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"Best-of" Teaching Strategies for Students on the Autism Spectrum

We're all dealing with the coronavirus currently, but school will be back in session for most of the U.S. eventually. We have compiled a series of articles that will be especially helpful for teachers and home-schoolers who may have a student on the autism spectrum when classes resume.

Here, teachers will find nearly everything they need to know to help their "special needs" students be successful - both academically and socially.

"Best-of" Teaching Strategies for Students on the Autism Spectrum:

  1. Crucial Strategies for Teachers 
  2. Problems in Physical Education Classes 
  3. Anxiety-Based Absenteeism and School-Refusal
  4. Poor Academic Performance
  5. Effective Academic Accommodations
  6.  Behavior-Management in the Classroom 
  7. Capitalizing on Strengths 
  8. The Easily Discouraged Student
  9. Difficulty with Transitions
  10. Skills and Deficits
  11. Teaching Social Skills
  12. Understanding the Difficult Student
  13. Fact Sheet for Teachers
  14. How to Create an Effective Behavioral Intervention Plan 
  15. Behavioral Support
  16. Teaching the Anxious Student
  17. Teaching the Visually-Oriented Student
  18. Helping Students Cope with Recess 

More teaching strategies can be found here: The Complete Guide to Teaching Students with Aspergers and High-Functioning Autism

Problem Behavior in Children and Teens with Asperger's and High-Functioning Autism



If you have tried talking, screaming, punishing, pleading, and negotiating - but your Asperger's or HFA teenager still walks all over you…

If you find yourself "walking on eggshells" around your child trying to avoid saying something that will set him off…

If you are tired of struggling with a person who is disrespectful, obnoxious, or even abusive toward you in your own home…

If you are frustrated and exhausted from constant arguing…

Strategies for Transforming ASD Meltdowns into Moments of Connection

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