The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand standards and industry codes of practice.
This unit describes the skills and knowledge to provide support to students who have education needs associated with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
This unit applies to education support work in a variety of contexts and work is to be undertaken with appropriate guidance, support and supervision by a nominated teacher or other education professional.
Assessment1 Discussion Board Part 1:
Please copy your input in the discussion board to the space provided below.
a. Share a resource/app/PD/video etc by providing details such as website addresses, pictures etc.
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your students with ASD.
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Lecturer’s comment: Discussion Board Part 2:
Please copy your input in the discussion board to the space provided below.
Choose a peer's suggestion that you think will benefit you and/or your students with ASD. Which peer did you choose?
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Describe how you are going to use it on yourself and/or students with ASD.
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Lecturer’s comment: Question 1:
Describe how an understanding of the historical context of autism spectrum disorder might help you understanding a school parent blaming a mother of a child with autism for their condition.
a. Did the mother cause the autism in the child?
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b. What are the current research related to autism spectrum disorder that you can use to explain to the school parent?
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Second attempt, if applicable: Question 2:
Louise is a six-year-old child displaying marked impairment in the use of eye-to-eye gaze, facial expression, and body postures, lack of social or emotional reciprocity, hand flapping, obsessive adherence to routines, with no significant delay in language or cognition.
Explain the process that might be followed to establish a diagnosis.
a. Look through the diagnosis tools and determine the possible diagnosis of Louise and explain why.
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b. What other questionnaire can you use? What should you do with the questionnaire?
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c. What should you do to help Louise get her formal diagnosis?
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Second attempt, if applicable: Question 3a:
You are working as an education support worker in a primary school, and Jay is one of the students you are supporting. Jay is eight years of age and he has Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder. You also support Ross, a student with Autism who has very little speech and has an intellectual disability. The teacher is explaining a verbal language activity to the class that has several steps, and involves group interaction.
Explain the difficulties (at least two) that might be experienced by Jay, and how you might assist him.
Jay has Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder.
a. Identify the difficulties he might face in a verbal language activity with group interaction
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b. How can you assist him in these difficulties?
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Second attempt, if applicable: Question 3b:
Identify the difficulties (at least two) that might be experienced by Ross and explain how you might work with him in this situation.
Ross has ASD, little speech and intellectual disability
a. Identify the difficulties he might face in a verbal language activity with group interaction
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b. How can you assist him in these difficulties?
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Question 4:
Identify the implication of ASD on effective teaching and learning practises for each of the area a) Behaviour and b) classroom interaction and explain what kind of strategies can help.
a. Give two examples of how behaviour of the child with ASD could impact on the teacher’s teaching and/or the child’s learning
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b. Provide two strategies to help the child to cope with his behaviour
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c. Give two examples of how classroom interaction displayed by the child with ASD could impact on the teacher’s teaching and/or the child’s learning
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d. Provide two strategies to help the child with his classroom interaction
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Second attempt, if applicable: Question 5a:
You are supporting Terry, a nine-year-old child with high-functioning autism who can read and write, but who become anxious when the class is given a new activity or assignment. Explain how you, as part of the education team, might assist Terry when the class is given a new assignment.
a. Provide three examples
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b. Explain your intention for each example.
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Second attempt, if applicable: Question 5b:
You are also supporting Khayle, a nine-year-old with high support autism who has difficulty communicating.
Research Boardmaker and Writing with Symbols to explain how you might use these resources to work as a team member to implement education programs for Khayle.
a. Provide two examples
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b. Explain your intention for each example.
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Second attempt, if applicable: Question 6:
Identify five ways an education support worker might influence social interactions of students with ASD with other students and personnel.
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Second attempt, if applicable: Question 7:
Write three SMART goals that an education support worker might contribute to as part of an education team supporting the development of a student’s social development.
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Second attempt, if applicable: Question 8a:
As independence is a desired goal for all students, instruction should include strategies to decrease the need for adult prompting. Describe three teaching strategies that might be used and supported by education support workers to encourage students to develop independence.Identify three strategies on how to fade prompts
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Second attempt, if applicable: Question 8b:
There are various strategies: prompting, shaping, fading, chaining and modelling behaviour which can be used by support personnel in conjunction with teaching personnel. Identify and describe three strategies.
a. Identify three strategies
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b. Describe what are the strategies
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Second attempt, if applicable: Question 8c:
What are five of the benefits of working collaboratively and cooperatively with others in support of students?
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Second attempt, if applicable: Question 9:
You are an education support worker for Marcus, a 10-year-old child with autism who has little speech. During a group activity in class, you notice Marcus becoming fidgety and his breathing becoming heavy. Just before you can intervene, he pulls the hair of a girl near him and she screams and pushes him away.
Describe the steps you might take to maintain your personal safety and the safety of Marcus and other students.
a. Identify the stages of escalation that Marcus is at
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b. Describe the steps to maintain personal safety of Marcus, other students and yourself
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Second attempt, if applicable: Question 10: Application to a student with ASD
See tasks below a. With the help of the teacher, identify a student with ASD with issues on social skills. List down the name (not real name), chronological age, developmental age, gender, diagnosis if any, etc)
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b. Write down the challenges that this student with ASD has related to social skills.
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c. Write down the challenges that this student with ASD has related to social skills.
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e. Set a SMART goal for this student with ASD to help him/her with his/her social skills.
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f. List down at least 2 strategies to meet the SMART goal. Explain the reasons of using these strategies
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g. List down at least 2 resources required to meet the SMART goal/strategies. Explain the reasons of using these resources.
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h. Implement your strategies and write a summary about the impact of your intervention on the student with ASD with issues on social skills.
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i. Feedback to your teacher your summary and record what your teacher say about your intervention.
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