Based on Teaching Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Eligible for 2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from the University of Wisconsin-Stout
After reading the book Teaching Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and successfully completing a two-part online assessment, you will be prepared to:
- Define and explain Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Describe the most common treatments for autism.
- Discuss how children with autism relate to their world.
- Summarize the learning characteristics of children with autism.
- Plan strategies for designing a proactive preschool environment to help children with autism adjust to preschool.
- Explain why life-skills are so important for a child with autism.
- Describe effective strategies for helping children with autism learn self-help skills.
- Manage the behaviors of children with autism.
- Describe the strategies – signs, symbols, and language – for helping children with autism communicate.
- Identify effective strategies for encouraging children with autism to play.
- Name strategies for teaching social studies.
- Observe for children with sensory integration disorders and explain how they can be helped.
- Compare the characteristics of the over-sensitive child to the under-sensitive child.
- List strategies for avoiding sensory overload.
COO7A – 2 CEUs, 2 Tests – Part A and Part B
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