Database of Teaching Materials and Methods for Special Needs Education

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Target	Children having communication difficulties
Disability category	mentally challenged　autism
Teaching units / Applicable scenes	activities for independent living　instruction for living skills
Specific purposes	Picture cards are used to encourage children to make spontaneous communication
Considerations for disability characteristics	・Pictures are drawn on the cards to help children who might not have perfect understanding of the words
Expected effects and results	The board helps children: ・ Communicate their requests to the teacher ・ Become capable of combining words into two-word or three-word phrases
How to use	・Prepare picture cards of emotions, activities, things and places that frequently appear in children’s requests, such as “No”, “Help”, “Hot”, “Tablet”, “Playroom”, “Thank you”, and “I’m sorry”. Post the board on the place where it is easy to see. When a child seems to have something to ask, lead him or her to the communication board, and ask him or her to choose and attach the picture cards and show them to the teacher.
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Informant ITO Yuki, Special Needs Education School for Children with Autism, University of Tsukuba
Keywords communication