Implementing Strategies to Develop Speaking Skills in
Children with Level 2 Autism Spectrum Disorder
What is Autism
Spectrum Disorder
Group of complex disorders
of brain development
Difficulties in social
interactions
Dificulties in verbal and
nonverbal
communication
Repetitive behaviors
Levels
Level 1 "Requiring
support"
Level 2 "Requiring
substantial
support"
Level 3 "Requiring very
substantial support"
Stage I
Project
Design
General Objective
Integrate strategies to develop
speaking skills in children with
Level 2 Autism Spectrum
Disorder, ages 6 to 7 at Saint
Joseph School in Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic. 2016-2017
school year.
Specific Objectives
Create an outline of activities to
engage students with level 2
ASD
Provide the teacher with
strategies to teach children with
level 2 ASD usage of vocabulary
appropriately
Children with level 2 ASD will
be able to pronounce the
distinctive sounds of a
language
Apply different strategies to
develop articulation in
children with level 2 ASD