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  • Documents for Webinars on Supporting Students with Autism in Math

    Link to Drop Box folder for webinar on Task Analysis Link to Drop Box folder for webinar on Making Math Meaningful (note: the folder is not populated with handouts with excerpts shown on the video. These documents will be available in the folder by Oct 16.

  • Documents to Share from Webinar on Math and Autism

    Here is a link to a Drop Box folder with documents shown during webinar.

  • Linear Functions with Comic Book Context

    This is a follow-up to a previous post about using comics to engage a student with autism. In the photo above the comics are on sale for $2 each which is a situation modelled by a linear function. The student finished this assignment independently, quickly and accurately (aside from the bars on the graph). (Note…

  • Real Life Relevant Context for Students with Autism

      In  a lesson on functions I provided a student with autism the input and output mapping on the left as opposed to the problems like the one on the right. This student, as I’ve written before, loves comics and superheroes and villains. He was tasked with matching (mapping) people with super powers with the organization to…

  • Engagement Through Individual Interest

    I have a student with autism who loves comic books, especially DC and Marvel, and is often disinterested in the math I have to offer. In an activity to shop for clothes using a $200 gift card, 40% discount and 6% sales tax I gave this student a print out of comic books for his…

  • Scaffolding Percent Discount and Tax

      This is a snippet of a handout that is a follow up to a previous percent activity that I posted. It walks students through the mathematical steps including subtracting the price. I found that the cutting part of the previous activity was effective but the steps were not as clear. This handout is an…

  • Homework as a Challenge Part 1

    In another post  I describe a former 7th grade student of mine who was classified as having asperger’s and tested at a 1st grade or kindergarten math and reading level. He was not doing his homework. His science teacher explained that he was prompting the student to copy the homework. The student’s guardian explained that she…

  • Manchester CC Survey about Student Struggles

    Manchester Community College (CT) surveyed their students and asked for reasons why students struggle in their classes. The number two most common response was that students didn’t know how to study effectively. If the students in the general population struggle with this imagine students with special needs. As I’ve posted elsewhere on this blog, students with…

  • Daily Checklist for ASD

    This is a daily checklist (list of expectations) for a student with an autism spectrum disorder. This student completes it as we proceed through class. He gets a daily grade for this. This particular student loves The Avengers so I added a Captain America sticker as reinforcement (which he likes). Other students have a more…

  • Presentation to Autism Class USJ November 2012

    Presentation to Autism Class USJ November 2012 This is the PDF file of a presentation given to the Intro to Autism class at the University of Saint Joseph in November, 2012. Please email me if you have any questions or requests.