Autism in Early Childhood

An On-line Course of The Julia Institute

• Julia Group Home
• Course Syllabus
• Introduction
  • About You
• What is Autism
  • Characteristics
  • The Spectrum
  • Classic Autism
  • Rare Disorders
• Social Skills
  • Social Interaction
  • Teaching Skills
  • Social Intake
  • Child's View
• Communication
  • Language Disorders
  • Learn More
• Repetitive Behavior
  • What to do
• Distress
• Intervention
• Applied Behavior Analysis
  • How it works
  • Limitations
• Social Stories
  • Assignment
  • Comic Strips
  • Assignment 2
• Sensory Integration
  • SI Problems
  • What to do
• Environment Changes
  • Sensory Changes
  • More Changes
  • Seeing Limits
  • Triggers & Teaching
• Virtual Field Trip
• Your View
• Forum

Resources to Learn More

Take a break, relax a moment and explore on your own. ....

Here are some recommended resources for you to learn more....

Brief fact sheet on speech and language disorders .

A video of speech therapy with a child with Autism.

204 Fold and Say Social Skills Stories -Parents using these to teach their children believe they are helpful. We have not done any research on the Super Duper products, but these are offered at a low cost - e.g., $35 for the set of stories.

The activities they use, for example, the Know the Code curriculum for older (K-8) kids
are appropriate for the needs of most children with Autism and give specific procedures for teachers and other staff to follow. They also allow you to click on their website to get free samples from products so you can decide if this meets your classroom or family needs before purchasing.

NOTE: The Julia Group has no affiliation with Super Duper Publications. We haven’t done a complete review of their products and, in fact, some of them, such as the free fact sheets you can download we thought were pretty mediocre in quality. The social stories, though, have received positive reviews from parents and have a logical research basis. These appear to be good for teaching both social skills and language (more on this later in the course.)

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