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*Problem Solving*

trainee teacher

Hi, I am in my last year of training to be a primary school teacher. I have experienced work with Autistic children during my teaching practice and want to develop my understanding on problem solving with Autism.

I would really appreciate feedback on the matter as I want to provide effective teaching to those who are learning with Autism.

I have researched a lot into the theory of mind and the processing skills involved in Autism but feel personal experience will give me greater insight into the matter.

It will be great to hear from all of you, thanks

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  • Hello,

    I am 24 years old and I have Asperger's syndrome. What follows is my own experience and I speak purely in a personal capacity, so my own experiences are not necessarily representative of all people with ASD.

    I have always had difficulties with maths and spatial reasoning. Teachers at school did not understand  how I could be so good at some subjects - Science, reading, memorising facts-and yet could not mentally work out the most basic additions and subtractions. My mind cannot manipulate numbers; I cannot hold one number in my head while simultaneously relating the number to other numbers. Numbers do not make any sense, maybe because they are so abstract and I am a concrete and visual thinker, which is why I am good at visual subjects such as History, although I am not so good at art.

    The technical name for a specifical mathematical learning difficulty is dyscalculia, but the child or adult is often very good in other subjects. The mistake teachers made when I was at school was that they  made me feel stupid and slow because of my difficulties processing numerical, spatial and abstract concepts.

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  • Hello,

    I am 24 years old and I have Asperger's syndrome. What follows is my own experience and I speak purely in a personal capacity, so my own experiences are not necessarily representative of all people with ASD.

    I have always had difficulties with maths and spatial reasoning. Teachers at school did not understand  how I could be so good at some subjects - Science, reading, memorising facts-and yet could not mentally work out the most basic additions and subtractions. My mind cannot manipulate numbers; I cannot hold one number in my head while simultaneously relating the number to other numbers. Numbers do not make any sense, maybe because they are so abstract and I am a concrete and visual thinker, which is why I am good at visual subjects such as History, although I am not so good at art.

    The technical name for a specifical mathematical learning difficulty is dyscalculia, but the child or adult is often very good in other subjects. The mistake teachers made when I was at school was that they  made me feel stupid and slow because of my difficulties processing numerical, spatial and abstract concepts.

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