Educational
Provision: making mainstream schools autism-friendly &
inclusion
Dr. Rita Jordan
School of
Education, University of Birmingham,
2003
Issues in Effective
Integration
Size
& flexibility
Few
explicit but enforced rules
Bullying
Child
-> increase understanding
Others
-> seduce prime bully
-> Grays 6th sense
Circle
of friends & buddies
Support
for unstructured times & toilets
Issues in Effective
Integration 2
Language
Processing time
Direct commands (using LSAs - no monitoring)
Indirect speech/ sarcasm/ idioms/ questions
Vocabulary - define concepts
Sensory disturbance
Proximal support - noise/ light/ smell/distraction
Warning for end of lesson etc. clear starts & finishes
Issues in Effective
Integration 3
Impulse control
Fire alarms - alternative sign
Running off - plan escape
Say what to do & train
Use visual supports
Parents
Watch stress build up
Daily aerobic physical activity
Monitor toileting - constipation
Homework & home-school books - need cues to memory
Issues in Effective
Integration 4
Managing time/ space/ class transition
5 min warning to pack up
Teach packing up to speed - no help
No directions after lesson end signal
Allow to leave early to avoid crowds in transition
Dont sit where others go behind
Mark own space for shared tables etc.
Make homework clear
Why
Aspect of lesson
Cues to memory
Issues in Effective
Integration 5
Resource
base and escape plans
Plan
for escape -> signal & permission
Safe
resource area
Reverse
integration at breaks
Curriculum
access
Individual
No
common assumptions
Make
relevant
Curriculum: potential
problems
History
Facts/ lists/ dates fine
No empathy - opportunity to teach
Evidence - helpful for all
English
Hyperlexia
Teach text comprehension
Curriculum: potential
problems 2
Maths
Arithmetic and rote calculation
Application?
Algebra a problem
PE
Lack of danger
Visual guide - circuit training
Team games - explicit rules (video) , contact fear, get practice,
Strengths - trampoline/ balance/
swimming/ running