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=Group 9 - Part 2 - Chapter 5=

Choose one social interaction strategy and describe it.
One social integration strategy is the use of Social Stories. Social stories are like a road map for social situations that a child might be unfamiliar with or might be struggling with. A social story describes appropriate social cues and student responses in specific situations. They can be used for social integration by facilitating inclusion of students in a variety of environments, introducing changes and new routines, explaining reasons for the behavior of others, teaching situation-specific skills. Social stories describe situations from the perspective of the student, be in the voice of the student, be consistent with the student's level of development, and be directive. Ideally, the author writes the social story in collaboration with the student, and includes descriptive, directive, and perspective statements. Social stories are booklets with one or two main concepts perpage and can include pictures, symbols, drawings or photographs that are appropriate for the students comprehension level.The process of developing a social strategy begins with the identification of a student need through observation and assessment. The author of the story then tries to understand the perspective of the student (seen, heard, felt). The author, in collaboration with the student if possible then writes the story at the appropriate comprehension level.

Choose one communication strategy and describe it.
One communication strategy is giving structured lessons on how to listen. Students may need to be taught that being a good listener involves facing the speaker, looking at one spot (may not mean making eye contact if that is stressful), and placing their hands in a planned position. (This could include being in a pocket with a fidget). ASD Students may need to learn to imitate others, to be taught to wait before acting, and and to be taught joint focus as components of learning to listen.

Choose one strategy concerning restricted repertoire of activities, interests and behaviours and describe it.
One strategy is to reduce or replace behaviors. Ways of doing this are: -teaching an alternative behavior that is related but more socially acceptable. - providing a variety of sensory experiences over the day. -trying to divert the student's attention to another activity when the behavior is happening. - negotiating when and where the behaviors are acceptable. -gradually reducing the time alloted for the behavior -using the level of repetitive behavior to assess the students level of stress and teaching him more appropriate ways of handling it. -allowing the student to engage in the behaviors in emergency situations in order to calm down.

Choose one strategy to address an associated feature of ASD and describe it.
The associated feature is resistance and anger management. A strategy to address this issue is to provide opportunities for meaningful contact with peers who have appropriate social behavior and allow students to experience situation specific expectations for behaviour. This can help also provide reasons for the child with ASD to want to come to school. It is important to build connections between the students with ASD and their peers. It is necessary to teach appropriate social behaviours and to provide students with situation-specific expectations for behaviour.