Course: Good Practice in Autism Education

In this section we will look at some guides for teachers and parents that have been developed by Chrysoula Mangafa at Coventry University to support appropriate tablet use. You can …

Intervention-based research for autism can confuse integration with inclusion. Integration has a focus of supporting the autistic individual to adapt to their environment (eg social skills training) whilst inclusion attempts …

The diagnosis of autism focuses upon challenges that can be experienced by autistic people. However, it is important to remember that we all differ, including people who may be autistic, …

Lynch and Irvine (2009) reviewed the research literature and identified eight of the most widely published and cited educational intervention programmes in an attempt to determine whether there were common …

The UK Government provides advice for newly qualified teachers to support SEND learners, which includes autistic learners. These 8 pillars of inclusion reflect the context in which teachers are working: …

The Index for Inclusion is a set of materials to guide schools through a process of inclusive school development. The Index for Inclusion can be understood as a set of …

This section addresses two types of special schools: General special schools and autism-specific special schools. General special schools General special schools are schools wholly for pupils with Special Educational Needs …

Earlier we saw that most autistic children (70%) are in mainstream schools. However being physically in a school is not the same as being included in the school. Inclusion is …

In England, the Autism Act (2009) was the first disability-specific legislation to be passed by Parliament and focused on strategies for supporting autistic adults. Also in the UK Parliament, an …

Some autistic children have additional developmental, psychiatric, or medical diagnoses or conditions (eg epilepsy). These are sometimes described as co-morbidities or co-morbid disorders. In other words, co-morbidities are additional conditions …

Autism rarely occurs in isolation. Intellectual Disability is one of the most commonly co-occurring conditions but there are others to consider. One study employed a clinical sample of young autistic …

Intellectual disability (ID) is identified as mild (most people with ID are in this category), moderate or severe. The symptoms of ID begin during childhood or adolescence. Delays in language …

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides advice guidance within the UK to improve health and social care. NICE guideline 11 gives the following introduction to challenging …

Special Educational Needs & Disability (SEND) is a term used within education to describe a wide range of factors that can affect a child or young person’s ability to learn. …

This section will focus on intellectual disabilities – sometimes called learning disabilities and formerly referred to as “mental retardation”. Throughout this course we will use the term intellectual disability or …