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We are a national project funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment through the Helping Children with Autism program.
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Let’s talk about language
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Learning intentions
Consider practical strategies to support the development of executive functioning skills
To explore executive functioning skills and the implications for home and school
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Diversity of autism
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Executive Functions
Thinking about our
own thinking
Response inhibition &
emotional control
Planning Organisation Time management
Working memory
Flexibility Attention Taskinitiation
Persistence
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Planning
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Working memory
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Meta-cognition
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Emotional regulation
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Cognitive flexibility
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Attention
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Task initiation
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Persistence
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• planning for assignments
• working as part of a group
• handwriting and being neat
• coping with change
• coping with bullying or teasing
• staying calm when the classroom is very noisy
Activities identified as challenging• the speed at which handwriting
needs to be completed
• copying information from the board
• doing homework
• staying calm when other kids annoyed them
Saggers et al, 2015
students on the autism spectrum
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Let’s look at the skill of task initiation
Does the person know when to
begin and how to begin?
Does the person have an understanding of beginning a task in a timely manner?
Is the person able to initiate a subsequent task, especially when they are slow to begin the first?
Is the person dependent on others to initiate or begin a task or activity?
Does the person appear unmotivated or non-compliant?
Does the person wait until the last minute to start a task and then become overwhelmed?
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Executive functioning in action
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Executive Functioning Tool
Josh forgot his backpack He did not have the clothes he needed for sport and became stressed
Josh had trouble starting a task because he was not able to remember what the teacher had said
He became frustrated and overwhelmed as he could not start the required task
Talks too loud in the hall and misses the instructions to leave
He becomes isolated from his peers and unsure of what to do next and has trouble regulating his emotions
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Identify a strategy
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Saggers et al, 2015
Strategies to support executive functioning
being able to use technology to support their educational needs in a variety of ways (e.g. to type or help with school work)
being able to take a break and having time away from others
being reminded of pending changes
getting copies of things teachers wrote on the board
using special interests to do projects
help with organising themselves
receiving rewards for jobs well done
a quiet space to do assessment
1:1 help from an adult
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Executive Functioning Tool
Have a checklist showing what Josh needs to have with him before he leaves homeHave the teacher repeat the instructions to Josh and allow processing timeHave visual reminders displayed regarding level of noise expectations
Josh forgot his backpack He did not have the clothes he needed for sport and became stressed
Josh had trouble starting a task because he was not able to remember what the teacher had said
He became frustrated and overwhelmed as he could not start the required task
Talks too loud in the hall and misses the instructions to leave
He becomes isolated from his peers and unsure of what to do next and has trouble regulating his emotions
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Implement a new strategy
Consider:
• Who needs to be informed and taught how to use the strategy?
• What materials do we need?
• What environments do the materials need to be available in?
• Does your young person need to be taught something?
• Trial and observe their response.
3Implement
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• What is the purpose of the strategy?
• Is the strategy working for your young person?
• Is the strategy appropriate for the environment?
• Is the strategy being safely implemented and not causing stress, anxiety or discomfort?
• Is the strategy easy to use?
• Is the strategy negatively impacting the young person’s learning or the learning of those around them?
4Evaluate Evaluate a strategy
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Some other resources
www.autismtraining.com.au
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