Name of the event: How to develop positive behavioral support
Organizer: Regional Center For Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Place: Hunter College.
On November 15, I attend a two session conference on children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with V Mark Durand as guest speaker. The theme was for parents and teachers to learn and understand how to deal with behavioral issues and how to create a sleeping pattern for autistic children. The topics discussed were very important for both parents and teachers because by learning how to deal with these issues will help teachers to have better communication with children with special needs. Knowing how to handle an autistic child in the classroom when an incident arises, is vital for teachers to know. Mr. Durand discussed that his clinical study proved how positive behavior could lesson the stress of both parents and teacher. He talked about reason that may cause the behavioral issues and ways to address these issues. He also stress how important to optimistic about the child and not be pessimistic. Instead of looking at the child as being disabled, be open to teaching the child the things to make him/her more independent.
As an educator, it was very informative for me because I feel more knowledgeable on the issue of positive behavior. In addition I feel that I would able to somehow help parents with their children challenging behavior.
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Ann Marie, this event seems interesting! There is a student in my class who is autistic, and he is definitely high functioning. Therefore, I didn’t notice in the beginning, but a paraprofessional who works with him one-on-one told me recently. Since I have been student teaching in the classroom for over three months, I have seen his positive and negative behaviors. Since my classroom is self-contained, my teacher who has taught for more than 30 years in the same classroom knows a lot of strategies in responding to the behavioral issues. I think we as future teachers should be aware of how to make students feel comfortable and know which factors lead them to cause negative behaviors.
Ann Marie,
Your blog struck me today because of a conversation we had in another class earlier today. Someone said they heard Autism was the "White Person's Disease." (First of all- disease? But that is not relevant to this class). Anyway, I was really blown away by this comment. I was wondering if this event spoke about the racial, economic, and socio-cultural implications and patterns of this disorder. Statistically, more white children are diagnosed, labeled, etc, with Autism. However, when I went to the Parent Conference for Dyon last month, I attened the Autism workshop and there werre very few white parents there!
I wonder so much about then where this comment came from. Is it a cultural thing? Do white parents outwardly stress more if their child seems to be a little different? To teachers, doctors, etc have different expectations and developmental trajectories for white kids? Do white parents want answers, labels, cures more? Do they have better access to doctors who can diagnose, and more money and access to therapies?
Just out of curiosity, do you remember the demographics of this conference? I am not saying yes to any of the questions above, I am just trying to make sense of this unsettling comment.
What do you think?
Ann Marie,
This event seems to have been very informative. You mention how the speaker talks about sleeping patterns for children with autism. This was particularly interesting to me because, as a student teacher in a self-contained classroom for students with autism, when they do not get enough sleep their whole equilibrium is thrown off. This becomes troublesome because their behavior is even more unpredictable. Sometimes the students become very docile and lie down or sit all day. Other times, students become more physical and excited, causing distress to other students in the class.
I'd be curious to learn what the speaker said about the sleeping patterns. Did he mention anything liek this?
This sounds like a really interesting event. I have worked with students on the autistic spectrum before and like Kathlyn I have also noticed that some days the students are very docile and others overly excited. However, I was unaware of the research being done on their sleeping patterns. I am currently taking a perception class, and this made me think about something that w had learned about time perception. After looking back at my notes, I realized that the part of the brain that controls your sleep-wake cycles is actually located in the Suprachiasmatic nucleus which is in the temporal lobe, a section of the brain that many people believe is the root of autism. I will need to do more research, but I am wondering if maybe this could be connected to the sleep troubles that kids on the autistic spectrum have.
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