#41 - Tools for Teaching Autistic Learners and Managing Absences in ASL Classes: Listener Q+A

About this episode

The episode discusses strategies for engaging autistic learners in ASL classes and managing frequent absences.

Send us Fan Mail We answer Sherry’s two-part question on engaging autistic learners in an ASL classroom and creating a sane, effective plan for frequent absences. We share concrete, low-lift strategies that center detail-focused questioning, visual supports, and input-replacement systems that actually work. • Detail-first prompts and either-or questions for autistic learners • Visual status cards and icon-based sentence frames • Predictable routines for partner work and turn-taking • Compari...

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Host: Devon Gunning

Topics covered

• autistic learners
• ASL classroom
• teaching strategies
• managing absences
• visual supports
• detail-focused questioning

Keywords

• autistic learners
• ASL
• teaching strategies
• visual supports
• absences
• detail-first prompts
• predictable routines

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Organizations: ASL

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