Wow! I wish I could find a program like this for my autistic daughter! The public school system where I am is simply not doing good enough. It would make my life soooo much easier and worry free if I had this for my babygirl.
It's seems like there is a lot of hard work going into this type of schooling, for both the teachers and the kids. A step in the right direction...However, I wonder what stress level these teachers need to bare. Also, I think there should always 2 teachers in the room to aid each other. Could be wishful thinking in our present day economy.
Why do you have to make it seem like learning is something that happens for young children in place of play? Play is an opportunity to learn. Why would you have play-based instruction otherwise?
I appreciate and I'm so grateful for the special pre K program. It has really brought my son out of his shell. Thank you to all the wonderful teachers out there.
I'm watching this for a class at Kutztown, and this gives me so much hope about how far we've come with autism research and awareness. These women are so well educated, and so compassionate. It makes me excited to be in this field, every time I watch things like this.
Both my brother and I are on the spectrum (My autism is mild and his autism is severe) We both attended a preschool specifically for young children (Age 2.5-6) with autism where we got most of our early intervention. We had a lot of individual support as well as group outings and games. And we were taught some basic academics as well as safety and other things.
I teach lower mild to moderate and I always have at least 4-5 "high functioning" auts in my class. It is hard to meet all needs but this video is giving me some good ideas, thanks.
A lot of this is about your mentality. For example, if you start out with the mindset that being at the table isn't fun, you can't introduce it or anything associated with it to your students as being fun and use that as a camping off point for what you're going to build on to it. Of course, class time is supposed to be a time to work anyway. What you do is that from the start, you put them in the frame of mind that being at the table is part of instructional time at school, but can also be rewarding for them.
I work in a mainstream nursery in the UK and I always love to tune in and see other approaches from around the globe. This is a wonderful video and as both a parent of a child with autism and also a teacher of children with autism we can never sit back and think we know all there is to know. The children and staff look so happy. What a wonderful environment!
I have been working for years with the Autism population, this looks like such a wonderful program and the reverse mainstream its spectacular. Keep up the wonderful work you all are.doing.
