Week 5 & 6

Question 1

Physical and non-physical (psychosocial & educational programs) intervention
methods

Answer 1

Visual

Question 2

Practical support strategies: visual support methods, visual processing, social
skills training methods; including social stories

Answer 2

Visual support - is used to process information with mental images. Organization charts,

Social skills training- modelling and reinforcement, peer meditated strategies, scripts and social stories, social skills group, power card strategy
Descriptive- where situation is, who is involved, what are they doing, etc.
perspective- peek in the minds of those involved in the story.
Directive- desired responses tailored to the individual.
Control- authored by the student.

Question 3

ASD interventions: Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA), IBI, Discrete Trial,
Incidental Teaching, Pivotal Response Training, Verbal Behaviour

Answer 3

IBI- improvements in cognitive levels, language, and adaptive functioning can be achieved using IBI. 20 hours of therapy a week, supervised by a registered psychologist, takes place in IBI centre.

ABA- takes place in a variety of locations, can be implemented with a variety of instructions.

Discrete- a single cycle of behaviourally based instruction routines.

Incidental- provides instruction within ongoing typical activities.

Pivotal- focuses on pivotal areas of development

Question 4

Describe the types of sentences used in social story.

Answer 4

Social skills training- modelling and reinforcement, peer meditated strategies, scripts and social stories, social skills group, power card strategy
Descriptive- where situation is, who is involved, what are they doing, etc.
perspective- peek in the minds of those involved in the story.
Directive- desired responses tailored to the individual.
Control- authored by the student.

Question 5

What are 2 skills that are strengths for people with ASD

Answer 5

Visual and social

Question 6

What can visual supports be used for?

Answer 6

Instructional cues
Managing time
Self regulation
Routine
Calm down
Breathing exercises
Communication and social interaction

Question 7

Oder of visual supports

Answer 7

Verbal- used to conjunction with incidental training. Teaching takes place in this order:
Mands
Tacts
Echos

Question 8

Power card strategy

Answer 8

Incorporates the child special interest to teach social interactions