HI
I have a very strong passion towards this topic, let me share with you, see for thinking about visual communication and AUTISM gives me endless joy so let’s move on...........
Visual strategies to improve communication in children
With autism
AUTISM-In other words "A social/communication
disability”. Our children experience obstacles like,
HOW DO I COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERES (EXPRESSION)? And
DO I UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING SAID TO ME
(COMPREHENSION OR RECEPTION)?
We always know and remember-Communication is not just
Speech
PROCESS OF COMMUNICATION
-Establishing or shifting attention
-following rapidly changing stimuli (figure ground discrimination, what I mean is paying attention to important part of conversation by minimizing attention to other stimuli)
-taking in information
-processing information
-storing information (in short term and long term
Memory)
-retrieving information (when needed)
-sending information (execution or output as a form of
expression). Communication is not alone words, it has many forms like
Pointing, signlanguage, gestures, bodylanguage, pictures,objects,writtenlanguage,byexibtingbehaviors’
(tantrums, self injurious, injurious to others etc)
FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNICATION
( Request, Asking questions, Answering questions, comment, social interaction, labeling, greet)
PRAGMATICS-the "glue" that makes communication effective which is always difficult for our terrific kids, pragmatics include
1 attention 2 eye contact 3 responding to initiation of others 4 turn taking in communication 5 conversational skills which are starting, stopping and maintaining the topic, 6 responding and using non verbal behaviors’ /gestures/body language.
".....the normal communication message is 55% visual-gestures, facial expression, body language, objects in the environment 38% vocal-intonation ,rate, volume 7%verbal"-the actual words that are spoken
Why do we use visual information with children in
that matter with anybody?
1 Visual information is non-transient. 2 it provides additional time to focus on the message, process it and formulate a response.3 it provides a concrete reference can be re-visited as often as needed visual strategies be used to:4 .increase independence. 5 Teach new skills. 6 provide range of choices-either broadens or limit.7 improves effective communication. 8 indicate when something is not avilable.9 provide greater structure and predictability. 10 give information about what is next. 9 clarify when something has finished. 10 help for transitions. 11. Inform changes, all these things can cause anxiety in children even with adults also most of us use and developed extensive variety of visual strategies in organizing our lives , to learn new skills and to remember information
( ex; calendars, menu, time tables, maps, diaries, traffic signs, shopping lists, do to lists, recipes)
MOST OF OUR CHILDREN UNDERSTANDS ROUTINE LANGUAGE,GESTURES,LEARNEDROUTINES,ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORTS,COMMUNICATION SUPPORT
It does not matter if students are verbal or nonverbal, the majority of them are visual learners ( I hear I forget, I see and I understand) So What sort of visuals we use with our children. Time tables and schedules- child’s routine is displayed in visual format could be pictures or words, most of the time displayed in horizontal and vertical way. I suggest you to go for horizontal way which helps the child to practice left to right scanning essential for reading and writing, and really does not matter which way as far your child comfortable is with. It should help her/him for organization and independence
.Choice boards
.First and then boards
.Its time to do......boards (transition boards)
.Task analysis boards
.Rules and expectation boards
.Behavior rules (wait cards, happy face, calm and quiet card)
.The real photographs
.The symbols
.giving visual cues for following verbal directions (showing left arrow mark for left side, showing a picture of a boy sitting in a chair for on sitting)
.Group activities -showing a circle for the indication of circle time activities and showing a picture of slide for outdoor activity.
.Verbal expressions- working through with children who have difficulty managing emotions can be communicated with expression cues
That’s all guys
I WILL DISCUSS ON HOW TO USE VISUAL SYMBOLS AND STRATEGIES IN THE NEXT POST
I have a very strong passion towards this topic, let me share with you, see for thinking about visual communication and AUTISM gives me endless joy so let’s move on...........
Visual strategies to improve communication in children
With autism
AUTISM-In other words "A social/communication
disability”. Our children experience obstacles like,
HOW DO I COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERES (EXPRESSION)? And
DO I UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING SAID TO ME
(COMPREHENSION OR RECEPTION)?
We always know and remember-Communication is not just
Speech
PROCESS OF COMMUNICATION
-Establishing or shifting attention
-following rapidly changing stimuli (figure ground discrimination, what I mean is paying attention to important part of conversation by minimizing attention to other stimuli)
-taking in information
-processing information
-storing information (in short term and long term
Memory)
-retrieving information (when needed)
-sending information (execution or output as a form of
expression). Communication is not alone words, it has many forms like
Pointing, signlanguage, gestures, bodylanguage, pictures,objects,writtenlanguage,byexibtingbehaviors’
(tantrums, self injurious, injurious to others etc)
FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNICATION
( Request, Asking questions, Answering questions, comment, social interaction, labeling, greet)
PRAGMATICS-the "glue" that makes communication effective which is always difficult for our terrific kids, pragmatics include
1 attention 2 eye contact 3 responding to initiation of others 4 turn taking in communication 5 conversational skills which are starting, stopping and maintaining the topic, 6 responding and using non verbal behaviors’ /gestures/body language.
".....the normal communication message is 55% visual-gestures, facial expression, body language, objects in the environment 38% vocal-intonation ,rate, volume 7%verbal"-the actual words that are spoken
Why do we use visual information with children in
that matter with anybody?
1 Visual information is non-transient. 2 it provides additional time to focus on the message, process it and formulate a response.3 it provides a concrete reference can be re-visited as often as needed visual strategies be used to:4 .increase independence. 5 Teach new skills. 6 provide range of choices-either broadens or limit.7 improves effective communication. 8 indicate when something is not avilable.9 provide greater structure and predictability. 10 give information about what is next. 9 clarify when something has finished. 10 help for transitions. 11. Inform changes, all these things can cause anxiety in children even with adults also most of us use and developed extensive variety of visual strategies in organizing our lives , to learn new skills and to remember information
( ex; calendars, menu, time tables, maps, diaries, traffic signs, shopping lists, do to lists, recipes)
MOST OF OUR CHILDREN UNDERSTANDS ROUTINE LANGUAGE,GESTURES,LEARNEDROUTINES,ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORTS,COMMUNICATION SUPPORT
It does not matter if students are verbal or nonverbal, the majority of them are visual learners ( I hear I forget, I see and I understand) So What sort of visuals we use with our children. Time tables and schedules- child’s routine is displayed in visual format could be pictures or words, most of the time displayed in horizontal and vertical way. I suggest you to go for horizontal way which helps the child to practice left to right scanning essential for reading and writing, and really does not matter which way as far your child comfortable is with. It should help her/him for organization and independence
.Choice boards
.First and then boards
.Its time to do......boards (transition boards)
.Task analysis boards
.Rules and expectation boards
.Behavior rules (wait cards, happy face, calm and quiet card)
.The real photographs
.The symbols
.giving visual cues for following verbal directions (showing left arrow mark for left side, showing a picture of a boy sitting in a chair for on sitting)
.Group activities -showing a circle for the indication of circle time activities and showing a picture of slide for outdoor activity.
.Verbal expressions- working through with children who have difficulty managing emotions can be communicated with expression cues
That’s all guys
I WILL DISCUSS ON HOW TO USE VISUAL SYMBOLS AND STRATEGIES IN THE NEXT POST
very good siva
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