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Social and Emotional Disabilities

Social and Emotional Disabilities. Goals for Today. Describe the Impact of Social and Emotional Disabilities Describe some red flags for Disability Define the characteristics of autism spectrum disorder. Statistics! . Delaware – 4 th in the nation for Pre-K Expulsion

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Social and Emotional Disabilities

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  1. Social and Emotional Disabilities

  2. Goals for Today • Describe the Impact of Social and Emotional Disabilities • Describe some red flags for Disability • Define the characteristics of autism spectrum disorder

  3. Statistics! • Delaware – 4th in the nation for Pre-K Expulsion • Children with Lower SES might be at greater risk for expulsion (Qi & Kaiser, 2003) • A child is more likely to be expelled from preschool than K-12 (Gilliam 2005)

  4. Yeah….And? • Do they grow out of it? • When should I worry? • Behavior disorders • Internalizing • externalizing

  5. What is Autism? • Autism is a developmental disorder that is characterized by: • Problems with Social interaction • Communication Deficits • Stereotypic interests • Some want to add sensory processing • Usually diagnosed before age 3

  6. Development -- Down Syndrome v. Autism

  7. Teaching and prevention of problem behavior • If a child doesn’t know how to read, we teach. • If a child doesn’t know how to swim, we teach. • If a child doesn’t know how to multiply, we teach. • If a child doesn’t know how to drive, we teach • If a child doesn’t know how to behave, we… • Teach? • Punish? • Why can’t we finish the last sentence as automatically as we do the others?

  8. For More Information Adamson, L. B., Bakeman, R., Deckner, D. F., & Romski, M. (2009). Joint engagement and the emergence of language in children with autism and down syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39(1), 84-96. Heflin, L. J., & Alaimo, D. F. (2007). Students with autism spectrum disorders: Effective instructional practices. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Merrill Prentice-Hall. Huaqing, Q. C., & Kaiser, A. P. (2003). Behavior problems of preschool children from low-income families: Review of the literature. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 23(4), 188-216. Jacobson, L. (2005). Preschoolers expelled from school at rates exceeding that of K-12. Education Week, 24(37), 1,. Lord, C., & McGee, J. P. (2001). Educating children with autism. Washington, DC: National Academies Press. Sterba, S., Egger, H. L., & Angold, A. (2007). Diagnostic specificity and nonspecificity in the dimensions of preschool psychopathology. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48(10), 1005-1013.

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