This document provides communication tips and general tips for working with children who have autism spectrum disorders. It suggests teaching functional communication skills in everyday activities with multiple opportunities to practice. It also recommends arranging environments to promote communication and reducing stressful speaking situations. When communicating with the child, it advises slowing down speech, using short simple sentences and visual/object supports. General tips include consistency, positive reinforcement, remaining neutral when addressing problem behaviors, and using few words. The document also answers common questions about autism symptoms, prevalence, intellectual abilities, special skills, treatment effectiveness, and elements of effective early intervention programs.
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1. Autism Spectrum Disorders
Tips & Resources
Tip Sheet 23
General Tips, Communicating and FAQ’s
For Working with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Communication Tips
Helping your child communicate more effectively:
• Teach communication skills that are functional and meaningful
• Teach communication in the context of everyday activities
• Provide multiple opportunities for communication practice throughout the day
• Arrange the environment as necessary to create the need to communicate
• Reduce stressful speaking situations by avoiding:
• Competition for speaking o pportunity
• Frequent interruptions
• Demand for display speech
• Loss of listener attention
• Frequent questions
• Excitement when speaking
Communicating more effectively with your child:
• Slow down when speaking with your child
• Replace long, complex sentences with short simple sentences
• Stress key words
• Use other modalities to enhance meaning
• When using spoken commands, make them simple
• Use visual supports
• Use object supports
• Be consistent
General Tips
Consistency, consistency, consistency
Do things the same way with your child each time, and do things the same way with other people. Without
consistency your child may become confused or discover opportunities for manipulation.
Catch ‘em being good
Whenever the opportunity presents itself, use a lot of positive reinforcement. Some children thrive on
positive attention. Let them know when they are acting appropriately. If we praise good behavior we can
hopefully decrease the need for inappropriate behavior.
Remain neutral and calm
Be sure not to raise your voice or show emotional reaction when your child uses inappropriate behaviors.
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Prepared by: The TAP Service Center at The Hope Institute for Children and Families www.theautismprogram.org
2. Autism Spectrum Disorders
Tips & Resources
Use few words when addressing an inappropriate behavior
Using too many words provides unneeded attention. Keep requests simple. Tell your child what TO do
rather than what not to do. Avoid using “stop” or “don’t” statements and always use a firm., calm respectful
tone of voice.
FAQ’s
1. What symptoms or observations s i gn al an immediate need for an evaluation?
9 months: No babbling
12 months: No pointing or other gestures
16 months: No single words
24 months: No functional 2-word phrases
Any age: Any loss of any language or social skills
2. Are Autism Spectrum Disorders rare?
No. Current statistics from the Center for Disease Control indicate that 1 in 166 children have an Autism Spectrum
Disorder.
3. Do all children with autism have intellectual impairments?
No. The intellectual abilities of children with autism vary from the gifted range to severe and profound mental
retardation. Studies indicate that 50 to 70 percent of individuals with classic autism have some level of mental
retardation. It is important to note that intellectual functioning is difficult to assess in individuals with autism, and
assessment of intellectual functioning in very young children may not be accurate.
4. Do all children with autism have some special gift, such as the ability to calculate dates or
compose music?
No. There are a limited number of people with autism who are identified as savants. Savants are individuals with
isolated giftedness in one or more areas. It is true that individuals with autism have what is called, splinter skills or
scattered abilities. These terms refer to the fact that many people with autism have an uneven pattern of intellectual
strengths and weaknesses.
5. Can individuals with autism respond to treatment?
Yes. We know that individuals with autism spectrum disorders learn through visual presentation, repetition and
predictability. An environment that provides visual supports, structure, and repetition is most helpful. For more
information on treatment options you should research University of North Carolina-Division TEACCH; Applied
Behavior Analysis and Picture Exchange Communication.
6. What are some common elements seen in effective programs for young children?
• Comprehensive assessment leading to diagnosis and to an individualized treatment plan
• Individualized programming that is reevaluated to keep pace with the child’s progress
• Predictable routines
• Functional analysis of problem behaviors
• Active family involvement
• Careful transitions across intervention settings (EI to School Programs; Grade Levels)
• Highly trained staff and use of empirically demonstrated strategies
• Focus on Early Intervention
• Intensive intervention (intensity measured by frequency of interactions and level of engagement)
• Attempts to generalize learning across environments (carrying things learned at school to home, etc.). A good
program will assure that the child can demonstrate gains with multiple people and in multiple settings.
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Prepared by: The TAP Service Center at The Hope Institute for Children and Families www.theautismprogram.org