Friday, October 31, 2014

Temple Gradin: An Inspiration To The World

Temple Grandin is the face of autism and an inspiration to those diagnosed with it. She was an advocate for autistic populations and was also a great writer. In 2010, HBO released an Emmy Award winning film on Grandin's life and how she dealt with autism. As a high-functioning autistic person, Gradin was able to make sense and articulate her unusual life experiences with rare depth. She described her sensitivity to loud noises and and her difficulty socializing with others. She was a visual thinker who considered verbal communication to be a secondary skill. She has taken strong positions on autism and education of autistic children creating many different early interventions a teacher or parent can do to help the child.




Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Blog 8 - Research and Working EQ


  1. My working EQ is how can you help a child with autism communicate better with others?
  2. What is a possible answer to your working EQ? 
EQ: How can you help a child with autism communicate better with others?

  • Social activities could be formed or group activities so the child can be more engaged with his/her peers.
  • Reading social stories about daily routines of everyday life can help a child become more familiar with to what is normal and what is not.
     3. The most important source that has helped me come up with an answer to my working EQ is the               article Social Skills Activities for Kids with Autism by Kate Miller-Wilson.
     4. My mentor is Ariana Nasseri and I am helping her take care of Sergio. What I am doing is making activities and stories that could help Sergio become more involved and social with other children.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Blog 7: Independent Component 1 Approval

1. What I plan to do for my 30 hours of Independent Component are social or interactive activities that will help Sergio (autistic child) be more involved and be more social with the other kids. It could be from red light green light to duck duck goose. Or I could read different social stories to Sergio every day.

2. To show evidence of the 30 hours I could take a picture of the activity or story I did that day. I will write what I did on my log as well.

3.  What I will be doing for my Independent Component will help me explore my topic on autism in more depth because I will get to see progress off Sergio and how the communication with the other kids will grow.