Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD):
1) abnormal language development
- speech may be absent or present w/ echolalia
- persons have difficulty initiating conversation as well as gauging inference
2) abnormal social development
- lacking a "Theory of Mind," persons do not attribute mental states to others
- no social eye gaze
- do not imitate social behaviors of others
3) abnormal behaviors
- preoccupation with nonfunctional qualities of objects
- repetitive movements (body-rocking and hand-flapping)are self-soothing
- prone to throwing violent tantrums because intolerant of change
Benefits of Virtual Reality and Comic Strips
they enable:
1) one to gradually introduce change in the safety of a known environment (reducing cognitive load as well as anxiety)
2) students to actively rehearse new skills without experiencing repercussions of failure as well as approach mistakes in a more positive light
3) instructor to guide student through social interactions unobtrusively (no one has to know), which may help students develop the experience and skills needed to predict the way their actions will be received
4) students to experience (virtual & actual) friendship and practice maintaining social ties
Brigadoon
Special Island for Persons w/ Autism in SecondLife
http://braintalk.blogs.com/brigadoon/2005/01/more_about_brig.html
brief APA (2009) article re: Second Life & Autism
http://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/09/second-life.aspx
Monday, November 29, 2010
sample 3: visitors
social story:
http://www.slatersoftware.com/Visitors%20Social%20Story.pdf
SecondLife experience:
life script:
GoAnimate.com: visitors by ohokay
Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!
comic strip:
http://www.slatersoftware.com/Visitors%20Social%20Story.pdf
SecondLife experience:
life script:
GoAnimate.com: visitors by ohokay
Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!
comic strip:
sample 2: waiting in line
social story:
http://region2library.org/DATA/Social%20Stories/Walking%20in%20the%20Hall.pdf
SecondLife:
life script:
comic strip:
http://region2library.org/DATA/Social%20Stories/Walking%20in%20the%20Hall.pdf
SecondLife:
life script:
comic strip:
sample 1: new class
social story:
http://www.slatersoftware.com/new%20classroom%20social%20story.pdf
SecondLife:
http://education.secondlife.com/?lang=en
life script:
pixton.com ookay
comic strip:
http://www.slatersoftware.com/new%20classroom%20social%20story.pdf
SecondLife:
http://education.secondlife.com/?lang=en
life script:
pixton.com ookay
comic strip:
FORMAT
The following is a basic schedule to be undertaken over the course of one school week, with activities repeated or rearranged as appropriate. A new life skill should be explored each week.
1) prompt and check for prior knowledge re: topic
2) shared reading of "social story"
3) review..check for understanding
4) guided SecondLife experience [sometimes engaging students from other schools]
5) life script
6) comic strip
--I am considering whether the life scripts and comic strips should be featured in a monthly newsletter, which could be distributed to school faculty and staff, younger Special Ed. students, and/or other local children who have an Autism Spectrum Disorder.
1) prompt and check for prior knowledge re: topic
2) shared reading of "social story"
3) review..check for understanding
4) guided SecondLife experience [sometimes engaging students from other schools]
5) life script
6) comic strip
--I am considering whether the life scripts and comic strips should be featured in a monthly newsletter, which could be distributed to school faculty and staff, younger Special Ed. students, and/or other local children who have an Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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