Welcome

=Welcome Parents and Students! =

“Communication is one of the defining problems in autism. Many children with autism do not develop verbal language and communicating their needs is an ongoing challenge. Alternative systems of communication are frequently employed to provide support for children’s communication attempts. Similarly, literacy is often slow to develop or absent in many children with autism. (Swartz)” Literacy is an enormous part of our society so much that one would have difficulty with everyday life without it. Literacy is no longer just reading and writing in the original sense, it involves technology. The next generation is tech savvy, growing up with Facebook, Twitter and blogging. However, with the ever growing rate of technology our students still face challenges with learning to read and write. As Stanley Swartz (California State University: Supporting Literacy Learning for Children with Autism) stated, literacy is lacking and it is important to address this issue. For this reason, I have dedicated this class site to improving literacy for our students.