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in title, tags, annotations or url12 Tips to Setting up an Autism Classroom « Principal Kendrick - 6 views
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In a world that’s ever changing, routine and structure provide great comfort to a child on the autism spectrum. Define routines clearly.
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Activities are successful when they’re broken into small steps.
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Make sure children know what to do if they finish ahead of time. Typically, children with autism do not use free time productively; therefore strive to have as little downtime between activities as possible.
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Affordable Computer and Internet-based Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) Programs « Autism Spectrum Directory - 5 views
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Autism Information - Autism Information You Need To Know - 1 views
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There are plenty of myths about autism spectrum disorders out there.
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But even those of use who are well-grounded in autism basics may be surprised by some of these facts, which are emerging from recent research.
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We do know what causes autism -- but only in about 20% of cases.
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facilitated communication - The Skeptic's Dictionary - Skepdic.com - 0 views
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The American Psychological Association has issued a position paper on FC, stating that "Studies have repeatedly demonstrated that facilitated communication is not a scientifically valid technique for individuals with autism or mental retardation" and describing FC as "a controversial and unproved communicative procedure with no scientifically demonstrated support for its efficacy."
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Frontline Program on facilitated communication:
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Parents are grateful to discover that their child is not hopelessly retarded but is either normal or above normal in intelligence. FC allows their children to demonstrate their intelligence; it provides them with a vehicle heretofore denied them.
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You find here a very about Important Video about Facilitated Communication (FC). The American Psychological Association has issued a position paper on FC, stating that "Studies have repeatedly demonstrated that facilitated communication is not a scientifically valid technique for individuals with autism or mental retardation" and describing FC as "a controversial and unproved communicative procedure with no scientifically demonstrated support for its efficacy."
News from the Associated Press - newsjournalonline.com - 0 views
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Leo Lytel was diagnosed with autism as a toddler. But by age 9 he had overcome the disorder. His progress is part of a growing body of research that suggests at least 10 percent of children with autism can "recover" from it - most of them after undergoing years of intensive behavioral therapy.
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She presented research this week at an autism conference in Chicago that included 20 children who, according to rigorous analysis, got a correct diagnosis but years later were no longer considered autistic.
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Skeptics question the phenomenon, but University of Connecticut psychology professor Deborah Fein is among those convinced it's real.
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Yale Study Suggests Children with Autism Watch for the Wrong Visual Clues - 0 views
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Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) tend to stare at people's mouths rather than their eyes. Now, an NIH-funded study in 2-year-olds with the social deficit disorder suggests why they might find mouths so attractive: lip-sync—the exact match of lip motion and speech sound.
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Such audiovisual synchrony preoccupied toddlers who have autism, while their unaffected peers focused on socially meaningful movements of the human body, such as gestures and facial expressions.
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"Typically developing children pay special attention to human movement from very early in life, within days of being born. But in children with autism, even as old as two years, we saw no evidence of this," explained Ami Klin, Ph.D., of the Yale Child Study Center, who led the research. "Toddlers with autism are missing rich social information imparted by these cues, and this is likely to adversely affect the course of their development."
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