I have a question about autism and education. First of all I'm a teacher candidate and I just got completed my first placement. I will be returning to the school.
In one of my classes I just found out that one of my students is autistic (yeah, we JUST got their IEPs...at the end of October...ridiculous much?!) and I never even GUESSED that he was...
We learn about autism and education in class, but in theory things are always so different...
Anyways, this student NEVER asks for help and when I approach him about why he's not doing his work he'll say he doesn't want to do it...it's boring...etc. and then if I ask him if he knows what he's doing he says no...and if I ask him if he wants help, he'll say yes most of the time. It's gotten so that now he'll ask me for help and w/e he needs instead of waiting for me to ask him (win!) but I'm wondering if there's anything else I can do for him...granted, I'm also not in the class for the next 3 weeks =(
Is there anything else I should be/could be doing to help him be successful ?
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You can read some books on autism. Learn all that you can about it. Be patient. Be respectful. Determine what kind of a learner the child is (many autistic people are visual learners, so visual aids can be really helpful). Go out of your way to talk to the child, because many children on the spectrum have difficulty initiating. And remember he is a little boy first and foremost and autism is just one aspect of his life.