A new method for education for autistic children
L autism in the United States, the company is a hope for a unique reading system will be a boon for parents looking for new ways help autistic children develop reading skills. Approximately 1.5 million people are infected d autism in the United States – only a large increase in 1970 10,000. Dr
Temple Grandin, a professor at Colorado State University and author of two books on autism, has d extensive research on teaching autistic children and lectures on about the world.
many visual thinkers, autistic said Grandin, who is also an autistic child. and I think the pictures. I do not think the language. All my thoughts are like videotapes running in my imagination. C is there that the concept behind the educational system developed by Readent SFK Media Corp. expressly Children Program \; Film Reading interactive cinema adaptations of children classic s stories on DVD.
As the actors speak the words on screen at the same time, the text is written in words, viewers with d autism, with visual images to understand the concepts of language and develop their vocabulary. Readent The system includes all modern research on teaching reading in children with autism, including comments from experts like Dr. Grandin and other cognitive scientists, said Len Anthony Smith, Chief Executive Officer of SFK media.
Interactive word games vocabulary and comprehension quizzes and games seem to do wonders for students with autism. Grandin following tips for teaching autistic children.
* Avoid long strings of verbal instructions. People with autism have problems to remember the sequence. Instead, d write instructions on a piece of paper.
* The number of concrete visual methods to teach concepts such as a set of blocks that are of different lengths and colors of the numbers from one to ten, or a tree fruit , cut into quarters and halves for teach fractions.
* Many children with autism have problems with motor control in their hands, and calligraphy can be difficult. To reduce frustration, allow the children write on computer.
* Keep close to the keyboard screen. Some children do not remember almost nothing about the screen computer, you must take care of you reach a key on the keyboard.
* Non-verbal children are easier to associate words with pictures if they see the word printed on a card student.
Some people do not understand line drawings, so it is best to work on real objects and the first pictures.
