Application of complex
methods in teaching children with
autism
Daribayeva N.
D
Karaganda University named after academician
E. A. Buketov,
Karaganda
Every parent wants their child
to be healthy after birth. Parents are delighted with every
movement made by the child, the memory of his face, every step he
takes, the first sound he makes, the words he says. Every child
needs the care of the environment. But some children move away from
their environment and live in their own world. They are not
interested in every new thing, they have no interest in getting to
know it. Such children face difficulties in communicating, adapting
to the social environment, communicating with their parents. By
such signs, it is possible to identify autism or some of its
symptoms in a child.
There is little information
about autism in the country, and there are many who are struggling
with it. 67 million people around the world suffer from this
disease, and the share of Kazakhstanis exceeds a thousand. The
number of children with autism in the country is growing sharply.
In 2003, 77 children were registered, after 3 years the number of
children reached 255, and by 2010, 326 children were registered.
And now children have autism observed in about a thousand
and a half Children [1].
Autism is born from impaired
brain function. Experts note about 300 causes of autism. But there
is no clear conclusion, no consistent evidence. The first to
consider autism were such scientists as E. Bleiler, Leo Kanner, O.
S. Nikolskaya, G. Asperger, A. Retta, K. S. Lebedinskaya. At the
present stage, the field of autism research is expanding. Autism ¾
is a serious type of developmental disorder in a child, which
implies a lack of communication with the social environment. Autism
as a symptom occurs in many mental illnesses, but in some cases it
is observed at an early age and negatively affects the development
of the child. This condition is called early childhood autism (EBA)
syndrome. It is considered as one of the variants of mental
development damage. Also, if some clinical manifestations of autism
are observed in a child, it is called autistic personality traits.
As a specific symptom, it can form by the age of 2-3 years
[2].
Currently, the exact causes of autism have
not been clearly studied. According to many scientists, the cause
of children with autism is due to disorders of the central nervous
system. The influence of the hereditary factor is recognized by
many researchers. At the same time, organic brain damage is also
common in autistic children.Hereditary chromosomal changes,
metabolic changes, injuries sustained by the mother during
pregnancy and childbirth, neuroinfections, and other conditions can
have a negative
impact.
There is very little clearly proven
information that explains the causes of autism. Previously, it was
assumed that children will be vaccinated against measles and swine
flu (svinka) as a result of vaccination. But with the passage of
time, as a result of numerous studies, this assumption was refuted.
And, according to psychoanalysts, the "emotional coldness of the
parents" at the initial stage of the child's development is also
the Cause [3]. Group 1 of causes is associated with
heredity. According to some experts, autism is inherited, and it is
transmitted at the gene level. In some cases, there are also
examples that prove the truth of this
statement,
this is because autistic symptoms are
observed in members of the same family. However, scientists have
not yet been able to find the gene responsible for
autism.
Group 2 of causes includes chromosomal
(genetic) mutations, congenital metabolic diseases. Among the
clinical symptoms of some genetic syndromes and metabolic diseases
are also autistic symptoms. Among such diseases are brittle
(fragilic) X-chromosome, Rett, Moebius syndromes, as well as
phenylketonuria, mucopolysaccharidosis and
others.
Group 3 of causes is associated with damage
to the central nervous system for various
reasons. It can be motivated
by:
exposure to various pathogenic factors during
pregnancy and birth: neuroinfection, viral infection, trauma,
asphyxia,
etc.;
biochemical, neurochemical and metabolic
abnormalities. As indicated by Special Studies (cerebrospinal
fluid, blood, urine examinations), autistic symptoms are caused by
impaired metabolism of physiologically active substances
(serotonin, catecholamine and dopamine). There are studies that
prove the existence of a link between biochemical changes and
autistic traits [4].
If we focus on the first signs of autism, the
symptoms are clearly visible until the child is three years old. As
a rule, it occurs more often in boys. Parents notice that the child
has developed late in comparison with peers and has not yet spoken.
At first it seems that the child does not hear, but during the
examination, the result shows that this is not the case. In this
case, the general development of the child is inhibited. The
character becomes withdrawn. If you call him by name, he may not be
surprised. He doesn't play with other children either. Does not
seek recognition. Even a new toy will not be able to interest him.
That is, such a child will not have any such feelings as desire,
longing, pity, regret, care. He doesn't care. He lives in his own
world, in himself. It may continue to go around the clock without
sleep. It doesn't require
anything. In the process of correctional and learning,
the use of complex correctional and learning methods activates the
compensatory capabilities of the child's body, creates the
opportunity to overcome and prevent deviations. On the basis of
this replenishment, the implementation of the preserved form of
perception by children with disabilities and the development of the
mental functions of the child is conveniently carried
out.
