How does educating a child with autism differ from educating a typically developing child?
Educating a child with autism is different from educating a typically developing child in many important ways. Children with autism have difficulty learning from observation in a large group context, whereas typical children learn in this manner all the time and often with great ease. Specifically, children with autism have difficulty selecting between relevant stimuli in the environment (e.g., the teacher conducting a lesson) that should be attended to, and irrelevant stimuli that should be ignored (e.g., the hum of an air conditioner unit in the classroom). To help children with autism learn from their environment, tasks are broken down into smaller, more manageable units to make learning more attainable and to facilitate success. Although regular education curricula may also reflect a careful sequence, the learning process for children with autism often needs to be developed very carefully and systematically. For instance, some children with autism may require that several prerequis
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