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[Sliver]

Has anyone had any experience teaching children with aspergers syndrome?

If so and if you have some salient points for me please post or PM me.

Thanks

[ajuma]

For those of you (like myself!) who had NO idea what this syndrom is:

[margaret]

I have been told by two experts that they think I have Asberger's and when I read the literature it explains most of the things that I thought were personal ideosyncracies. Quite a few trimes, growing up, I was thought to be "retarded." I haven't taught anybody who I know has it but I can tell you what helps me.
Cut out distractions.
Give very explicit step by step instructions. Make sure they learn one step before going onto the next. Don't ever expect them to follow a number of instructions at once.
Have them actually do the thing you want them to learn rather than thinking they can learn from mimicing you or hearning/reading how to do it.
Hope that helps. Are you teaching someone with Asberger's?
Margaret

[jajdude]

I have heard it is related to autism but is milder; I suppose meaning that those with AS are higher functioning than most autistic people. Just what I read somewhere. Haven't met anybody with it.

[Sliver]

[The Lemon]

[Alyallen]

Hi,

I've worked with Autistic children and young adults for 3 summers. From what I understand, Autism and Asbergers have some similar characteristics. I may not be the most knowledgable, but I would like to help if possible. If you are really interested in Asbergers, you can find books or websites about a woman known as Temple Grandin. She has either high functioning Autism or Asbergers (I'm sorry, I can't quite remember right now). She overcame her symptons and became a famous inventor. It might give you a glimpse into that kind of mind. That can be more helpful than a behavioral model.

Please pm with any specific questions you may have.

AlyAllen

[kylehawkins2000]

I attended a presentation on Asperger's last year and they basically said that it was a form of autism. They said that Autism exists on a spectrum (from high-functioning to low-functioning) and asperger's is at one end of that spectrum (high-functioning). People with Asperger's tend to be very intelligent in some respects and not very intelligent in other's (ie. socially or emotionally).

They perform best in highly structured and predicatable environments.

Point of Interest: I was told that NASA is one of the biggest employers of people with Asperger's. I believe that "Rainman" was modelled after a guy with Asperger's Syndrome. (I'm not sure if either of these are true however)

[Butterfly]

A lot of very functional people supposedly have Asbergers, (Einstein, Bill Gates) as well as some rather disfuntional ones (Jeffrey Dahmer). Anyway, lots here might have it to some degree, find out here with this questionnaire.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html

[dogbert]

[Butterfly]

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[Paji eh Wong]

If you're interested in a fictional account, try The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time . I haven't read it yet, but it comes highly recomended.

[OiGirl]

It's good that you have a set sequence for your class. You might want to create an illustrated poster to represent this, then she knows where you are and what's coming next at all times. A strict schedule is useful for people from across the autistic spectrum. And this is "best practice," too. It won't hurt any of the kids in your class.

[kiwiboy_nz_99]

I have down syndrome with severe autistic complications, and yes, I've had trouble teaching myself for quite some time ...