March Madness

I am finally finished with my second independent component. Taking a class this quarter went by quick before I realized it finals week had already arrived. Dr. Laubie was very kind to have me sit in her lectures and integrate into her class as if I was one of their own. I learned a lot from this class, view the world from a different perspective and have realized a person with a disabilities life is much more than just centered on their disability. There was a lecture where what we learned about was cerebral palsy and we watched a video on how a disability is so apparent to other people that when a person with a disability wants to do something everyone doubts them because of it.
The day Dr. Laubie was talking about Autism she began the lecture by reading us a story called "My Brother Charlie". It was a children s book that explained how a little girl had a brother with Autism and Charlie would not play with her, talk to her or want to be with her; but she knew that things Charlie wanted to say were inside of him but just did not find ways to say it. I thought it would be a good way to start of my senior presentation.

I am glad I decided to take this class as my second independent component. I do beleive that the time I spent in the class was qualitative and helped me learn a lot of valuable information that can help me with my project.

Blog 18:Third Answer

Content:

Just like you did for answer 1 and 2 post your:

• EQ - What is the best way for a speech pathologist to help a child with Autism?
• Answer #3 (Write in a complete sentence like a thesis statement)*
• Enhancing IEP goals for the child depending on their baseline.
• 3 details to support the answer (a detail is a fact and an example)
• Autism has 3 different levels and each has different goals that needs to be set for each. For example, a child who is diagnosed with high functioning Autism will not have the same goals as a child who is diagnosed with severe Autism.
• Goals are individualized for every patient. For example, a set of goals that are set for one child who are in the same level of Autism are not always the same because one patient may have trouble with attention span and another may have trouble coming up with words to express their emotions.
• Goals should be reachable for the patient. For example, the speech pathologist should set baby steps to help the child with autism work little by little to achieve something bigger, also so it could make both the child and the speech pathologist feel like they are progressing over the therapy sessions.
• The research source (s) to support your details and answer
• Source # 23f They gave examples of what goals can be determined based on the assessments that are made.
• Concluding Sentence
• Enhancing adequate goals for a child with Autism is the best way a speech pathologist can help a child because it sets what they are working on in therapy.

*Write your answer like you would write a thesis statement.  Please don't give us one or two words or start your sentence with "by".    Thanks!