Presentation for School of Special Educational Needs: Disability (SEND) Department of Education Western Australia

1. Adding Content to Your iPads
To Support Students With
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

2. People with ASD
Communication
Social Skills
Behaviour

3. People with ASD
All behaviour is
communication

4. Apps for AAC
Supporting communication for people with little or no speech
and complex communication needs

6. EVERYONE!

7. Effective use of iPad
Settings
Restrictions
Guided access

8. Visual tools

9. Benefits
Routines
Transitions
Expectations
Clear steps
On task
Consistent language

11. There's an app for that!
Visual Schedule Planner
Choiceworks
StoryRobe
Custom Boards
Visual routine
Week planner
Kids calendar

12. Positive Behaviour Support

13. Functional Behaviour Analysis
Access or Avoid
Attention
Access or Avoid
an Item
Avoid a Task or
Demand
Access or Avoid
Sensory Input

14. There's an app for that!
First Then Visual Schedule
iEarnedThat
Token Boards
Time timer
Sharing timer
Calm counter

15. Social skills

16. Needs
Determine behaviour / skill
Pre teaching
Reinforcement and feedback
Consistency
Review

17. Social Stories
www.thegraycentre.org

18. Teach a required social skill

19. Prepare someone for new
events and experiences

20. Teach a positive behaviour

21. Teach a new skill

22. There’s an app for that!
Pictello
Book Creator
Creative Book Builder
Puppet Pals
iMovie
Strip Designer
PixnTell

23. Feelings
• Recognising and
identifying feelings
• Expressing feelings
• Handling feelings of anger,
anxiety, stress

24. Friendships
• Making friends
• Maintaining friendships
• Sharing, winning and losing
• Eye contact, body language,
talking and listening.

25. Conversations
• Conversation rules
• Initiating, maintaining and ending
conversations
• Topics
• Taking turns

26. Conflict Resolution
• Negotiation
• Problem solving
• Ways to resolve conflict
• Choices when faced with
conflict

27. Classroom Behaviours
• Listening and attention, following
directions
• Asking for help
• When you don't understand
• Interrupting

28. So What?What? What next?
What? What have
I learnt?

29. So What?What? What next?
So What?
How will I use
this in my
classroom/
program?

30. 12.30 -1.30
1.30 - 3.00
3.00 - 3.30
Lunch
iPads to support students with learning support needs in
mainstream classrooms.
Taking your learning further