Early Childhood Preference Assessment

Reinforcement is a powerful tool that can support learning for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Reinforcing a child with items they like or prefer can motivate young learners to complete tasks and learn new skills. Evidence-based preference assessments can help families and providers to identify motivating items or activities that support learning.

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Joint Attention in Young Learners with Autism

Joint attention is an important and complex skill that emerges early in development as children first learn to shift their attention to and from caregivers, objects, and toys in their environment. Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often have difficulty learning joint attention, and lack of joint attention can affect the development of other social communication skills. However, there is considerable research surrounding strategies that can improve and build joint attention skills.

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Communication Toolkit

The Early Childhood Communication Toolkit includes learning boosts on communication and social skills topics in less than ten minutes. Each toolkit provides a microlearning lesson, a factsheet, and two teaching activities that are easy to apply within the school day. More