Autism Resource List for Middle and High School



Autism Resource List for Middle and High School

Strategies

-5-Point Scale: A 5-point visual strategy to help students with autism understand and control their emotional reactions to everyday life events. The scale breaks down the targeted behavior in order to identify the problem and suggest positive, alternative behaviors at each level.

-Choice Board: A board that visually represents various preferred activities and is used as a reinforcer once academic expectations are complete.

-Consistency: Provide a predictable environment and daily routine. Prepare students with autism in advance of any changes in the routine that are going to occur.

-First/Then: This can be used visually (pictures or words) and verbally. This helps students with autism process simple and direct expectations.

-Organization:

*Organize folders so that the left pocket is designated for “Work to

Do” and the right pocket is “Finished”. This will help students with autism understand what work has to be turned in and what needs to be completed.

*Break big assignments down step-by-step. For example, if a big assignment is due of Friday, have the student do one part of the assignment each night for homework.

*Use color-coded folders or tabs to help students with autism keep their work organized.

-Peer Helpers: Use peers to help provide academic and social support.

-Relaxation Routine: A visual strategy that is used to help students with autism understand what to do when they are feeling angry, frustrated, anxious or over-stimulated. This visual can be posted on their desk, in their folder and/or in their “safe place”.

-“Safe” Place: A designated isolated area within the classroom or school where the student with autism goes to and cope with the stressful situation. This area should consist of stimulating materials that will calm the student (i.e.: soft music, enjoyable books, fidgets, etc.) These stimulating materials should not be over-stimulating. This will cause the strategy to become an avoidance area. A timer should be utilized in this area and set for an acceptable amount of time for the student to calm down. Once the timer goes off, the student is expected to return to the unfinished task.

*If the child continues to have difficulty coping with a situation, consider if there are underlying cause (i.e.: confusion, stress, sensory over-stimulation, etc). If so, try to remove that cause.

-Social Skills Groups: Used to teach students with autism ways to appropriately interact with normal developing peers. Groups should consist of a mixture of 2-8 students; some students with social skills deficits and some neurotypical peers. These peers will help to model the social appropriate skills targeted and will be able to help generalize skills throughout the total school environment.

-Social Stories: Stories that are written for specific situations that the student with autism has difficulty with. The stories state what the students’ difficulty is and the appropriate response of how to overcome that difficulty.

-Visuals: Utilize visuals schedules and visual cues to help students with autism process their daily expectations of the school environment.

Social Skills Curriculums

-5 is Against the Law: Social Boundaries: Straighten Up! by Kari Dunn Buron

-Diary of a Social Detective: Real Life Tales of Mystery, Intrigue and

Interpersonal Adventure by Jeffrey E. Jessum

-Skillstreaming the Adolescent: New Strategies and Perspectives for Teaching Prosocial Skills by Arnold P. Goldstein and Ellen McGinnis

-Socially Curious and Curiously Social by Michele Garcia Winner

-Social Fortune or Social Fate: A Social Thinking Graphic Novel Map for Social Quest Seekers by Michelle Garcia Winner

-Social Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs by Darlene Mannix

-Social Thinking at Work by Michelle Garcia Winner

-The New Social Story Book by Carol Gray

The Social Skills Picture Book for High School and Beyond by Jed Baker

-The Zones of Regulation: A Curriculum Designed to Foster Self-Regulation and Emotional Control by Leah M. Kuypers

-Thinking About YOU Thinking About ME, 2nd Edition by Michelle Garcia Winner

-Think Social! A Social Thinking Curriculum for School-Age Students (2nd Edition) by Michelle Garcia Winner

Internet Resources

-Angel Fire-

-Autism4Teachers:

-Autism Internet Modules:

-Autism Now:

-Autism Society:

-Autism Society of North Carolina:

-Autism Speaks:

-Child Behavior Guide:

-do2learn:

-Example of IEP Goals and Objectives : Suggestions for Students with Autism:

-Intervention Central:

-Jill Kuzma’s SLP Social & Emotional Skill Sharing Sight:

-National Autism Center:

-North Carolina Department of Public Instruction: Exceptional Children:



-Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence:

-PictureSET:

-QuickBook of Transition Assessments:

-Research Autism:

-Social Skills Lesson Plans for Middle School Students:

-Social Thinking:

-Teaching Students with Autism: A Resource Guide for Schools:

-UC Davis MIND Institute:

Book Resources

-1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders by Ellen Notbohm and Veronica Zysk

-A Treasure Chest of Behavior Strategies for Individuals with Autism by Beth Fouse & Maria Wheeler

-Addressing the Challenging Behaviors of Children with HFA/AS in the Classroom by Rebecca A. Moyes

-Asperger Syndrome and Adolescence: Helping Preteens and Teens Get Ready for the Real World by Tersa Bolick

-Asperger Syndrome and Anxiety: A Guide to Successful Stress Management by Nick Dubin

-Fighting Invisible Tigers: Stress Management for Teens by Earl Hipp

-Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence by Luke Jackson

-Growing up with Autism: Working with School-Age Children and Adolescents by Robin L. Gabriels and Dina E. Hill

-Hygiene and Related Behaviors for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum and Related Disorders by Kelly Mahler

-Implementing Ongoing Transition Plans for the IEP: A Student-Driven Approach to IDEA Mandates by Pat McPartland

-Incentives for Change: Motivating People with Autism Spectrum Disorders to Learn and Gain Independence by Lara Delmolino and Sandra L. Harris

-Inclusive Programming for Middle School Students with Autism/Asperger’s Syndrome by Sheila Wagner

-Perfect Targets: Asperger Syndrome and Bullying-Practical Solutions for Surviving the Social World by Rebekah Heinrichs

-Preparing for Life: The Complete Guide to Transitioning for Adulthood for Those with Autism and AS by Dr. Jed Baker

-School Success for Kids with Asperger’s Syndrome by Stephen M. Silverman and Rich Weinfield

-Succeeding with Interventions for Asperger Syndrom Adolescents by John Harpur, Maria Lawlor and Michael Fitzgerald

-The Incredible 5-Point Scale by Kari Dunn Buron and Mitzi Curtis

-Visual Support for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders by Anne Haubler and Vera Bernard-Opitz

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