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Intensive Interaction and Autism

      See our Autism Header Page for a full list of all our Autism resources.   Breaking down the barriers by using an Intensive Interaction approach with individuals with severe autism or communication delay. Non-verbal individuals who have major learning difficulties or “severe” autism are often very difficult to interact with. Not only …

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Autism – Functional Communication

      See our Autism Header Page for a full list of all our Autism resources.   Functional Communication – getting your priorities right when focussing on the communication needs of children with autism.   When we are working with children with autism, we need to focus on functional communication skills when we want …

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Autism Treatment, Strategies and Intervention

      See our Autism Header Page for a full list of all our Autism resources.   There are many different forms of autism treatment, strategies and intervention to facilitate communication for children on the spectrum. People on the autism spectrum display many different characteristics so there is not a “one-size-fits-all” approach. However, there …

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Asperger Syndrome

      See our Autism Header Page for a full list of all our Autism resources.   Asperger Syndrome (sometimes called Aspergers) is an Autism Spectrum Disorder, but individuals with Asperger Syndrome (AS) may display different symptoms from other individuals on the autistic spectrum, because they often have above average intelligence and reasonable language …

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Teacher resources

      Teacher resources is a section for teachers to share ideas, information and activities related to learning, speech, language, and literacy skills in the classroom. If you have anything you want to share, contact me on the icommunicate Facebook page and I can add things to this page.     Back to Resources …

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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Children

      Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder of the brain and can affect anyone, regardless of social status or intelligence. Autism is sometimes referred to as Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) or Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and these are umbrella terms for some more specific disorders which all have many fundamental similarities, …

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  icommunicate – your online speech therapy resource speech, language and communication therapy information, activities and products for children and adults icommunicate provides a wealth of information about a wide variety of speech and language disorders (such as apraxia, phonological delay, aphasia, dysarthria, stuttering etc), communication development, hearing impairment, autism, brain injury, stroke and acquired …

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Child Section

  Child Speech, Language and Literacy Development, difficulties and disorders   The child speech and language section will offer a comprehensive library of information, activities and programs for children with normal communication, communication disorder or delay, and special needs. Child Development For children with normally developing speech, language and communication skills we provide information, activities, …

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