Evidence-Based – Ariel Su

What is it? What it Might Look Like

Visual - A way to teach - Use of graphic organizer or chart
Support learners with ASD how - Shape of the day
“to process - Visual prompts
information easier
and more quickly”
(Frank Porter Graham
Child Development
Institute, n.d.)
- Visual aids help
students:
o Make association
between pieces
of information
o Soak up chunks of
course concept
quickly
o By functioning as
a memory aid
(Bowman, 2018)

Prompting - A way to teach - There are 9 types of prompts:

learners with ASD how
to “increase success
and generalizability of
target skills or
behaviours” (Frank
Porter Graham Child
Development
Institute, n.d.)
- When we teach with
“instructions, gestures,
demonstrations,
touches, or other
things that we
arrange or do to
increase the
likelihood that
children will make
o Gesture – ex. Nodding, pointing
o Full physical – ex. Say: “clap your hands”
then hold learner’s hand and move though
the entire action of hand-clapping
o Partial physical – ex. Say: “clap your hands”
then nudge learner’s hands toward each
other
o Full verbal – give complete answer to a
question that was just asked. Ex. Teacher
asks: “What comes after Saturday”, teacher
answers “Sunday”
o Partial verbal – give part of the answer to a
question that was just asked. Ex. Teacher
asks: “What comes after Saturday”, teacher
answers “S…”
o Written – students are given a list or written
instructions
 correct responses” o Visual – can be in a form of video,
(Deskin, 2013) photograph, or drawing on paper,
whiteboard or electronic device
o Auditory – alarm or timer
o Positional – Ex. Teacher shows three objects:
ball, shoe, apple. Ask student “point to the
one you can eat” (apple is placed closest to
student)

Works Cited
Bowman, J. D. (2018, June 20). Making the Most of Visual Aids. Retrieved from Edutopia:
https://www.edutopia.org/article/making-most-visual-aids
Deskin, B. K. (2013, April 22). A Complete Guide For Using Prompts To Teach Individuals with
Special Needs. Retrieved from Special Needs Resources:
https://www.friendshipcircle.org/blog/2013/04/22/a-complete-guide-for-using-
prompts-to-teach-individuals-with-special-needs/
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. (n.d.). What Are Evidence-Based
Practices? Retrieved from The National Professional Development on Autism Spectrum
Disorder: https://autismpdc.fpg.unc.edu/evidence-based-practices