TASN Autism and Tertiary Behavior Supports (ATBS)

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Handout
March 01, 2024
Handout
March 01, 2024

Self-Regulation

Overview

Specially designed instruction to support self-regulation in students with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities.

Articles

Books

  • The Eclipse Model: Essential Cognitive Lessons to Improve Personal Engagement for Young People with Asperger Syndrome, PDD-NOS
    • Improve social competence through the development of self-regulation, executive function, attribution retraining, and sensory awareness in these lessons.  Lessons, visual supports, and examples of goals are included.
  • High Functioning Autism and Difficult Moments
  • The Incredible 5-Point Scale
    • Learn to use a simple 5-point scale to support social understanding. The Incredible 5 Point Scale is a visual strategy used to teach self-awareness, self-management, and emotional regulation. The scale can be adapted for a variety of ages and ability levels.
  • Interoception: The Eighth Sensory System
    • This book provides information on interoception and its effect on individuals with autism. Strategies to teach perspective taking and empathy, self-awareness, and self-regulation are included.  The Interoceptive Awareness Interview and The Assessment of Self-Regulation are included in the book.  A companion, The Comprehensive Assessment for Interoceptive Awareness, is available here.
  • Push to Open
    • Strategies to use with students to promote self-regulation, communication, and self-management within the Universal Design for Learning framework.
  • Social Behavior and Self-Management
    • Geared towards adolescents and adults,  multiple examples of 5-Point Scales are provided and can be used for emotional regulation, friendship, relaxation, and other topics.
  • Social Skills Training for Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome
    • This book provides lessons and activities targeting skills that include assertiveness, empathy, self-regulation, and conflict management. Lessons are taught using a structured learning format utilizing the components of didactic instruction: modeling, role-playing, reviewing the skill, and practicing the skill. Examples of visual supports, cognitive picture rehearsals, and social narratives are included as well as reproducible charts, worksheets, and graphic organizers
  • Visual Support:  Calming Strategies
    • This is an example of a visual support used to support an individual working on the social competency of self-regulation.
  • The Zones of Regulation
    • The Zones of Regulation is a conceptual framework used to teach students with neurobiological and mental health disorders self-regulation skills. This curriculum consists of lessons and activities designed to teach students recognizing emotions in themselves and others; perspective taking; calming and alerting strategies; and problem solving skills. Lessons are designed for students of average to above average intellect from preschool through high school and are visually based.

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