Planet Jassi Story time – Claire Goes Camping

Hi Superstars ,
Join Jassi as she creates her own stories.
Jassi loves to make up her own stories and share them with all you Superstars on Planet Earth. Jassi thinks the girl in the picture should be called Claire and her back pack is filled with essential items needed for a camping trip .
Claire is going camping and to find out what is in her back pack you will have to zoom on over to Planet Jassi and good luck in solving all the clues.

Parent /Teachers
Autism is a developmental condition that affects the way a child approaches language ,communicates, plays, and relates to others. This language impairment , often makes reading comprehension a weakness in individuals with autism. While language is often affected by autism ,this does not mean that an individual with autism cannot learn to read. What it does mean that autism presents a unique set of challenges for the child and this has implications for teaching students with autism how to read.

Research supports that individuals with autism are relatively better at visual -spatial processing . By using this knowledge and understanding the individuals unique cognitive learning profile then teachers are better able to support the individual in their classroom. By being knowledgeable in how students with autism learn teachers can make better judgements and implement more effective teaching strategies. So if your students are struggling with auditory instruction or having difficulties with decoding the written text , try instruction that incorporates visual accompaniment , Visuals should be engaging to get the learners attention.

Teaching instruction should be structured and predictable and lessons need to follow a predictable format so the child can become familiar and comfortable.

Planet Jassi have created story time to support students to participate in whole group story telling. From our experiences many children with autism do not like to sit and attend to story books particularly if there are many pages. Lots of words to comprehend and remember. By the time the book has come to the end the learner has forgotten many details of the story.

Jassi has only one key visual and creates ideas from the one picture. This supports attention as the child only has to attend to one picture. Jassi uses a multiple choice format for which the child is given a visual clue pared with auditory stimuli to help them remember the story and show them that words can be written. It is not expected that the child can read but exposes them to the concept of the written text. The symbol of the written word represents the verbal word.

This predictable format will form the basis for future Planet Jassi Stories. Please not that this is not about teaching spelling and decoding words required for reading skills its about supporting reading
comprehension and exposure to vocabulary to support understanding and making meaningful
connections.

Produced by Jigsaw Autism Services
Written by Joanne Brearley , Brooke Garvey
Videography – Brook Garvey
Educational Consultancy – Joanne Brearley