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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: When you were in school....

MrsProulx
Posted: 07 Jun 2010, 11:54 am 

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Thanks for all those ideas. And thanks for mentioning finances; this student has met all the academic requirements, and so I was thinking of "soft skills," but realized I have no idea how he is dealing with money, and I'll have to investigate.

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: When you were in school....

MrsProulx
 Post subject: When you were in school....
Posted: 07 Jun 2010, 8:56 am 

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what would have been (or was) most helpful in teaching you to live independently in a mostly NT world? I'm a teacher of a 21-year old man with autism and I am struggling with writing his educational goals. Especially after reading posts here, I am wary of how much of school is trying to "change him"...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: you are being disrespectfull!

MrsProulx
Posted: 01 Jun 2010, 9:40 am 

Replies: 24
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I've been thinking about this issue a lot lately. I am a teacher, and have one student (21 years old) in particular that I have been told to focus on "job-related social skills." There are certain things-- abrupt ends to conversations, loud or "inappropriate" tone of voice-- that I can identify as s...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Dealing with irritating noises

MrsProulx
Posted: 01 Jun 2010, 9:10 am 

Replies: 12
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I have a self-contained life skills class in a high school, and one of my students is a 21-year old young man with autism (some of his paperwork says Aspergers, he says it's not that). He is extremely irritated by the sound of throat clearing, coughing, and sniffling-- and being in the thick of alle...
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