Pat Moret (POPARD Education & Behaviour Consultant) interviews a grade 4 classroom teacher about the way in which she has used a strategy developed for students with ASD to specifically target two students with high anxiety while providing lifelong coping strategies to the rest of her class. A downloadable unit plan with connections to both the CAPP and Language Arts IRPs is provided.

Allison Adams (POPARD Education and Behaviour Consultant) briefly explains what possible reasons a child with an autism spectrum disorder may have difficulty changing from one activity to another or making a "transition". She demonstrates how to prepare a child for a transition by using a variety of different visual tools.

For various reasons many individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have difficulty with receiving and interpreting verbal information. Michelle Pozin (POPARD Education and Behaviour Consultant) discusses how the use of visual supports can facilitate understanding by providing a concrete, permanent manner to support understanding and increase independence. This presentation will give a brief overview and real life examples of the use of visual supports to enhance receptive communication in individuals with ASD.