Question: I'm going on an interview to be a behavior interventionist for children with Autism in a school setting? What should I know?  If you do this as a career what advice would you give me?  I don't know much about autism, I am doing research right now...what can you tell me that the internet wont?? Thanks is advance for all your help!

Answer: Spedusource gave you some good information. \n\nI think if you are trained in speech pathology, that might be where you will best assist the school children with Autism. Many children with Autism have limited verbal language and need much support from a speech-language pathologist. Some techniques that help children with Autism communicate is to use sign language for simple commands (words like "more," "all done," "stop," "help," "please," etc.) or to use pictures. Mayer-Johnson company out of California has great software: Board Maker and Writing with Symbols are two programs I have used in my job. The programs have simple pictures to describe words and activities, and these pictures can be presented to children with Autism in a schedule form, or during Descrete Trial therapy. \n\nEach child with Autism is completely different from one another. They may have similar challenges but each child has to be respectively approached. I have found that I can help a child with Autism best once I have spent some time getting to know them.
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