Zócalo Public SquareCan Cotton Balls Help Teach Kids With Autism? – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Can Cotton Balls Help Teach Kids With Autism? https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2014/05/07/can-cotton-balls-help-teach-kids-with-autism/ideas/up-for-discussion/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2014/05/07/can-cotton-balls-help-teach-kids-with-autism/ideas/up-for-discussion/#respond Wed, 07 May 2014 07:01:11 +0000 Zocalo https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=53609 There’s a saying among families who have kids on the autism spectrum: If you’ve met one kid with autism, you’ve met one kid with autism. Those on the spectrum have challenges socializing, communicating, and behaving in typical ways. But while some may have no interest in other people, others may be so interested in joining a group at play that they jump in without asking permission. Some repeat phrases said to them over and over; others don’t say much at all. With such a complicated set of symptoms, there is a plethora of ways to support these kids. But which are the most effective and most promising—especially in the classroom, where kids are supposed to learn arithmetic while also not getting so frustrated that they shut down? In advance of the Zócalo/ASU event, “How Should We Teach Children with Autism?”, we asked scholars and educators: What has been the biggest recent breakthrough in helping kids with autism learn?

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]]> There’s a saying among families who have kids on the autism spectrum: If you’ve met one kid with autism, you’ve met one kid with autism. Those on the spectrum have challenges socializing, communicating, and behaving in typical ways. But while some may have no interest in other people, others may be so interested in joining a group at play that they jump in without asking permission. Some repeat phrases said to them over and over; others don’t say much at all. With such a complicated set of symptoms, there is a plethora of ways to support these kids. But which are the most effective and most promising—especially in the classroom, where kids are supposed to learn arithmetic while also not getting so frustrated that they shut down? In advance of the Zócalo/ASU event, “How Should We Teach Children with Autism?”, we asked scholars and educators: What has been the biggest recent breakthrough in helping kids with autism learn?

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