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What are the effects for the student with autism?
What are the effects for general education students?
- Be overly sensitive in sight, hearing, touch, smell, or taste (for example, they may refuse to wear "itchy" clothes and become distressed if they are forced to wear the clothes)
- Have unusual distress when routines are changedPerform repeated body movements
- Show unusual attachments to objects
- "Acts up" with intense tantrums
- Gets stuck on a single topic or task (perseveration)
- Has a short attention span
- Has very narrow interests
- Is overactive or very passive
- Shows aggression to others or self
- Shows a strong need for sameness
- Uses repetitive body movements
What are some effects for the mainstreamed student?
- They have the benefit of both the resource teacher and the general education teacher.
- Peer grouping helps improve social interaction between the mainstreamed student and general education students.
- Mainstreamed students pick up classroom knowledge.
What are some negative effects for general education students?
- Instructional time is lost due to the teacher redirecting the student with autism.
- Instruction may be "watered down" because of the mainstreamed student.
- General education students may feel the mainstreamed student is getting special treatment when accommodations are made by the teacher.
- Mainstreamed students might become a distraction to general education students.
- The teacher may be so distracted by the mainstreamed student that it prevents them from doing her job.
One major benefit for general education students is that they become more willing to accept diversity.
Resources
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002494/
http://www.autismspeaks.org/
http://theautismresearchfoundation.org/resources/about-autism/
What behaviors are common in students with autism?
What is Autism?
Autism is a developmental disorder that appears in the first 3 years of life, and affects the brain's normal development of social and communication skills.
What are the effects of mainstreaming students with autism into the general education classroom?
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