People with ASD can provoke advanced levels of thinking processes, as shown by Dr. Temple Grandin [1]. Min T. and Min G. have discussed that this type of advanced thinking process can be developed systematically through curiosity and questions [2]. Curiosity and questions are critical for academic research to discover new phenomena or create new concepts. The paper showed that autistic people can also use curiosity and questions to develop thinking processes, enhancing academic performance. This might be ideal for students in school. The only problem is that many children with ASD struggle in everyday life. The struggles are related to their behaviours, communication barriers due to language development, troubles in social interactions, and many more. Strategies using curiosity and questions for brain development are ineffective in these cases. Thus, new educational methods are needed for the early development stage. By exploring the thinking processes of one of the authors in this presentation, we were able to develop new educational methods for children with ASD. The methods were not for the children with ASD but for the parents of an autistic child (or children). The parents were provided individualized strategies in classes and applied them to their child/children. As a result, children with ASD show significant changes in their behaviour, language development, and communication skills in everyday life. In this presentation, the new methodologies will be discussed with a case of a child with ASD and intellectual disability as an example.

Speaker: Tongpil Min

Published in: World Congress on Special Needs Education (WCSNE-2024)

• Date of Conference: 4-6 November 2024
• DOI: 10.20533/WCSNE.2024.0003
• ISBN: 978-1-913572-75-4
• Conference Location: St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK