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Hilary Warren (Hpw0566)
Junior Member
Username: Hpw0566
Post Number: 2
Registered: 3-2011
| | Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 8:52 am: |       |
I am working with adapted children with autism and we have been teaching different lessons for them every week. Some topics included dance, soccer, scooters, etc.. The students seem uninterested or hard to keep on track. Do you have any suggestions of fun activities or lesson that interests autistic students? |
lauren t (Laurent3412)
Junior Member
Username: Laurent3412
Post Number: 3
Registered: 5-2011
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 7:33 pm: | |
I teach a self contained k-1 class with 12 autistic children. Since their ability levels are so varied I have tried anything and everything to keep their attention. Through trial and error, I have found that stations have been the most successful for my students. They love throwing at targets, keeping a balloon in the air, shooting at low basketball hoops etc. You just have to keep mixing up the activities and keep the stations short. I also allow them to work toward 5-8 minutes of free time at the end of class. If they stay on task and behave they know they will get free time which is usually scooter time. |
Stephanie Pickering (Stephpick12)
New member
Username: Stephpick12
Post Number: 1
Registered: 2-2012
| | Posted on Sunday, March 04, 2012 - 1:55 pm: | |
I agree with lauren. In one of my adapted classes in the pool we had the students go to different stations to keep them busy. If you rotate them to differnt stations doing different activitys like throwing a ball at a target or a hoop, or teach them a dance routine at the beginning at the class period to music and have them do the dance. Then at the end of class you can see if they remember the movements. Also, if you give them free time at the end of class you could see what other activities they like to do. |
Nancy Blake (Neblake)
New member
Username: Neblake
Post Number: 1
Registered: 1-2011
| | Posted on Sunday, March 04, 2012 - 3:39 pm: | |
I would have peers join the class, serving the roles of playmates and role-models. Very often, kids who have autism (depending upon the severity and what types of behaviors they present) need visuals to be successful, whether it's a classmate performing the skill next to him/her, or pictures to indicate what is expected. Lastly, since autism really is a social disability, developing friendships & relationships with peers is one of the best things you can do in P.E. class! |
Kathy Norman (Kathy7)
Junior Member
Username: Kathy7
Post Number: 6
Registered: 4-2012
| | Posted on Saturday, April 07, 2012 - 11:18 am: | |
Stations are definitely the solution for students with special needs. I teach a preschool class two times a week and I start the class of 7 students with warm ups. They come into the gym and stand on a colored shark (we are known as the Sheridan Sharks). I have them run, gallop, skip, walk forward then walk backward on a line, walk like a bear and walk like a dog, then finish with running. They run to their color spot halfway across the gym and then return to their colored shark. When warm ups are over I have stations ready for them. I try all the time to have the same colors for everything that I do. So, whatever shark they stand on each class, is the color they use for the day. Some of my stations are: steps in the formation of 1,2,3,2,1 so they have to walk up and then down or even jump with two feet up and then back down, hitting a balloon with their head, finger, elbow,knee, shoe, lummi sticks, dancing, etc., basketball dribbling, balance beam, Bosu balls, Sportwall, turtles, scooters, throwing bean bags at a target, etc. It takes us ten minutes to warm up and ten minutes to go to the 5 or 6 stations that I have set up. I use the same stations for both lessons for the week and then keep some and add others for the next week. |
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