Social Interventions for Children With Autism 


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Social Interventions for Children With Autism
This is a website designed to provide parents the necessary tools to help their children with autism. 
The agencies listed on this website are not recommended, but rather available to parents as resources.  

My Mission
To find the most effective social intervention programs for children with autism.  

About Me
                                             My name is Presby Acacio and I am a graduate student in a Master's program studying Early Childhood Special Education.                                                 I have experienced working with young children with autism both at home and school.  I am currently working as a behavior
                   therapist at Advance Behavioral Education Development Intervention, Inc. (ABEDI)
, a non-profit agency that serves young children
                       with autism.  For a little over a year, I also 
worked with abused and neglected children between the ages of 8 and 12 years old.  While
                       I was employed at Five Acres, a non-profit agency for serving vulerable children
and their families since 1888, I also tutored for about
                           4 years.  During this time, I encountered a student who had dyslexia and it was a
pleasure to hear her read words other than sight words.  
                                         Even though I had never held a teaching position job before, I felt as if I was a
teacher because in each job, I helped children learn something new. 
 
      
Philosophy  
My philosophy of teaching is to educate young children by doing and using their 5 senses (touch, smell, sight, taste, and hearing).  
Young children must be allowed to explore their environment and encourage to follow their interests rather than coming up with

lesson plans that do not capture their interests.  Let the children realize that learning is fun and creative instead of drilling them on book work.  
Play is a very important skill to learn as a child.  Not many adults or parents know that playing is a lesson of its own.  Children can learn how
to take turns, share, wait, and develop communication, sportmanship, gross motor, and fine motor skills.  My teaching philosophy comes
from a well known theorist, Piaget.    




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