students with autistic spectrum disorder
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Students with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Priscilla Ayala Travis Hardwick Nick Sinamon. What is ASD?. Falls under Pervasive Developmental Disorders Autistic Disorder - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Students with Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Priscilla Ayala Travis Hardwick
Nick Sinamon
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What is ASD?
- Falls under Pervasive Developmental Disorders• Autistic Disorder
• “Impairments in reciprocal social interaction, communication, and the presence of stereotyped behavior, interests or activities” (VanBergeijk, Klin, & Volkmar, 2008, 1360).
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Students with ASD at college• Primary Resource:
Disability Resource Center• Interventions with:
• Residence Life and Services
• Office of Admissions• Student Activities
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The Setting
- At Missouri State University:• Public university• Follows public affairs mission statement• Size of the university is not too small or too large
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About Missouri State University
- Main campus located in Springfield, with 20,000+ students
- Mission in public affairs gives students distinction- Choice of 150+ undergraduate and 45+ graduate
programs- Costs lower than state and national averages- Reputation for being warm and welcoming- 85,000+ alumni applying their education
around the world
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Theoretical Analysis
- Students with ASD coming to college: two developmental needs• 1) Transition from high school to college• 2) Identity development
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Theories
- Schlossberg’s Transition Theory
- Chickering’s Theory of Identity Development
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Transitions and Students with ASD
- Address challenges:• Leaving behind familiar settings• New adjustments
• Roommates • Residence halls• Classes• New campus atmosphere
• Preparing to leave college for workforce
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Identity Development in Students with ASD- Development of cognitive and social skills
• Social interactions
• Skills being developed• Interpersonal• Managing emotions• Independence /interdependence• Developing mature relationships• Development of identity• Developing purpose
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Developmental Context
- Numbers rising at colleges and universities- Misconceptions- Size of university
• Transitions easier •
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Interventions, Goals and Rationale
- Attendance in social and academic programs- Goals: To help develop social skills
- Post grad- Under grad
- Creating solid transitions form high school to college• Early move in• Tour of campus and classes
- Intervention- Rationale
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Conclusion