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Teaching with autism

Bcfcforever55

Good evening all,

I have just been diagnosed with autism. I feel quite happy really because I used to do and feel certain ways and I actually have an answer now.

I have a meeting with my headteacher (boss) on Monday is there any teachers here please? When speaking before about potentially been autistic last week. He said I would be the first in the schools history and they are here to support me anyway possible.

I don't know what sort of reasonable adjustments would be good for me. I've looked into a quite space and also looking at requesting help during my PPA time to make sure I'm using the time effectively. Also. My HOD ( head of department) is very last minute and disorganised so I'm mentioning to her also and the head that actually I need to know these things in advance. (I feel this won't change her at all)

Can anyone else think of anything else or if you're a teacher what I could ask or think about please?

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  • I'm not qualified to teach in schools, but I worked as a teaching assistant for 5 years (that was about 30 years ago) and later gained a CERTA teaching certificate and briefly taught English to adults.

    I took the job as a teaching assistant when I was young as I was considering training to be a primary school teacher, but working alongside class teachers put me off - I could teach small groups, but realised that being in charge of a class of 30+ kids would be too overwhelming for me - this was when I had no idea I was autistic!

    Teaching English to adults was enjoyable in a lot of ways, but could also be challenging. I still didn't know then that I was on the spectrum, and I found lesson preparation and verbal assessments (listening to students speaking and marking them on it) were the most difficult aspects. I'm retired now, but if I were still teaching English I would have to ask for support in lesson planning (it took me hours to plan lessons, and getting enough materials prepared in time when there was always a queue for the photocopier was difficult). I would also ask if I could record students speaking and listen to the recordings later when I had time to take it in, as I don't absorb auditory information easily.

    I didn't have to do parent meetings which you probably have to, but my suggestion for that would be to ask if you can schedule in several breaks during the meeting sessions.

    Teaching can be very challenging for us, so we'll done for getting this far and good luck.

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  • I'm not qualified to teach in schools, but I worked as a teaching assistant for 5 years (that was about 30 years ago) and later gained a CERTA teaching certificate and briefly taught English to adults.

    I took the job as a teaching assistant when I was young as I was considering training to be a primary school teacher, but working alongside class teachers put me off - I could teach small groups, but realised that being in charge of a class of 30+ kids would be too overwhelming for me - this was when I had no idea I was autistic!

    Teaching English to adults was enjoyable in a lot of ways, but could also be challenging. I still didn't know then that I was on the spectrum, and I found lesson preparation and verbal assessments (listening to students speaking and marking them on it) were the most difficult aspects. I'm retired now, but if I were still teaching English I would have to ask for support in lesson planning (it took me hours to plan lessons, and getting enough materials prepared in time when there was always a queue for the photocopier was difficult). I would also ask if I could record students speaking and listen to the recordings later when I had time to take it in, as I don't absorb auditory information easily.

    I didn't have to do parent meetings which you probably have to, but my suggestion for that would be to ask if you can schedule in several breaks during the meeting sessions.

    Teaching can be very challenging for us, so we'll done for getting this far and good luck.

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