Amaze. Asperger Syndrome Support Network Victoria - Home. Asperger's Sites. Autism resources. Autism State Plan. Autism Teaching Tools. Common Characteristics in Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Gateways Support Services. Methods. Positive Partnerships Online Learning Portal. Student Support Services Officers. Page Content Student Support Services assist children and young people faced with learning barriers to achieve their educational and developmental potential. They provide strategies and specialised support at individual, group, school and network levels. Student Support Services comprise a broad range of professionals including psychologists, guidance officers, speech pathologists, social workers and visiting teachers. Student Support Services officers work as part of an integrated health and wellbeing team within networks of schools, focusing on providing group-based and individual support, workforce capacity building and the provision of specialised services.
Student Support Services operate within networks of schools with objectives to: Consent forms and information Further information For further information about Student Support Services: Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds. Teaching Strategies: Autism Community. The book “Teaching Infants and Preschoolers with Disabilities”, by Donald B. Bailey and Mark Wolery, suggests 10 intervention strategies to promote learning. These intervention strategies are also applicable to teaching older students. Structuring the physical space to promote engagement and learning The physical environment should be structured to promote experiences that will cause children to learn important skills. Some ways of structuring the environment will increase the likelihood that children will perform important skills. Structuring the social environment by using models, proximity, and responsive adults to promote engagement and learning The adult should be sensitive to the child’s behavior and assume the role of observer or monitor.
The adult should read the child’s behavior as intents to interact. The physical and social environment should be responsive to the children’s behavior. The adult should encourage children’s ongoing interactions. Using structured play activities.