Educating Pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorders: A Practical Guide by Martin Hanbury

Author:Martin Hanbury [Hanbury, Martin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General, Medical, Psychology, Family & Relationships, Psychopathology, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Autism, Developmental, Special Education, Autistic children, Learning Disabilities, Autistic children - Education - Great Britain, Great Britain, Children with Special Needs, Child, Education
ISBN: 9781412902281
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Published: 2005-02-14T05:00:00+00:00

9336 CHAP 5 64-85 15/12/04 2:54 pm Page 69

Sensory Overload Checklist

Sensory

Sense

A

E

Feature of

Minimise

Resolve

Issue

Context

Impact

A = aversive

E = exciting

Educating Pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorders © Martin Hanbury, 2005

9336 CHAP 5 64-85 15/12/04 2:54 pm Page 70

70

Educating Pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorders It is important to specify the issue you are targeting rather than provide vague, generalised statements. Furthermore, by isolating the sense you believe to be at the centre of the issue, you will gradually build up a documented pattern of need which may be helpful in the future.

It is then important to record whether the child finds this sensation aversive or exciting. This may change over time, and a record will be invaluable if the issue surfaces again. The next column, Feature of Context, places the issue within the real, practical situation in which you are working. Teaching is the art of the possible and this aspect of the checklist encourages the practitioner to focus their thinking on the reality they experience. Within the example given, this column might read:

Feature of Context

There are 31 children in the class; playtime is at 10:30 a.m.; all the children stand behind their chairs before going out to play; the first table ready are the first to go, so the children rush to be ready first The final two columns are bred of pragmatism. The first of these considers strategies, which can be adopted in order to minimise the problem, whilst longer term resolutions are sought. For children with autism, doing nothing is rarely an option. Therefore, it is recommended that interim measures are taken in order to lessen the impact of sensory overload at the same time as looking for a more enduring solution. These columns might appear as follows: Minimise Impact

Resolve

Dan leaves room three minutes

Dan will be gradually desensitised

before other children

to scraping noise

Class rewarded for getting ready

Classroom carpeted

quietly – particular attention to

scraping of chairs

It is likely that there will be several issues to be considered and these can be contained in the same plan, providing an overview of the child’s needs profile. Dan’s might look something like this:

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.