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(Cross-posted to teaching_autism and teaching_sp_ed)


Hi all,

Iapos;ve been having a challenging time with one of my students--and more to the point, with coming up with new ideas for prevocational tasks and fun activities--so I thought Iapos;d appeal to you fine people to see if anyone else can suggest things I havenapos;t thought of.

The student is 10 years old and really thrives on being independent. He is excellent at long chained responses (such as preparing food, washing the dishes, etc.), has great fine and gross motor skills, and matches and sorts well. Heapos;s also really persistent when it comes to figuring things out. For example, I have a little latch hook set for him. The first time we put it in front of him we just put the loops in a pile on the table. He figured out himself how to stretch the loops across the loom an hook them on. He doesnapos;t like to get wet or messy. He also has a healthy respect for potential injury, so heapos;s careful with things that are sharp (like a stapler remover). Manipulatives are good for him, in general.

Here are some of the things weapos;re already doing or have thought of for him:
-Sorting objects (office supplies, colored bottle tops, silverware, etc.)
-Typing
-Collating by color
-Stuffing envelopes
-Stapling
-Assembling nuts and bolts
-Hole punching and putting pages into a binder
-Sorting
-Computer games
-Operation (game)
-Perfection (game)

So I would love ideas Prevocational tasks, games, toys, etc. Anything would be great--thanks in advance
--Jessa
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