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Library Categories > Diagnosis > School for children with autism celebrates the conclusion of a summer teaching program

 
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School for children with autism celebrates the conclusion of a summer teaching program 		   
Summary Statement:

All summer, 22 kids, some of them siblings and neighbors of Pinnacle students, volunteered their time to participate in Integrated Play Groups at the school. Thursday, the school held a thank-you party for the helpers.

Ordetx took the peer models through sensitivity training, teaching them how to work with and respond to kids with autism. The typically developing kids also received coaching throughout the summer.

It's a proven fact that children with autism benefit from interacting with typically developing children, Ordetx said, but it isn't that simple to throw them together.

"It's been amazing to watch the kids and see how it impacted them. All of them," Ordetx said.

The play groups were part of a research study. Sam Waldron, a University of Miami senior studying psychology, lives in Nokomis and spent his summer at Pinnacle, collecting data to keep track of the students' progress.
Tags:

summer skills,  peer training
Submission Date:

08/10/2008by: shannonj
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