Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder may experience difficulty when planning, preparing for, getting started and completing work tasks. Poor executive function - the mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully - is often a characteristic of ASD. Bearing this in mind, students will benefit from explicit teaching of how to approach work tasks. For a student with ASD, this may provide vital pieces to the confusing puzzle that is school. This session will outline practical ideas and strategies for teaching task skills whether as teacher with a responsibility for a whole class or a Learning Support Officer working one to one or with small groups.
Presenter - Jane Hancock