity • Monitor toileting - constipation • Homework & home-school books - need cues to memory

  5. Issues in Effective Integration 4 • Managing time/ space/ class transition • 5 min warning to pack up • Teach packing up to speed - no help • No directions after lesson end signal • Allow to leave early to avoid crowds in transition • Don’t sit where others go behind • Mark own space for shared tables etc. • Make homework clear • Why • Aspect of lesson • Cues to memory

  6. Issues in Effective Integration 5 • Resource base and ‘escape’ plans • Plan for escape -> signal & permission • Safe resource area • Reverse integration at breaks • Curriculum access • Individual • No common assumptions • Make relevant

  7. Curriculum: potential problems • History • Facts/ lists/ dates fine • No empathy - opportunity to teach • Evidence - helpful for all • English • Hyperlexia • Teach text comprehension

  8. Curriculum: potential problems 2 • Maths • Arithmetic and rote calculation • Application? • Algebra a problem • PE • Lack of danger • Visual guide - circuit training • Team games - explicit rules (video) , contact fear, get practice, • Strengths - trampoline/ balance/ swimming/ running

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