Student with aspergers

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Student with aspergers
By Ann Broughton

I am an inclusion teacher dealing with a third grade girl who has Asperger Syndrome. I just came back from a conference in which the speaker said that anti-depressents help with the behavior situations. I have problems with mine touching and hitting other students. We have put her on a behavior plan so that she gets to play on the computer if she earns so many points. I think we need to reinforce it so she gets rewarded more frequently. At the moment her toucing others is more of a positive reinforcement to her. The speaker said a good book to get is Asperger Syndrome: A Handbook for Educators by Attwood. The speech and language person needs to be working with your student on social stories, looking at real pictures of faces (sad, happy, etc.)