3. The Effects in Education
The unusual characteristics of the autistic students set them apart from the everyday normal students. Because they have trouble understanding people’s
thoughts and feelings, they have trouble understanding what their teacher may be telling them. They do not understand that special expressions and vocal variations
hold meanings and may misinterpret what emotion their teacher is displaying. This inability to fully understand the world around them makes education stressful.
Teachers need to be aware of the students’ disorder so that teachers are able to help the students get the best out of the lesson being taught.
Some students learn better with visual aids as they are better able to understand material presented this way. Because of this, many teachers create visual schedules
for their autistic students. This allows the students to know what is going on throughout the day, so they know what to prepare for and what activity they will be
doing next. Some autistic students have trouble going from one activity to the next, so this visual schedule can help to reduce stress.
Research has shown that working in pairs may be beneficial to autistic students. Autistic students have problems in school not only with language and
communication, but with socialization as well. By allowing them to work in pairs they can make friends, which in turn can help them cope with the problems that arise.
By doing so they can become more integrated into the mainstream environment of the classroom.
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A teacher’s aide can also be useful to the students. The aide is able to give more elaborate directions that the teacher may not have time to explain to the autistic
students. The aide can also facilitate the autistic students in such a way as to allow them to stay at a similar level to the rest of the class. This allows a partially one-on-
one lesson so that the student is still able to stay in a normal classroom but be given the extra help that they need.
The effective aide that the teacher can use are pictures. Since the autistic students have difficulties in understanding verbal communication, the use of pictures
can help the students in understanding the teacher’s explanation and instruction of the materials given.
D. Instructional Material Design
In designing vocabulary instructional material, a system of instructional program design needs to be followed. This section covers the model of instructional
design that can be used in designing supplementary vocabulary material for the first grade autistic students of Sekolah Lanjutan Autis Fredofios Yogyakarta. Here are two
instructional design models presented in order to help the writer to observe the instructional program more clearly.
1. Yalden s Instructional Model
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