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Students with Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Students with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Priscilla Ayala Travis Hardwick Nick Sinamon. What is ASD?. Falls under Pervasive Developmental Disorders Autistic Disorder

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Students with Autistic Spectrum Disorder

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  1. Students with Autistic Spectrum Disorder Priscilla AyalaTravis Hardwick Nick Sinamon

  2. What is ASD? • Falls under Pervasive Developmental Disorders • Autistic Disorder • “Impairments in reciprocal social interaction, communication, and the presence of stereotyped behavior, interests or activities” (VanBergeijk, Klin, & Volkmar, 2008, 1360).

  3. Students with ASD at college • Primary Resource: Disability Resource Center • Interventions with: • Residence Life and Services • Office of Admissions • Student Activities

  4. The Setting • At Missouri State University: • Public university • Follows public affairs mission statement • Size of the university is not too small or too large

  5. About Missouri State University • Main campus located in Springfield, with 20,000+ students • Mission in public affairs gives students distinction • Choice of 150+ undergraduate and 45+ graduate programs • Costs lower than state and national averages • Reputation for being warm and welcoming • 85,000+ alumni applying their education around the world

  6. Theoretical Analysis • Students with ASD coming to college: two developmental needs • 1) Transition from high school to college • 2) Identity development

  7. Theories • Schlossberg’s Transition Theory • Chickering’s Theory of Identity Development

  8. Transitions and Students with ASD • Address challenges: • Leaving behind familiar settings • New adjustments • Roommates • Residence halls • Classes • New campus atmosphere • Preparing to leave college for workforce

  9. Identity Development in Students with ASD • Development of cognitive and socialskills • Social interactions • Skills being developed • Interpersonal • Managing emotions • Independence /interdependence • Developing mature relationships • Development of identity • Developing purpose

  10. Developmental Context • Numbers rising at colleges and universities • Misconceptions • Size of university • Transitions easier

  11. Interventions, Goals and Rationale • Attendance in social and academic programs • Goals: To help develop social skills • Post grad • Under grad • Creating solid transitions form high school to college • Early move in • Tour of campus and classes • Intervention • Rationale

  12. Conclusion

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