Many students with Autism struggle with expressive communication. There are different ways to help. "Many students with autism have word retrieval issues - even if they know an answer, they may not be able to come up with the words. Offer visual supports, cue cards, multiple choice options, etc." (Webcache.googleusercontent.com, 2013)
Some skills help teach expressive communication:
- Use visual supports to prompt language or give choices.
- Teach and use scripts - words, pictures, etc. for communication needs or exchanges (for example, ‘I like...What do you like?’ ‘I like…
- Teach the student to communicate or say ‘I don’t know’ to reduce the anxiety associated with not being able to answer a question
- Add visual supports to the environment as needed (for example, label ‘IN’ and ‘OUT’ boxes).
- Teach students to look for and use visual supports that already exist in the environment: calendars, signs, door numbers, name placards, drawer labels, the display on a cash register and body language.
- Use a communication board, PECs, pictures or sign language to support or provide communication options for students with low verbal output.
(autismspeaks.org, 2013)
In the next blog I will go over the purpose of break cards, choice cards and past event cards with examples of each.
References
autismspeaks.org (2013). Supporting Learning in the Student with Autism. [online] Retrieved from: http://www.autismspeaks.org/sites/default/files/sctk_supporting_learning.pdf [Accessed: 3 Nov 2013].
Webcache.googleusercontent.com (2013).Supporting Learning in the Student with Autism. [online] Retrieved from: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:CJ2djmUmb5MJ:www.autismspeaks.org/sites/default/files/sctk_supporting_learning.pdf+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [Accessed: 5 Nov 2013].
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