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» Chambers of Hope (COH) and American Aspergers Association (AAA)
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» Introductions
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» June 4th 2011
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» Free Home Speech Practice Home offer
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» Support group meeting and hbot volunteers
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» Favor....Locals..read..please...
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» Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) is hosting the first of its best practices webinars
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» We need to start this website back up again!
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» Group Home Manager is Yelling I Need Help
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» Facebook
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» Support Group Meetings 2011 *EDITED*
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» community happenings!
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» Asperger's (how it is diagnosed and treated)
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» What do you do when people look at you by the pills you take vs. the person you are?
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» Items under your nose that are gluten free, and cheap too!
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» Adam
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» Looking for friends
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» Maas-Rowe Carillon Questions
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» Video Emails from Dr. Ron
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» Ah, it's good to be back.
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» 1st Annual Aspergers Volleyball Tournament
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» free event: Therapeutic Recreation Adapted Sailing and Kayak Clinic
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» Help! I Seem to be Getting More Autistic!" ARTICLE
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» Was this teacher out of line?
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» OMG THE PLACE IS REMODELED!!!!
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» Got Plates?
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» Local IEP Advocate!! THANKS VAL!!!
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» Pinellas ESE advisory board meetings
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» Dentists who use sedation.. thanks Dr. Ron
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» Hey GAB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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» Autism in the news: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A hormone thought to encourage bonding between mothers and their babies may foster social behavior in some adults with autism, French researchers said on Monday.
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» **********echo*******************
Your Asperger Child: Using Visuals I_icon_minitimeSun Jan 31, 2010 11:16 pm by KelleyNNelson

» Any ideas on how to make a gluten regression easier for both child and family?
Your Asperger Child: Using Visuals I_icon_minitimeWed Jan 06, 2010 9:47 am by csweepigirl

» Hi! Long time no see.
Your Asperger Child: Using Visuals I_icon_minitimeMon Dec 21, 2009 3:04 am by KelleyNNelson

» Hellooooo? Need some freakin' help here.
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» Cats or dogs? Summer or winter?
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» Mozark and the whale *aspergers movie* on showtime on demand.. SUCKED by the way
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» Adult Aspergers Syndrome
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» Asperger’s Syndrome: A Developmental Puzzle by Michael McCroskery
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» Really Cool Super Awesome Thing! Kim And Kelly You Have To Read This!
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» 2 Articles of Interest Re: Aspergers
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» Accidently stubled across some info about meletonin oops!
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» Lack of Services for ASD
Your Asperger Child: Using Visuals I_icon_minitimeMon Nov 09, 2009 8:04 pm by Dr. Ron

» New and having a hard time
Your Asperger Child: Using Visuals I_icon_minitimeWed Nov 04, 2009 3:40 am by lovethefish

» Sorry I haven't been around as much (update)
Your Asperger Child: Using Visuals I_icon_minitimeTue Nov 03, 2009 10:53 pm by KelleyNNelson

» Having a hard time again
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» Important paradox/riddle! Anyone care to help with it?
Your Asperger Child: Using Visuals I_icon_minitimeMon Oct 19, 2009 10:46 pm by KelleyNNelson

» Follow through or not.
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» New Pediatrics Autism Study Putting Prevalence at 1 in 91
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» Different Directions
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» AS is a very difficult diagnosis to make.
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» How is everyone?
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» CD to benefit the AAA ~!!!!! Check this out!!
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» I met Joe Diffie's son!
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» Anyone feel like helping me smack the crap out of my former boss?
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» Lazy or Aspergers?? or both?
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» The right thing?
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» Mark Fowler and his wonderful work.
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» A.A.A. RESEARCH STUDY. Do you see any differences between females with Aspergers vs. males with Aspergers
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» What happened?? because I don't know, do you?
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» Haha, Funny URL.
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» Dude! Kim, I forgot to tell you... and maybe anyone else at the last meeting...
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» My son is making strange noises!
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» Terrible sound on video
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» Aspian or Aspergian?
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» If you, or you know someone who needs a BIG/HUGE carseat..
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» Just a quick hello
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» We started the FLDRS process...and here's what we found out so far
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» Support Groups
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» (Aspergers) Boy Meets Girl Movie
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» I give up, with trying to ever just relax, really.. I'm so flustrated!
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» Basic White or Yellow Cake
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» When did this category get here?
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» Pork Fried Rice
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» Why Are The Private Messages Still Disabled????
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» Sorry I've been M.I.A.
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» 5Km Run For AS!
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» Help for a mother.
Your Asperger Child: Using Visuals I_icon_minitimeWed Aug 12, 2009 12:01 pm by Dr. Ron

