Celeste Cooper 632 W. Thirteenth Street Merced, California 95340 3. You won't want to miss this presentation of autism given by Dr. Bryna Siegel. Call the registration line at 381-6667 2. Celeste Cooper 632 W. Thirteenth Street Merced, California 95340 3. Linda Hodgdon, M.Ed.
Many students demonstrate a relative strength in visual skills compared to their auditory abilities.
Expanding the use of visual strategies for communication and education helps students organize their lives, significantly reduces behavior problems, and increases functional communication. The Visual Strategies Workshops define the need, discuss training, and demonstrate many practical ideas for school and home. Managing behavior difficulties with students who experience autism and other students with moderate to severe communication disabilities requires insight, keen observation, patience, and lots of wisdom. Teaching and living with these students who demonstrate communication and learning disorders and perceptual differences can frequently be challenging. Although many child management strategies that work with other students may also be successful with these students, techniques for teaching and managing behavior frequently need to be modified.