Name: Three Ways Teachers Can Support Kids With Autism
Uploaded: 2018-01-24T13:35:11.000Z
Duration: 4 min 19 s
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She has a stuffed bunny that she is very fond of.

- [Laura] But one of her favorite things to do is to sing.

- If somebody has a limited verbal ability,

we kind of can't help it, but we automatically assume

that they know less or that they certainly can show us less

- I'm trying, but well, blowing doesn't always work.

- Teachers need to understand that their kids

probably know a lot more than they can show,

that your students are competent and eager to learn,

want to learn, if you work from that assumption,

the students are gonna do a lot better in your classroom.

- One of the mistakes that teachers and kids both make

with autism is assuming that if the student with autism

or doesn't make eye contact or follow you around

on the playground, then they don't wanna play

And so peers and teachers sometimes just give up

- So if the peers understand, oh, she does wanna play

and is good not only for the kid with autism,

(breathing deeply) Sometimes friends like different things,

so it can be hard to figure out what to play together,

- Some young kids may be very sensitive to sound.

They might cover their ears or not be able to speak

If you have a student that's experiencing some overload,

the first thing to do is to ask the student what might help.

- [Man] "So what should we do next?" asks Elmo

So the three friends go to Hooper's Store.

But inside Hooper's Store, Julia seems scared.

- Often teachers will have a little beanbag chair

so you're kind of blocking the lights and some of the sound

and the student can kind of take a break.

I think Julia has a really unique message to give

and a really unique place in our society.

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Three Ways Teachers Can Support Kids With Autism

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