» Aspergers and empathy
Your Asperger Child: Using Visuals I_icon_minitimeSat Aug 08, 2009 11:41 am by csweepigirl

» We are the three amigo(a)s!Aanyone care to join?
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» Vaccinations, Red Book, What?
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» What is the first step?
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» Children who can’t cuddle
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» Challenging popular myths about autism
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» I NEED your HELP!!
Your Asperger Child: Using Visuals I_icon_minitimeSat Jul 25, 2009 2:41 am by melissa

» Ok..what do I do? any suggestions..
Your Asperger Child: Using Visuals I_icon_minitimeFri Jul 24, 2009 3:53 am by melissa

» Back home!
Your Asperger Child: Using Visuals I_icon_minitimeWed Jul 22, 2009 2:10 pm by KelleyNNelson

» Any spanish speakers willing to help an aspie in spain?
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» Gluten Free Simple Bread
Your Asperger Child: Using Visuals I_icon_minitimeTue Jul 21, 2009 11:49 am by csweepigirl

» More research (genetics)
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1Your Asperger Child: Using Visuals Empty Your Asperger Child: Using Visuals Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:03 am

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Your Asperger Child: Using Visuals
Children with Asperger's learn most successfully through visual modes. They are visual learners, as well as visual thinkers. Generally, areas of strength include word recognition, oral reading, spelling, and letter/number recognition – all areas requiring visual learning. Therefore, visuals become a crucial part of almost every prevention strategy. Visuals serve to enhance understanding when new concepts are presented. They do this by:

Helping to focus attention
Acting as a backup when new information is presented, giving the child something to look at in case information is forgotten or confused
Providing external organization and structure, e.g., by showing the sequence or steps needed to complete a task
Remaining stable over time, allowing the child the needed time to process and respond
Making concepts more concrete, which also decreases anxiety
Acting as cues when the child is ready to practice the concepts
Visuals come in all shapes, sizes, and forms. Below is a partial list.

assignment sheets
cartoon bubbles
checklists
color coding
cue cards
drawings
hand signals
highlighting
lists of rules
masking tape
photographs
pictures
planning sheets
problems and solutions sheets
problem wheels
schedules
sequence cards
signs with key words and phrases
social stories
timers
footprints
words
written scripts
Let's explore how these can be used. Tim, an eight-year-old, was experiencing great difficulty whenever he played with peers in his neighborhood. He had responded well at school to a high degree of structure, consistency, and specific recess rules presented in a visual format. He had been given a road map for recess success. However, this was not the case when he was playing with peers in the neighborhood. In this less structured setting, where he interacted with different children in multiple activities, he displayed many inappropriate behaviors. When he didn't know how to respond, or if he didn't like the response of another child, he would push or hit them.
My initial response was to complete, with Tim's help, a problems and solutions sheet. First, we outlined his neighborhood playground problems to ensure that he understood what was occurring. Next, we discussed both appropriate and inappropriate ways to respond in these situations. This was done in a very clear, step-by-step fashion and, ultimately, became his "game plan" for neighborhood play. It included both the rewards for appropriate behaviors and the consequences for inappropriate behaviors, using naturally occurring rewards and consequences as much as possible. For instance, when you play appropriately, other children will want to play with you and will be less likely to tease you.

During this process with Tim, it became clear that even with reading the "game plan" right before he went out to play, he needed a visual available to him while he was actually outside. Since his common response was to push or hit with his hands, I decided to put a symbol on his hand. Again, this was discussed with Tim. It was presented like many of the other strategies, as something that would help him solve his problem. I explained that we'd use his right hand, because this was the hand he used for pushing or hitting. I allowed him to choose the color of the marker we would use and what symbol we would draw. He selected a purple star; this was placed on his hand every day before going out to play, at which time the problems and solutions sheet was also reviewed.

When Tim returned home the first time the purple star was used, he said, "It worked. I was going to push John and when I saw the star it made me stop." The power of visuals! Both the problems and solutions sheet and the purple star were used for three weeks. Beginning with the fourth week, the reading of the sheet before going out to play was eliminated, and the following week the star was discontinued. By then, Tim had internalized a new way of responding. Remember, this does not replace ongoing social skills training and helping Tim to expand/generalize his interactions with peers

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