For the past three months I have been working with this individual who has high functioning Autism. He is obsessed with sharks, Halloween, and LEGO Alien Conquest. He is currently in Kindergarten but was held back this year because of his lack of maturity and social skills. We have been using work systems with him. We all know that children with Autism are so different and with this child, we have found that the FIRST / NEXT / THEN system works the best. You can use a white board or if you don't want to always write the FIRST / NEXT / THEN you may want to type it up then laminate it to use dry erase markers. To use a work system like FIRST / NEXT / THEN you write FIRST: Math / NEXT: Speech / THEN: Shark book (reward depending on the child). If that is too broad, then you can do FIRST: Name / NEXT: count the birds / THEN: write the answer. Some days we go through more struggles than other days. So depending on the day I may use M&M's to accomplish a worksheet. If we are struggling to do a worksheet that has six problems I will write on my work system FIRST: Number (1) / THEN: a M&M. the great thing about children that have Autism is they are very routine, so once they have done the first couple problems they understand if they do one they earn a M&M.
Friday, December 30, 2011
FIRST / NEXT / THEN
For the past three months I have been working with this individual who has high functioning Autism. He is obsessed with sharks, Halloween, and LEGO Alien Conquest. He is currently in Kindergarten but was held back this year because of his lack of maturity and social skills. We have been using work systems with him. We all know that children with Autism are so different and with this child, we have found that the FIRST / NEXT / THEN system works the best. You can use a white board or if you don't want to always write the FIRST / NEXT / THEN you may want to type it up then laminate it to use dry erase markers. To use a work system like FIRST / NEXT / THEN you write FIRST: Math / NEXT: Speech / THEN: Shark book (reward depending on the child). If that is too broad, then you can do FIRST: Name / NEXT: count the birds / THEN: write the answer. Some days we go through more struggles than other days. So depending on the day I may use M&M's to accomplish a worksheet. If we are struggling to do a worksheet that has six problems I will write on my work system FIRST: Number (1) / THEN: a M&M. the great thing about children that have Autism is they are very routine, so once they have done the first couple problems they understand if they do one they earn a M&M.
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