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Time, Travel and Transition: Using Visual Strategies to Support Successful Participation for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder Tuesday, February 4 th, 2014 Presented By Linda Hodgdon CCC-SLP Consultant Autism Spectrum Disorders Join our community Teaching Students with Autism www.edweb.net/autism

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Time, Travel & Transition Overcoming Daily Challenges with Visual Strategies Meeting the Communication Needs of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders Linda Hodgdon, M.Ed., CCC-SLP Speech Language Pathologist Communication Specialist Consultant for ASD Linda Hodgdon All Rights Reserved

Who am I? Linda Hodgdon, M.ED., CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist Consultant for Autism & Related Communication Challenges Author: Visual Strategies for Improving Communication Publisher: AutismFamilyOnline.com Linda Hodgdon All Rights Reserved

You will learn: The most common misunderstanding about communication in Autism Spectrum Disorders The most important thing to understand about the communication strengths and challenges of children with ASD 3 Common times there can be behavior or social challenges Simple strategies you can use to solve behavior problems that occur during TIME, TRAVEL & TRANSITIONS Plus LOTS more.... Linda Hodgdon All Rights Reserved

I LOVE MY IPHONE There has been a technology explosion Calendar Scheduling Choices Step by step Conversation starters Photos And what are the other possibilities???? APPS Linda Hodgdon All Rights Reserved

Common times to have behavior challenges 1.Time 2.Travel 3.Transitions Blends together issues with 1. Communication 2. Behavior 3. Social skills The hidden things or lack of understanding cause the problems Discover ways to provide VISUAL support to help students achieve success Linda Hodgdon All Rights Reserved

Time The Issues 1.Starting activities 2.When is something happening 3.Stopping activities 4.When will something cease 5.Following a schedule 6.Anticipating change 7.When can I do it again? 8.When will it be my turn? These turn into: 1.Personal organization 2.Showing up 3.Getting things done on time 4.More.... Affects from young children to independent adults The trip to Europe Helping to orient Linda Hodgdon All Rights Reserved

Calendars Give information about routine events Give information about new experiences What is changing or different? A good communication tool about past, present, and future Linda Hodgdon All Rights Reserved

Travel The Issues Changing locations 1.One side of classroom to another 2.One room to another 3.To someone elses house 4.Going shopping 5.Riding in the car 6.Going on vacation 7.Taking a trip on an airplane 8.Anything that involves changing locations which results in dealing with change Linda Hodgdon All Rights Reserved

Community Use Successful community experiences a. Planning b. Routines to prepare for and complete community activities c. Communication, academic, or life skills necessary (make requests, read labels, use money, fill out forms, etc.) d. Handle change of routines or unexpected events Linda Hodgdon All Rights Reserved

David traveling to his job Subway ticket Where to through turn style What if ticket does not work Where to get off What to do if get off at the wrong stop Who to call if there is a problem Linda Hodgdon All Rights Reserved

But the problem... He is in first grade this year with a new teacher Having difficulty in transitioning at the end of the day to go home The teacher didn't understand why he didn't want to go home Matthew has difficulty with expressive language & did not express why He began expressing with his body language, whining a bit and eventually became very upset all the way home Linda Hodgdon All Rights Reserved

Teamwork Teacher asked me to give her any solutions to resolve the problem I took opportunity to reference Visual Strategies I told her it would be helpful write out a card that identified the sequence of steps to prepare him for the transition when it was time to go home Linda Hodgdon All Rights Reserved

I learned a few things from this scenario It was important for me to validate that I understood what he was trying to communicate He needed help in sequencing through the transition He needed to understand the reason why we had to go home Linda Hodgdon All Rights Reserved

A typical letter I receive I have been using visual strategies for several years. I am happy to say that through the use of these strategies, I have helped my students with Autism transition from the elementary school to the middle school. Because not all visual strategies have to be written on paper, I have made DVDs of the middle school for each of these students. We enter the door they will enter, with a little dialogue explaining each item/place of interest. It has been a huge help and a lot of fun for me to teach in this manner. Kids on the spectrum love videos. What better way to transition and engage their attention? Cathy Gelatka, SLP Warwick School District Linda Hodgdon All Rights Reserved

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Join us for our next webinar! Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at 3PM Eastern Time Outcome measures for beginning writers with significant disabilities: Tools to engage in effective progress monitoring, link to Common Core and identify individual goals Join the community for an invitation to the upcoming webinar: www.edweb.net/autism Presented by Janet Sturm, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Professor, Department of Communication Disorders at Central Michigan University

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