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  • ASD in the Classroom Environment

    Language is a classroom skill.

    Saturday, September 20th, 2008

    I was recently in an IEP where we (the family and representatives of the family) suggested an IEP goal that the student would “verbally demonstrate knowledge of learned ideas or concepts each day”. The point was that, assuming that this child was in school to learn, and, assuming he is taught something every day, [...]

    Attention Please!

    Saturday, September 20th, 2008

    Seriously, attention, please.  Attention is an often overlooked skill on IEPs for children with autism. But, attention is a precursor to ALL other learning, and usually needs to be specifically targeted for development for ASD students.
    How many IEPs specify things like “Johnny will count aloud to 100”, “match number to quantity to 20”, [...]