Structured Teaching

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Structured Teaching

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What is Structured Teaching?

• Structured Teaching is a system for visually
  organizing the environment and activities, to
  help students with autism understand what is
  expected of them.

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Components of Structured Teaching

• Physical Structure
• Schedule
• Work System
• Visual System

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Physical Structure

• This is the way the classroom environment is set
  up so that each area of the classroom is visually
  organized, each space has a specific purpose and
  set of expectations.
• Clear physical and visual boundaries
• Boundaries are in place to help the child
  understand where an area begins and ends. It
  helps to establish context and segments the
  environment for the student.

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Physical Structure

• Minimize visual and auditory Distractions
• Helps the student focus on the concept and not
  the details.
• Develops basic teaching areas Independent work,
  One-on-One, Leisure, Transitions, Group,
  Computer, Snack, Lunchbased on the needs of the
  students.

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Example of Physical Structure
Listening Table Area
One-on-One Learning Area
Group Activity Area
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Schedules

• The Daily Schedule tells the student where they
  need to be, where activities will occur, and the
  order in which they will to take place.
• The length of the schedule is dependent upon the
  needs of the individual student. It can vary
  from item, a full day, a full
  week or a month.

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Types of schedule

• Object schedule
• Object card schedule
• Photograph schedule
• Picture/Symbol schedule
• Picture/Symbol with
• written schedule
• Written list schedule
• Sentence schedule

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Examples of Schedule
Word Checklist Schedule Single object
Schedule with
transitional object/cue


Single Word schedule

with
transitional cue Picture/Symbol schedule
with transitional cue
Object Sequence schedule with

transitional object/cue
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Work System

• This is what tells the students what they will be
  doing once they are where they need to be in the
  environment.
• The Work System clarifies information for the
  student.

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The Work System tells the student

• What work needs to be done?
• Use visually defined containers or boxes for the
  work items.
• How much work do I need to do?
• A visually defined system should make it clear
  exactly what needs to be completed.

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The Work System tells the student

• What should I do with my work when Im finished?
• A routine should make it clear exactly what
  needs to be completed .
• What should I do next?
• A transition to indicate what
• is next in the schedule or
• routine .

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Examples of Work System
Object Match work system
Left to right work system
Matching numbers work system



Written instruction work system
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Visual Structure

• This is what helps students keep working by
  providing information within the environment that
  clarifies, organizes or instructs.

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Visual Structure

• It clarifies by drawing attention to the
  important detail
• (labeling, highlighting, color-coding.anythin
  g that makes the relevant more obvious).
• It organizes materials in the space and sequences
  (all items in their place, limited number or
  spacing anything to organize)
• It instructs by living visual information about
  how to complete the task (jigs,arrows,pictures,pro
  duct samplesanything that makes no verb
  instructions necessary)

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Examples of Visual Structure
It clarifies


The task is clarified by the color
coding of the writing and the color of the
vehicles.
The task is clarified by the highlighted letters
to emphasize the state abbreviation.
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Structured Teaching
The key to effectively using each of these
components is individualization. A classroom that
is physically well-organized and scheduled will
not benefit students unless individual student
strengths and needs are considered in the
planning phase. A teacher who uses teaching
methods like prompts and reinforcement cannot do
so effectively without assessing individual
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