Researchers Explore Virtual Reality to Build Crucial Social and Safety Skills

• By: Dana Weidig Center for Autism Research at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• April 1st, 2019
• communication, law enforcement, research, safety skills, spring 2019 issue, virtual reality
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Those in the autism community are familiar with missed social connections, but misunderstood behaviors have the potential to escalate quickly during interactions with law enforcement. A recent study1 found that 1 in 5 young adults with ASD will be stopped and questioned by police before age 21 and...

A Look Inside the Hidden Curriculum

• By: Brenda Smith Myles, PhD The Ziggurat Group
• July 1st, 2011
• hidden curriculum, life skills, safety skills, self-regulation, social communication, social expectations, social skills
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The hidden curriculum is assumed knowledge - the expectations, rules or guidelines that are not directly taught because they are universally known (Garnet, 1984; Hemmings, 2000; Jackson, 1968; Kanpol, 1989; Myles, Trautman, & Schelvan, 2004). It also addresses the incongruities of how skills...