Autism In Classroom

Picture this: you, as a special education teacher, are given a student who has been diagnosed with Autism. You’ve had many individuals with Autism in your classroom, so you know how to properly work with them and how to aid them in and outside the classroom. No big deal, right? Let’s change this scenario. Picture this: you, as a special education teacher, are given a student who is diagnosed with Autism and has recently been diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder. BAM! Game changer. Now, the child’s educational and everyday needs are drastically changed to what you might be used to giving to individuals solely with Autism. You’ve just become responsible for implementing appropriate strategies to help the child both with Autism and Social Anxiety Disorder.
Individuals with Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) will do almost anything they can do to not be put in a social interactive situation. These individuals get anxious, sometimes to the point that they physically don’t feel well. Therefore, how do you help the child with both Autism and SAD properly function in today’s society in the best way possible, while also making sure that they’re comfortable? This is a difficult question to answer, due to the fact that every child is different. This comorbidity diagnosis is no