All about autism with Claire Droney: Social Communication
All about autism with Claire Droney: Social Communication
Video 2: Tes have teamed up with Specialist advisory teacher for autism, Claire Droney, in this series of ten videos made for teachers in mainstream classrooms.
Claire Droney has been working with people with autism since 2004. First, as a special class teacher and then as an advisory teacher for children with autism in mainstream schools.
In this video, we look at Social Communication, one of the key areas used to diagnose autism.
We explore:
Why students with autism can clam up in stressful situations, choosing to say learned phrases instead
Why autistic students can take everything literally
Why eye contact can be too intense for students with autism, and a handy tip for faking it
This is the second video in the series, be sure to watch the rest.
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