How To Video Series

These short videos demonstrate evidence-based practices for students.

These short videos are approximately five minutes long and are intended to provide a quick look at implementing a particular strategy. The How To videos provide a short description of the topic with real life video examples of how to implement the evidence-based practice in the classroom with students with ASD.

	Title	Category
	How To: Dealing with Changes Individuals with ASD often thrive in a routine environment and can struggle with unexpected changes to their schedules. This How To video helps families, educators, and community members support individuals with ASD as they navigate through the multitude of changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic event. This How To video includes how to use the VCU-ACE COVID-19 Social Narrative and the VCU-ACE COVID-19 Comic Strip.	Visual Supports
	How To: Teaching Handwashing This How To video is for families, educators, and community members who are teaching the steps of handwashing to individuals with ASD. This video includes strategies for those who need more support such as using a task analysis, prompting, using visual supports, and using reinforcement.	Visual Supports
	How To: Handwashing This How To video is for individuals with ASD to watch and learn the steps of proper handwashing. This video also includes a clip that can be used for video modeling, a powerful strategy in teaching some individuals with ASD new skills.	Visual Supports
	How To: Creating Social Communication Opportunities The topic for this how to is creating social communication opportunities. You will see a variety of video examples of individuals discussing this topic. Some of the children you will see may not have a diagnosis of ASD; however, the examples all depict strategies and teaching practices that can be beneficial for all students.	Communication
	How To: Physical Structure The topic for this How To is Physical Structure. You will see examples of ways to use physical structure in the preschool environment. Some of the children you will see may not have a diagnosis of ASD; however, the examples all depict strategies and teaching practices that can be beneficial for all students.	Preschool
	How To: Motivating the Individual with ASD Motivation is a billion dollar a year industry. Motivation to go to the gym. Motivation to eat healthy. Motivation to improve work performance. We ALL need a little extra help in the motivation department. We know that there are really two kinds of motivation: Intrinsic and Extrinsic.	Reinforcement
	How To: Incorporating Strengths and Interests When we think about autism, we often first think of the challenges first. Difficulty communicating with others, maybe repetitive behaviors, or even sensory challenges. Teachers and professionals are often looking for the challenges as they identify needs and supports. Parents are often discussing the challenges as they seek to understand why their child’s development is different. Sometimes we all get caught up in the challenges.	Reinforcement
	How To: Graphic Organizers Graphic organizers can help students write out the who what when where why and how of their ideas. These can also help organize a main idea and supporting statements, help students with story mapping events and characters in a novel, assist with sequencing before and after ideas, and even help with brainstorming for complex papers and essays!	Visual Supports
	Preschool How To: Reinforcement The topic for this How To is reinforcement. You will see examples of how to provide reinforcement to students.	Preschool
	How To: Emotions and Regulation The topic for this How To is Emotions and Emotional Regulation. You will learn why individuals with ASD have a difficult time identifying emotions in themselves and others as well as why regulating emotions can be challenging. You will also learn tips on how to teach skills related to understanding, using, and regulating a variety of emotional states.	Communication
	How To: Asking for Help This How to is about teaching early childhood learners to ask for help. Asking for help is an important communication skill for young learners to effectively and appropriately seek out assistance from others. Some of the children you will see will not have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, however the examples all depict strategies and teaching practices that could benefit all students.	Communication
	How To: Functional Communication Teaching Saying No This How to is about teaching learners about saying “no”. Saying “no” and being able to appropriately refuse activities and choices is a critical skill for young learners and will help prevent the occurrence of problem behaviors in the classroom.	Communication
	How To: Matching Language to Learner The topic for this How To is Matching Language to Learner. You will learn about matching classroom language to early childhood learners’ communication level.	Communication
	How To: Providing Choices This video will demonstrate how to provide choices for students with ASD.	Supports
	How To: Intro to Functional Communication Welcome to the How To series. This How To presents an introduction to teaching functional communication to early childhood learners. Some of the children you will see will not have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders. However, the examples all depict strategies and teaching practices that can benefit all students. Functional communication is a very important skill for preschool students, and it is critical that all individuals have some form of communication.	Communication
	Preschool How To: Teaching Requesting The topic for this How To is teaching requesting. Teaching requesting is an important skill for students with autism so that they can get their wants and needs met. Some of the children you will see in the video will not have a diagnosis of autism, however the examples all depict strategies and teaching practices that can benefit all students.	Preschool
	Preschool How To: Visual Supports The topic for this How To is visual supports. You will see examples of common visual supports used with students. Some of the children you will see may not have a diagnosis of ASD. However, the examples all depict strategies and teaching practices that can be beneficial for all students.	Preschool
	Preschool How To: Environmental Considerations - Schedules The topic for this How To is schedules. You will see many examples of schedules and how they are used in the classroom. Some of the children you will see may not have a diagnosis of ASD, however the examples all depict strategies and teaching practices that can be beneficial for all students.	Preschool
	Preschool How To: Transitioning The topic for this How To is transitioning in the early childhood classroom. You will see a variety of tools to assist students with transitioning and video examples of children successfully transitioning in the classroom. Some of the children you will see may not have a diagnosis of ASD, however the examples all depict strategies and teaching practices that can be beneficial for all students.	Preschool
	Preschool How To : Routines The topic for this How To is routines. You will see examples of routines being used in the preschool classroom. Some of the children you will see may not have a diagnosis of ASD, however the examples all depict strategies and teaching practices that can be beneficial for all students.	Preschool
	How To: Token Economies The topic for this How To is token economies. You will see examples of token economies used with students.	Reinforcement
	How To: Task Analysis The topic for this How To is task analysis. You will see many examples of task analysis and how they are used in the classroom.	Supports
	How To: Environmental Considerations - Routines The topic for this How To is routines. You will see examples of routines being used in the classroom.	Supports
	How To: Environmental Considerations - Schedules The topic for this How To is schedules. You will see many examples of schedules and how they are used in the classroom.	Supports
	How To: Environmental Considerations - Physical Structure The topic for this How To is environmental considerations and physical structure. You will see examples of physical structure in the environment.	Supports
	How To: Visual Supports The topic for this How To is visual supports. You will see examples of common visual supports used with students.	Supports
	How To: Teaching Requesting The topic for this How To is teaching requesting. You will learn tips for teaching a student how to communicate by requesting his or her wants or needs. You will also learn some tips for effectively teaching requesting.	Communication
	How To: Providing Reinforcement The topic for this How To is providing reinforcement. You will learn what reinforcement is, types of reinforcement, and how to provide reinforcement to students. You will also learn some tips on making reinforcement effective.	Reinforcement
	How To: Model Prompting The topic for this How To is model prompting. You will learn what model prompting is and see examples of how to provide a model prompt.	Prompting
	How To: Verbal Prompting The topic for this How To is verbal prompting. You will learn what direct and indirect verbal prompting are and see examples of how to provide verbal prompts.	Prompting
	How To: Visual Prompting The topic for this How To is visual prompting. You will learn what visual prompting is and see examples of how to provide a visual prompt.	Prompting
	How To: Physical Prompting The topic for this How To is physical prompting. You will learn what full and partial physical prompting are and see examples of how to provide physical prompts.	Prompting
	How To: Gestural Prompting The topic for this How To is gestural prompting. You will learn what gestural prompting is and see examples of how to provide a gestural prompt.	Prompting