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Severe Nonverbal Autism

Teaching kids with autism may mean working with nonverbal students. Here are 9 strategies for effectively working with students with severe nonverbal autism.

Picture Exchange for Nonverbal Students

Picture Exchange for nonverbal students is an effective way to implement a communication system. It relies on three main principles and a cycle of phases. Learn more on how to implement picture exchange in your Autism unit.

Teaching Students with Echolalia

Echolalia- Learn strategies for your Autism classroom. What echolalia is and how to reduce it with activities to decrease repetitive speech or non-authentic communication.

Writing with Nonverbal Students

Choice and Voice for Every Student… Are you Writing with Nonverbal Students? Writing with Nonverbal Students Premium parking… that is what I call it. Have… Read More »Writing with Nonverbal Students

Free Communication Boards for Autism

I sat down today with a colleague and we talked about the goals we were working towards this year. We both agreed that communication was one of the biggest pieces. We seem to work on it a lot, but it feels like we don’t make a lot of progress on it as we coach and guide teachers. Why is that, I wonder? Why is it so hard to be consistent and diligent when it comes to enabling students with Autism or communication deficits to use AAC?

When I got home, I thought about the impact a reliable communication system can have on a student, on their behavior, and the people around them.