News: Using Visuals to Help Children with Autism Communicate

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 10:00

Pamela G. Downing, a special education teacher in Brownsville, Texas, believes that children with autism are visual learners. She thinks it is important to use pictures of emotions and body language to help children with autism communicate. For example, she told the story of a child with autism who with help from three pictures – a happy face, a frown face, and an “O” face – was able to modify his behavior.

Read original article: Communication for Autism Spectrum Disorders

autism, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), body language, communication, education, face processing therapy, language, read, special education, teacher, visual
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