The visual presentation of information
increases its impact, no matter what activity it is. In special
education, this effect is of great importance. The use of modern
tools, diagnostic methods and technologies helps not only to
determine the function of the child at that time, but also to
identify objective difficulties that arise at that time and
overcome them in an accessible
way. The purpose of the research work in
demonstrating the effectiveness of the methodology proposed by us
in carrying out correctional work with children with autism was
unique. In order to conduct an experiment, we established the
stages of Organization of the experiment on the research work. At
the first stage, experimental work was organized and the
established system of measures was
implemented:
the content of the experimental work was
selected;
the pedagogical sequence is
determined;
the effectiveness of the content of programs
and forms of training embedded in the educational process is
determined.
The experiment was carried out in 4
directions: speech, communication, mental processes of
children diagnosed with
autism
Formation using game elements according to
the" game technology "
method;
development of memory in children with autism
according to the global teaching
methodology;
formation of the attitude of children with
autism to the environment through the method of sensory
integration;
comprehensive development of the speech of a
child with autism using the simulator "Delfa–142,1" according to
the method of using information
technology. During the experimental work, 6 children
studied in the correctional room were covered and studied. Methods
used in the course of experimental
work:
1.application of Game
Technology.
Building a relationship with a child with
autism.
The game
"bypass".
Game progress: the instructor selects from
among the children a child who greets all the children and shakes
hands with each child. The same child chooses a child who will be
in the center of the circle. All children hold hands and form a
circle. Greets the child in the middle. Children take turns in the
middle. When greeting, the following words are
pronounced:
Babies, let's get
up;
Let's form a
circle;
You are also my
friend;
I'm your friend
too;
We are all
friends.
Relationship
development. Exercise "play with a
doll".
Game progress: conducting story-role-playing
games on various topics. For
example,
"Going to the store","visiting". The doll
helps the child to enter social
roles.
Development of
attention.
Exercise "guess the
excess".
Game progress: the instructor instructs you
to find the excess among the given pictures. For example,
cucumbers, pumpkins, carrots, apples. Excess:
apples.
Development of Motion
games.
Game" we will build a house for our
friends".
Game progress: the instructor divides the
children into two groups and tells them that they have two friends
named Aktobe and Sharik. They are very good friends. Only they have
no home to live in. Let's help them build a house. Thus, one group
will build a house in Aktobe, the other group-in Sharik. To do
this, the children are given cubes and tasks. Who will finish
building the house first.
2. application of global teaching
methods.
The most effective is the use of the global
teaching methodology in teaching autistic children at an early age.
Global learning is the child's perception of the entire word in its
entirety (judging by the
spelling).
In the next exercise, we will teach words
globally by parts. Parts of the word, syllables, individual
letters. For example: Ma-Ma, Pa-Pa, A-to, and-Ma, and-M-to. We
believe that with this method it will be possible to gradually move
on to normal
reading.
What words should you introduce the child to
first of all? Of course, first of all, we will start with simple
words that are in everyday use. They are: mother, father, brother,
sister, grandfather, sister,
etc.
After a while, you can add longer words. For
example: a doll, a machine, a book, a toy, etc., that is, we also
rely on the objects around us that your children use every day at
this stage. At the next stage, we write with the addition of the
names of loved ones. For example, Mama Aigul, uncle Askar, aunt
Zhanna, etc. Menu"
letter":
"Compose a letter from 2 parts"," compose a
letter from 4 parts"," assemble a letter " are intended for fixing
the optical contour of the letter. They are divided depending on
the levels. In these three tasks, the child can choose the letter
to compose;
"Pictures" are designed to find, identify the
first letter in the word. It also contributes to the identification
of letters with a similar
phoneme;
"Tom and Tim" formulates sound analysis based
on the soft-hardness of
consonants.
Menu
"generation":
Exercise "magic well" is designed to form the
first reading skills. Through it, children practice pronouncing
difficult-syllable
words.
Menu
"word":
It is practiced to perform sound analysis of
words using the exercise" zhukylmash". Depending on the choice of
stimulus material (images, audio), the perception of the phoneme
can be comprehensively
developed;
Exercise "mosaic" teaches you to recognize
the spelling of a word and read the word as a whole. Corrects
memory and perception.
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