1. What works for students with High Functioning Autism? Susan Hines

2. Characteristics of HFA Do not make connections with others. Are most often visual learners. Tend to be literal and concrete thinkers and have difficulty with abstract ideas. Have difficulty finding or following a pattern or sequence. Often develops an area of intense interest.

3. Do not make connections Help the student make connections to text before he reads. Ask questions of your students to assess prior knowledge. STRATEGIES Complete the K segment of a “KWL” chart. Complete a Mind Mapping Activity.

4. Make Connections “KWL” “K” What do you already know about this topic? What do I predict this will be about? ? “ Mind Mapping” Organize key concepts and vocabulary into a visual map that is a pictorial representation of the topic. Add familiar “landmarks” to help new information fit into current background knowledge.

5. Graphic Organizers for Visual Learners

6. Help with abstract ideas: Anaphoric Cueing With a fairly short list of anaphora (words that refer to other words) that can be listed on a bookmark we can teach them when to stop in their reading and what to ask themselves before they move on. When we read: he, she, they, we, I, you We ask who? When we read: hers, his, its, theirs, ours, yours We ask whose?

7. Anaphoric Cueing When we read: it, that, this, can, do We ask what? When we read: here, there, come, go We ask where? When we read: then, before, after We ask when?

8. Finding Patterns or Sequences

9. Build on Interest