What You Thought You Knew, BUT DON'T, About ...
What You Thought You Knew, BUT DON’T, About Students With ADD/LD/ASD and How to Guide Them in the Admission Process • GINNY JOHNSON • AMY GILLISPIE
WHAT IT IS NOT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b GSAjtgPSo8&feature=youtu.be
RESTLESS
IMPULSIVE
HYPERACTIVE
LOVEABLE
MISBEHAVING
FRUSTRATING TO OTHERS
TRUTH – CHRONIC DIFFICULTIES IN: FOCUSING
GETTING STARTED ON TASKS
WORKING MEMORY
MODULATING EMOTIONS
MANAGING ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
MYTHS
1917
1930
1950
1960
2000
2013
• ENCEPHALITIS • BRAIN INJURED CHILD • MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION
• DIET / PARENTING • BEHAVIOR • COGNITIVE / EXECUTIVE FUNCTION
Organizing, Prioritizing, and Activating to Work
Focusing, sustaining, and shifting attention to tasks
Regulating alertness, sustaining effort, and processing speed
1
2
3
ACTIVATION
FOCUS
EFFORT
Managing frustration and modulating emotions
Utilizing working memory and accessing recall
Monitoring and self regulating actions
4
5
6
EMOTION
MEMORY
ACTION
WHAT YOU MAY SEE ON APPLICATION
INCONSISTENT
LOWER/HIGHER
TRANSCRIPT
SAT/ACT
RECOMMENDATION REFERENCING GRIT /WORK ETHIC
SUPPORT CLASSES
SPOKEN TO IN ESSAY
Neurotypical Process IT’S ALL ABOUT THE RIGHT STUFF
CLASSES
ACTIVITY
MAJOR
SCHOOL
Neuro-atypical Process GETTING BY DAY BY DAY
FINDING SUPPORT AND ADVOCATES
CLASSES SKILLS THAT NEED TO BE PRACTICED
GETTING ON TOP OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS
MORE OF A FOCUS ON STUDY SKILLS
DIFFERENT MATH PROGRESSION
NO FOREIGN LANGUAGE
ACTIVITIES DIFFERENT EXTRACURRICULAR PRIORITIES
SPEECH / LANGUAGE
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
MENTAL HEALTH
SOCIAL SKILLS
SCHOOLS LEVEL OF SUPPORT
LOOKING FOR THEIR PEOPLE
ADD ON PROGRAMS
SIMILAR CONCERNS
STRONG SUPPORT
SMART BUT SCATTERED
BASIC SUPPORT
History Pre-1943 Feebleminded Affect disorder Severe compulsions Pre-psychotic (destined to be schizophrenic) Childhood schizophrenia Schizophrenogenic mothers
Autism Auto- self Ism – way of thinking Ergo, self-focus
History 2 1943 Leo Kanner (Baltimore) publishes “Autistic Deistubances of Affective Contact” Extreme autistic aloneness Anxiously obsessive desire for sameness Early infantile autism – focused on young children only Refrigerator mothers
History 3 1944 Hans Asperger (Austria) publishes Autistic intelligences Focused on teens and young adults Play a role in the evolution of the culture Natural inclinations to be scientists, code breakers, innovators
1979 Lorna Wing Suggests autism is a continuum Coins the term Asperger’s Syndrom Eventaully moves to language of spectrum
What Pop Culture Says Autism Looks Like
What Autism Can Look Like on a Transcript and Application Discrepancy between grades in subject areas Discrepancy between school performance and standardized test performance High number of absences Limited extracurricular activities Highly focused activities
What Autism Can Look Like on in an Interview Limited eye contact; intense eye contact Use of technology Focus on one area of interest Intently focused questions Short answers Long silences
Other Thoughts Autism is rarely a stand alone issue Many with autism also have co-existing conditions: ADHD, disorder of written expression, anxiety, executive function delays
WHAT IT IS NOT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b GSAjtgPSo8&feature=youtu.be
RESTLESS
IMPULSIVE
HYPERACTIVE
LOVEABLE
MISBEHAVING
FRUSTRATING TO OTHERS
TRUTH – CHRONIC DIFFICULTIES IN: FOCUSING
GETTING STARTED ON TASKS
WORKING MEMORY
MODULATING EMOTIONS
MANAGING ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
MYTHS
1917
1930
1950
1960
2000
2013
• ENCEPHALITIS • BRAIN INJURED CHILD • MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION
• DIET / PARENTING • BEHAVIOR • COGNITIVE / EXECUTIVE FUNCTION
Organizing, Prioritizing, and Activating to Work
Focusing, sustaining, and shifting attention to tasks
Regulating alertness, sustaining effort, and processing speed
1
2
3
ACTIVATION
FOCUS
EFFORT
Managing frustration and modulating emotions
Utilizing working memory and accessing recall
Monitoring and self regulating actions
4
5
6
EMOTION
MEMORY
ACTION
WHAT YOU MAY SEE ON APPLICATION
INCONSISTENT
LOWER/HIGHER
TRANSCRIPT
SAT/ACT
RECOMMENDATION REFERENCING GRIT /WORK ETHIC
SUPPORT CLASSES
SPOKEN TO IN ESSAY
Neurotypical Process IT’S ALL ABOUT THE RIGHT STUFF
CLASSES
ACTIVITY
MAJOR
SCHOOL
Neuro-atypical Process GETTING BY DAY BY DAY
FINDING SUPPORT AND ADVOCATES
CLASSES SKILLS THAT NEED TO BE PRACTICED
GETTING ON TOP OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS
MORE OF A FOCUS ON STUDY SKILLS
DIFFERENT MATH PROGRESSION
NO FOREIGN LANGUAGE
ACTIVITIES DIFFERENT EXTRACURRICULAR PRIORITIES
SPEECH / LANGUAGE
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
MENTAL HEALTH
SOCIAL SKILLS
SCHOOLS LEVEL OF SUPPORT
LOOKING FOR THEIR PEOPLE
ADD ON PROGRAMS
SIMILAR CONCERNS
STRONG SUPPORT
SMART BUT SCATTERED
BASIC SUPPORT
History Pre-1943 Feebleminded Affect disorder Severe compulsions Pre-psychotic (destined to be schizophrenic) Childhood schizophrenia Schizophrenogenic mothers
Autism Auto- self Ism – way of thinking Ergo, self-focus
History 2 1943 Leo Kanner (Baltimore) publishes “Autistic Deistubances of Affective Contact” Extreme autistic aloneness Anxiously obsessive desire for sameness Early infantile autism – focused on young children only Refrigerator mothers
History 3 1944 Hans Asperger (Austria) publishes Autistic intelligences Focused on teens and young adults Play a role in the evolution of the culture Natural inclinations to be scientists, code breakers, innovators
1979 Lorna Wing Suggests autism is a continuum Coins the term Asperger’s Syndrom Eventaully moves to language of spectrum
What Pop Culture Says Autism Looks Like
What Autism Can Look Like on a Transcript and Application Discrepancy between grades in subject areas Discrepancy between school performance and standardized test performance High number of absences Limited extracurricular activities Highly focused activities
What Autism Can Look Like on in an Interview Limited eye contact; intense eye contact Use of technology Focus on one area of interest Intently focused questions Short answers Long silences
Other Thoughts Autism is rarely a stand alone issue Many with autism also have co-existing conditions: ADHD, disorder of written expression, anxiety, executive function delays
