Cognitive Challenges
Teaching Strategies
Famous Folks
ABA
Safety Care
100

Difficulty sharing focus or attention on a particular item

What is Joint attention

100

A highly structured, one-on-one teaching strategy in which skills are broken down into small, discrete, components. 

What is Discrete Trial Teaching

100

She designed a more humane cattle chute based on her own experiences of living with autism

Who is Temple Grandin

100

This happens right before a behavior is observed.

What is the antecedent

100

These are the three de-escalation techniques utilized when a student begins to show agitation

What is help, prompt, and wait

200

Focuses on isolated information in the environment rather then global information

What is Weak Central Coherence

200

Any assistance given to elicit a response

What is a prompt

200

This actor is famous for his role as Hannibal Lector and was not diagnosed with Aspergers until adulthood

Who is Sir Anthony Hopkins

200

This happens directly following any behavior

What is the consequence

300

The challenge of initiating conversation, using figurative language, staying on topic, and using appropriate tone of voice/body language. 

What is Pragmatic Language Challenges

300

Teaching that occurs during play time, meal time, daily activities, etc. that reinforce learning happening at structured time

What is Natural environment teaching

300

She was diagnosed at 9 years old and doctors recommend she be institutionalized.  Her mother refused.  She went on to star in movies such as Splash and Blade Runner.   

Who is Daryl Hannah

300

This consequence is commonly used because it is often effective immediately, but does not teach replacement skills, impairs relationships, teaches others to cooperate out of fear, and wears off with repeated use.

What is punishment

400

The ability to recognize and attribute mental states to others and understand that people have emotions, thoughts, perspectives, intentions, knowledge, etc. that are different from their own. 

What is Theory of Mind

400
Breaking down more complex skills into smaller teachable units, the product of which is a set of ordered steps. 

What is Task Analysis

400

Being diagnosed as having Aspergers in his 30's never stopped him from becoming a famous actor in SNL and Ghostbusters.

Who is Dan Akroyd

400

These are the four functions of behavior

What is sensory, escape, attention, tangibles.

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