Sunday, January 22, 2012

Use Visual Strategies: Meeting the Communication Challenges in Autism

A website with heaps of resources and ideas

http://www.usevisualstrategies.com/Welcome.aspx 
Who is this site for? 
Speech Pathologists, educators, parents, therapists and others who work to support the learning of students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and related learning needs

What is this site about? 
Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and lots of other students with behavior or communication challenges tend to be visual learners. They understand what they see better than what they hear. Therefore, they benefit significantly from the use of Visual Strategies. Deciding when and how to use pictures and other visual supports is the key . . . learn lots of great ideas here.

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