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"The purpose of this site is to introduce strategies and information to help individuals with ASD reach their potential.  An easy to remember acronym, VICTORIES, has been created to assist  with understanding relevant factors which have scientific evidence of being instrumental in increasing skills, appropriate behaviors, generalization of skills and decreasing inappropriate skills for many individuals with an ASD."

The results of this research add to the evidence regarding the effectiveness of using AAC with people with an ASD (Mirenda, 2001; Schlosser & Blischak, 2001), and adds to the knowledge of why AAC systems are potentially beneficial for children with autism, (The National Standards Report). Effective teaching of motor plans, using the LAMP theory, can be seen to allow for increased storage and retention of symbolic information, resulting with more automatic communication over time, and reducing the cognitive demands associated with analysing and choosing from different symbol sets, as described in the LAMP Manuals (Halloran and Emerson, 2006: Halloran and Halloran, 2012).

This wonderful PrAACtical AAC blog explains how to create a large core vocabulary board with Velcroed picture communication symbols to display in the classroom that students can interact with, providing more opportunities for aided language input and practice in using core vocabulary as a group. Includes a step-by-step video on how to create the board.

through the use of the World Wide Web, the overall outcomes of this project will be (a) increased ASD awareness; and (b) training and assistance at no cost to the educational, vocational, and medical communities and families.TechKnowledgy 09.

Resources on autism

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ISAAC webinar presentation

Great place to learn and get certificate points for a reasonable price. You must take a look at the listing of modules available! Developed by the Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence (OCALI) in partnership with the Autism Society of America (ASA), the Nebraska Autism Spectrum Disorders Network, the National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders and Toronto's Geneva Centre for Autism, this series of online learning modules includes information on assessment and identification of ASDs, recognizing and understanding behaviors and characteristics, transition to adulthood, employment, and numerous evidence-based practices and interventions.

Cindy's web site is one of the web's most popular destinations for resources for people who work with individuals with autism. Full of resources and links.