When looking over Chapter 5 and the powerpoints one line stuck out as having major importance: “Curriculum content should focus on the demands of adult life and not sequences of normal development, basic academic skills or elimination of inappropriate behavior.” This reinforces the need for naturalistic milieu teaching because individuals on the spectrum need to be able to acquire new skills and generalize them across new environments to be independent adults. Every book that I have read on how to be an effective teacher starts with setting up a routine and a safe educational environment so this makes sense when working with individuals with autism that these rules still apply!
When looking at the environment, the teacher must focus on what will work best for each student and not what is best for the teacher. The first factor for the environment is organization. The teacher must be extremely organized and limit the clutter in the classroom to avoid over stimulation. Another component of the environment is having a clear visual daily schedule that the child looks at for daily guidance. Basically, the teacher is creating organization over top of organization over organization. The teacher is creating an environment with the daily schedules that sets the students up for success and sets the stage for them to …show more content…
Autistic classrooms by design need many individuals to facilitate the type of learning and instruction needed. It would be difficult to get the day going, intervene during the teachable moments, instruct, and collect data if the teacher was the only person in the room. Having a good paraeducator can be priceless but when a paraeducator is distracted or not performing the job duties this can be very frustrating. Working with anyone in close proximity can possess problems but in an Autistic classroom it is essential that everything
When looking at the environment, the teacher must focus on what will work best for each student and not what is best for the teacher. The first factor for the environment is organization. The teacher must be extremely organized and limit the clutter in the classroom to avoid over stimulation. Another component of the environment is having a clear visual daily schedule that the child looks at for daily guidance. Basically, the teacher is creating organization over top of organization over organization. The teacher is creating an environment with the daily schedules that sets the students up for success and sets the stage for them to …show more content…
Autistic classrooms by design need many individuals to facilitate the type of learning and instruction needed. It would be difficult to get the day going, intervene during the teachable moments, instruct, and collect data if the teacher was the only person in the room. Having a good paraeducator can be priceless but when a paraeducator is distracted or not performing the job duties this can be very frustrating. Working with anyone in close proximity can possess problems but in an Autistic classroom it is essential that everything