ASSESSMENT

INSTRUCTIONS

You will use all 5 promptsfrom below and do the following:

• Write a response of at least 350 words (1-1½ pages, double-spaced)for each prompt selected (note that the word count is for each answer, not all 5 answers combined).

• Include:

o A cover page
o In-text citations in the body of the paper in current APA format
o A reference list at the end of the paper that includes all sources cited in the paper in current APA format

• Retype or copy/paste the number and prompt before answering.

Final Assessment Prompts:

1. Discuss some of the challenges children with ASD face in terms of developing play and friendships. How are play and friendships integral to children's learning and development?

2. With respect to ASD, discuss why there is an overrepresentation of evidence-based practices (EBP) based on applied behavior analysis (ABA) compared to practices that are developmentally or socio-culturally based. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this overrepresentation?

3. Why is it important for infants to engage in interactive games to assist them in developing social communication? Discuss the importance of why joint attention is so important to developing social communication.

4. Why is it difficult to define exactly what social thinking and related skills are? How do the key concepts for teaching social thinking and related skills differ when teaching individuals with ASD levels 2 or 3 versus teaching individuals with ASD level 1?

5. List and explain 2 implications of the brain basis of autism.