Published 2011
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“…Guiding principles -- Remember, this person is hard-wired differently -- Seek
alternative explanations for behaviour -- Make sure that everybody involved understands -- Listen to what the person with ASD tells you -- Listen to what the family tells you -- Make sure you have the right chair of the board -- Create structure and predictability -- Anticipate and deal with transitions -- Create self-help options -- Compensate for
lack of self-directed learning --
Work through strengths, by-pass weaknesses -- Abandon the standard curriculum -- Teach skills for life -- Use visual approaches to learning whenever possible -- Stay concrete: avoid metaphor, irony, sarcasm, cynicism, etc. -- Reinforce teaching of social skills -- Deal with stress -- Remember that not much learning occurs when there is stress -- Remember that punishment does not produce learning -- Avoid power struggles -- Specific intervention programmes that may help -- Specific intervention programmes that have no proof that they
work.…”
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