Handmade Content and School Activities for Autistic Children with Expressive Language Disabilities

Abstract

Original teaching materials with dot codes, which can be linked to multimedia such as audio, movies, Web pages, html files, and PowerPoint files were created for use with autistic children with intellectual and expressive language disabilities. A maximum of four audio recordings can be linked to one dot code icon. One of the authors (S. I.) also created “Post-it” icons, on which dot codes were printed, and shared these with teachers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). As part of this project, many activities using dot code materials were successfully conducted at special needs and general schools. Basic information on the creation of these materials and their use in schools are presented in this paper.

Enhancing the Skills of Special Education Teachers: A Scoping Review of Professional Development Approaches

“…To better cater to the growth of teacher candidates, an initial step involves gaining an understanding of their perspectives on collaboration (Da Fonte & Barton-Arwood, 2017). Some professional development activities were aimed at preparing teachers to teach within Response To Intervention (RTI) framework (Ikuta et al, 2020) or by using Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) to prevent bullying among students with disabilities (Robinson et al, 2023). It is evident that general and special education teachers need to come up with better models of collaboration to improve educational opportunities.…”