Contract - Autism Classroom

I had the opportunity to spend several ours in the autism room at North Elementary. While I was there, I observed and worked with kindergarten, first, and second grade students. I got to see them interact in their general classroom and be pulled out into the autism room. I saw a wide range of ability and severity levels among the students during reading and math. I wanted to spend time in this room because I had never seen an autism room before and am very interested in it. I really enjoyed the time spent at North working with students with autism. I am currently working toward getting my autism certification and this experience helped reinforce my desire to work with students with autism. It was so interesting to see how different things are dealt with and how the students take sensory breaks to help them stay focused. I saw so many things that I have never seen or heard about in a text book, but that probably goes back to getting to know your students.