188. What Are Learning to Learn Skills for Autism and Why Are They Important?

Autism Classroom Resources Podcast: A Podcast for Special Educators

Many young children come to school already equipped with learning readiness skills or will easily pick them up in preschool or kindergarten. However, for our students with autism, these learning to learn skills may not happen as readily. Because our students often don't take cues from what others are doing around them, we must explicitly teach these skills to our students so that they are able to take in instruction.

There are certain key skills that students need in order to be successful in elementary and beyond. In this episode, I am breaking down the important learning-to-learn skills that our students need and how teaching these skills may look when working with a student.

02:50 - What learning readiness skills are and why they're important

04:42 - Why we should teach students to attend to their name

07:09 - How to begin teaching the skill of following one-step directions

07:43 - Why students need to learn to imitate others

09:14 - How matching begins the process of understanding vocabulary

Show Notes: http://autismclassroomresources.com/episode188

Resources:

• Writing Enabling Goals for IEPs
• Join the Autism Classroom Resources' Free Resource Library
• Get more information about the Special Educator Academy
• Join the Free Facebook Group

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