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 * Autism in the Middle School Classroom **

I have chosen to identify autistic students as my 2nd focus during this course. I currently have an autistic student in my 6th grade classroom and find both instruction and communication challenging. Following are my five selected articles.

[|Autism and Learning Differences]

This article summarizes the learning differences of autistic students and suggests strategies for different levels of autism.

[|Support Strategies]

This article summarizes structural teaching strategies for autistic students. These teaching strategies or conditions under which the students should be taught include physical (organization), visual (schedules) and teaching structure (presentation).

[|Teaching methods for Autistic Students]

This article points to the picture exchange communication system referred to as (PECS) as a tool for teaching the autistic student.

[|How to teach autistic children]

This article summer﻿izes the three different learning styles, visual, auditory and kinesthetic. It states that autistic students generally only learn one way often compeltely excluding the other two learning styles. This often creates a unfocused student.

[|Inclusion Strategies]

This articles details the unique characteristics of students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Additional information is given on teaching socialization skills.



