Part 1: Watch and respond to each of the videos listed below. Your reflection should include evidence to support connections to the text. You may wish to review chapter 5. Autism Spectrum Disorders: Before viewing the video, please answer the following questions:
What do you know about autism spectrum disorders?
What do you want to learn about autism spectrum disorders?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AomAdC38cbc
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri0owHvCDAk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_7f6QRnATw
Applied Behavior Analysis is the science of applying clinically effective techniques and strategies to modify behavior. A great majority of popular interventions and strategies such as Discrete Trial Training/DTT, Incidental Teaching, and Functional Communication Training/FCT, are derived from the principles of behavior analysis.
After viewing the videos, describe what you saw in each video. What did you learn about autism spectrum disorders? Include descriptions and impacts on you as a future educator (approximate ages and activities, as needed).
Identify specific teaching and learning strategies that would benefit students identified with autism spectrum disorders in your future classroom.
Part 2: Communication Disorders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LtACS7mu-Y
After viewing this video, please reflect on ways to assist students with communication disorders in the general education classroom.
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