2. Strategies Two research based strategies to prevent an emotional crisis 1) Student’s are inherently motivated to learn but learn to be unmotivated when they repeatedly fail. It is important to encourage these students often and let them know that someone believes in them.
3. Strategies Cont. 2) All students have basic needs to belong, to be competent, and to influence what happens to them. Motivation to learn most often occurs when basic needs are met. -Mendler, Motivating Students Who Don’t Care. P. 7
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5. Repetitive use of language and/or motor mannerisms (e.g., hand-flapping, twirling objects)
9. Persistent fixation on parts of objects http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_home
10. Classroom intervention Strategies: Role Play, model situations Be consistent Foreshadow changes in schedule Match Students Work time with performance time- if a student can concentrate on a subject for ten minutes, give that student a ten minute assignment Use alternatives to writing to demonstrate competence TEACH SOCIAL SKILLS AS PART OF CURRICULUM! Schedule in “down-time.”
11. Passage to for autistic students When Other Students Get Upset “Sometimes other students get upset and cry. When this happens their teacher might try to help them. The teacher might try to help them by talking to them or holding them. This is okay. Sometimes when other students get upset and cry, it makes me upset and angry. I can use words to tell my teacher that I am upset. I can say, "That makes me mad!" or "I'm upset!" It is okay to use words about how I feel. When I get upset I will try to use words about how I feel.”
26. Depression interventions cont. Develop a caring relationship with child. Give directions in small steps. Check for understanding and completion. Develop an individual problem-solving plan. Collaborate with student support personnel. Identify the function of the behavior.
27. RESOURCES American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR (4th ed.). American Psychiatric Association. ISBN 089042 0529 Fassler, D. G., & Dumas L. S. (1997). “Help Me, I’m Sad”: Recognizing, Treating, and Preventing Childhood and Adolescent Depression. New York: Penguin Putnam Inc. Mendler, Allen (2000). Motivating Students Who Don’t Care. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree (2009). Schizophrenia. Retrieved July 21, 2009, from Schizophrenia In-Depth Web site: http://www.schizophrenia.com/index.php (2009). Autism Society of America. Retrieved July 21, 2009, Web site: http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer
