2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Teaching Students
with Autism using Slides 3-5
Video Modeling
Direct Teaching for
Students with Slides 6-8
Special Needs
Special Education
Programs and
Slides 9-11
Mainstream
Classroom
Conclusion Slide 12
Reference Slide 13
3. Teaching Students with
Autism using Video Modeling
The first article I read was written by Mary
McDonald and she focuses on teaching
students with autism. Seeing as how I hope
to minor in special education I feel this
article has very good examples of how to
teach students with disabilities. “Video
modeling is a teaching method that has been
shown to be effective in teaching a variety of
skills to students with autism spectrum
disorders.” (McDonald)
4. One big thing in the article that caught my attention
was that when teaching verbal skills to a student
with autism a prompt is usually used.
A-ha moments
Video modeling is used to help with both
verbal and non verbal skills.
Shorter clips of the same task are replayed
to help the student remember what he/she
is doing.
McDonald says that “video modeling
should be more widely used to teach a
variety of skills”. But that got me thinking
what if a child does not learn like that how
would you teach them?
5. Reflection
I found this article to be full of
useful information. Although there
was one thing that I disagreed with
in my a-ha section, I feel that she
gave good examples of what she
was saying. I think this will be a
good article to refer back to in the
future when I have my own
6. Direct Teaching for Students with
Special Needs
I feel that this article written by Sue
Watson, is a very direct to the point
article. "Well I taught it, I don't know
why they don't get it”. (Watson) This
quote caught my attention as soon as
I read it. I know this is true because I
have been in classrooms where I have
heard students say it. By going to this
article teachers have the chance to
see questions that students should be
7. For the teacher it list ways that we can check
to make sure the students understand what
they are doing and make sure they know how
to do it.
I like that it breaks down the topics and shows
what we need to be doing to better the child.
“The emphasis needs to shift from teaching to
learning, when this shift happens, the result is
improved student learning.” (Waston) I have
never heard this term before but feel that it
makes perfect sense for teachers to go by.
8. Reflection
Overall this site can be very helpful to
teachers of any age. Everyone has
there own way of teaching but this gets
straight to the point of what the
teachers needs to do to help the
student learn more. Another site which
could be used when I enter into the
schools for the first time.
9. Special Education Programs
and the Mainstream
Classroom
This final article is by far my favorite I
think. Andrea Logan does such a
fantastic job of explaining why special
needs children should be in the regular
classroom. The examples that she
describes about collaborating with
other teachers is a great idea. If all
schools would allow the students to be
mixed together I think it would benefit
10. One topic I learned about that I didn’t
know was that some student bodies are
already mixed together.
I really liked the paragraphs on
inclusion in Special Education
Programs. I feel as if I’m more educated
about being a special needs teacher.
Along with the inclusion paragraphs
there were a few on universal design
classroom strategies. This is all very
useful information that I have found.
11. Reflection
“Special needs education in a general
education classroom is not only a
rewarding experience for the teacher, but
the entire student body as well.” (Logan).
This again is another useful website that I
plan to bookmark and keep in my notes to
use in the future. The information that is
given to us to read is very well put
together and very interesting.
12. Conclusion
As I was reading these three articles I found
many interesting tips to help me in the
future. I like how I know have a site to go and
read about how to teach autistic children, I
like the fact that I can get answers to most of
my questions through these articles. Overall
this project opened up my way of
researching topics. Most times I just google
what I’m looking for but now I can do more
research than just that and find similar
answers to questions if not better ones.
13. References
For slides 3,4,5
McDonald,M. (2010). Teaching students with autism using video modeling. Retrieved from
http://autistic-students.suite101.com/article.cfm/teaching-students-with-autism-using-video-
modeling
For slides 6,7,8
Watson, S. (2010). Direct teaching for students with special needs . Retrieved from
http://specialed.about.com/od/teacherstrategies/a/direct.htm
For slides 9,10,11
Logan, A. (2010). Special education programs and the mainstream classroom. Retrieved from
http://specialneedseducation.suite101.com/article.cfm/special-education-programs-and-the-mainstream-
classroom
