Referred to as “TEACCH Tasks,” “Shoebox Tasks,” or “Work Tasks,” the learning activities presented to students in their work areas have characteristics that optimize the learning of children with autism.
Mary Lynch Barbera, author of The Verbal Behavior Approach: How to Teach Children with Autism, explains key concepts in using the Verbal Behavior Model in teaching children with autism on her monthly broadcast for AutismOne Radio. Links to past episodes of Ms. Barbera’s radio show are collected in this article.
Schoolwide Prevention Models include academic and behavioral strategies shown to address problems before they become serious. In practice, these strategies are often “siloed” into separate programs: RTI (Response to Intervention) focuses on academic interventions, usually reading.
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