Barbara Boroson
Licensed Master Social Worker,
Scholastic & ASCD author,
National Speaker & Autism Inclusion Specialist
~providing practical, dynamic autism support for general educators~
Barbara Boroson
Licensed Master Social Worker
Scholastic & ASCD author
National Speaker & Autism Inclusion Specialist
~providing practical, dynamic autism support for general educators~
Distance Learning for Students on the Autism Spectrum: Just Keep Swimming
We are all swimming against the tide as we reimagine schooling during the pandemic. But the waters are especially treacherous for students on the autism spectrum, most of whom cannot tolerate unexpected change, depend upon continuous provision of related services, and live by internal rules that dictate when, where, how instruction may be delivered. These students and their families are drowning. Here are some strategies families can use to help their children on the spectrum keep swimming, keep calm, and keep learning.
Making an Inclusive Classroom Work
Barbara Boroson Licensed Master Social Worker,Scholastic & ASCD author,National Speaker & Autism Inclusion Specialist ~providing practical, dynamic autism support for general educators~ Barbara‘s presentation was fantastic. I learned more about autism...
Autism Spectrum Disorders Today (based on DSM-V)
I have encountered many children on the autism spectrum whose precise address along the spectrum remains unclear or inconsistent. And what I’ve discovered is that the diagnosis alone does not dictate the details of their functioning, education, or identity.
Making Friends at School
Most child development milestones are monitored closely by parents from a very young age: Can my child walk? Check! Use a cup to drink? Check! Jump on one foot? Recite the ABCs? Check and check! Then there are child development “soft skills”—social and emotional skills that can be harder to judge and even more challenging to teach.
In-Service Training for Teachers’ Aides
Last week I had the opportunity to provide an in-service training to all of the teachers’ aides in the Bronxville, NY school district. The workshop was called, “Making a Difference in the Classroom: Support for Supporters.”
First-Day Strategies for Autism in Mainstream Classrooms
Every student on the spectrum will enter your classroom bearing a backpack full of worries. If they can’t put those worries down on Day One, then toting that heavy load will become a way of life at school, a learned behavior. Each day they will return burdened and compromised by the worries on their backs.