Supporting pupils with autism
Guidance and teaching materials to ensure learners with autism are included in the classroom
Tens of millions of people across the globe have autism, a developmental disability that affects social interaction, communication and behaviour in a variety of different ways.
Autism Awareness Day (2 April) was established by the UN with the dual purpose of raising the profile of the spectrum condition and bringing autism organisations together to collaborate on research, diagnosis and treatment.
Dedicated days, such as this one, are the perfect opportunity for you to review your approach to teaching. We’ve compiled a selection of resources to help you understand how autism can affect pupils’ learning and offer up some ideas to help you support them in the classroom.
Tips for teachers
Teaching guides, workbooks, short videos… Explore the reality of life for pupils with autism before adapting your classroom to cater for the needs of all learners with the help of these innovative ideas.
Teachers TV: Understanding Autism
Autism spectrum disorders A resource pack for school staff
Autism Awareness Peer Support Pack
Power Point presentation and student workpack/activities about the positive aspects of autism and how to be a better friend to someone who has autism.
ASD / Autism Friendly Classrooms - CPL / CPD
Autism - An informative presentation on understanding autism for primary school children
If you have any questions or need any support, send me a message and I'll do anything I can to help. My resources are all English spelling.
Please do review any resources that you download - many thanks!
Visual Adjective Helper Cards (Autism)
Imagine you are teaching adjectives to your class. Your class includes a student with autism or any student struggling with information overload.
How would you differentiate the task to suit this child’s needs?
NOTES:
1. A child with autism responds well to visuals – illustrations rather than print, which can be too overwhelming. You don’t want to cause information overload that may lead to frustration.
2. A child with autism is very literal, so make sure any instructions are simple, precise and do not cause confusion.
3. Be sure that any sequence of instructions uses simple terms. Use of colour can also help your student keep on track.
4. The task should allow for a stepped progression leading to the final written result.
5. A graphic organiser will help your student organise his writing, before attempting the final step.
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CONTENT
• Cover; Teacher Notes
• Animal Photos x 10
• Helper Sheet Example of Use x 1
• Helper Sheets x 10
• Writing Templates
• TOU/Credits
PAGE COUNT: 31
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Teacher’s Toolkit Special Education
Resources for pupils
Help prepare students for new experiences and demonstrate how autism isn't a barrier with these stimulating activities. From planning templates to lessons on conversational skills, there’s something to engage every student.
Dodeca Dice - Circle Time Faces and Moods
- copy that face
- what is that mood..?
- what makes me....?
- what makes you...?
- what makes her...?
Create and customise your own dodeca dice from a library of 10,000 Creative Commons symbols:
http://www.senteacher.org/worksheet/101/TwelveSidedDice.html
Autism heroes
You could use it to promote inference skills by asking key questions rather then reading out the ppt to them. Such as- What information do we know already about this person? What does the slide tell us? What characteristics of Autism does it tell us this person has? What do you think of this quote? What do you think the person was trying to say?
Can also be used as a display around the school.
Friendships - conversation skills
Task Card/board examples - lesson structure support
Autism Classroom Visuals, First Then and More Visuals with Communication Symbols
The boards included come in both b/w and col option. There is a contents page included so you are aware of what you are printing in the PDF document.
Included are:
First, Then board b/w
Now, Next board b/w
First, Next, Then board b/w
Now, Next, Then board b/w
First, Then, Last board b/w
First, Then board col
Now, Next board col
First, Next, Then board col
Now, Next, Then board col
First, Then Last board col
Visuals/Symbols
I highly recommend cutting out and laminating the individual pieces so that they will be stronger and longer lasting. There are also brief instructions included on the first page of the PDF, however this is a quick and simple resource to put together that will work wonders with you and your students throughout the year.
This resource comes with some choice symbols, if you feel there is something that you desperately need please feel free to contact me through the 'Ask a question' tab as a request and I will try my best to add it.
Contains 16 pages.
