Cognitive Challenges
Difficulty sharing focus or attention on a particular item
What is Joint attention
A highly structured, one-on-one teaching strategy in which skills are broken down into small, discrete, components.
What is Discrete Trial Teaching
She designed a more humane cattle chute based on her own experiences of living with autism
Who is Temple Grandin
This happens right before a behavior is observed.
What is the antecedent
These are the three de-escalation techniques utilized when a student begins to show agitation
What is help, prompt, and wait
Focuses on isolated information in the environment rather then global information
What is Weak Central Coherence
Any assistance given to elicit a response
What is a prompt
This actor is famous for his role as Hannibal Lector and was not diagnosed with Aspergers until adulthood
Who is Sir Anthony Hopkins
This happens directly following any behavior
What is the consequence
The challenge of initiating conversation, using figurative language, staying on topic, and using appropriate tone of voice/body language.
What is Pragmatic Language Challenges
Teaching that occurs during play time, meal time, daily activities, etc. that reinforce learning happening at structured time
What is Natural environment teaching
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
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
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
What is Task Analysis
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
These are the four functions of behavior
What is sensory, escape, attention, tangibles.