Guest guest Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 It's not so much that TM isn't enough as she wanted to know what others are out there so school was at least given choices. My friend has a Son who is in 4th grade and school is refusing to use research based for her son. They told her even if he were to be pulled out for resource that they're basically going to use same curriculum as used for rest of peers. She doesn't know where to turn because advocacy inc. Isn't helping her and she doesn't have funds to fight it but her son is behind. I don't know how to help her. My dd is in Kinder and it took me 3 yrs to get them to agree to TM and my dd is already gaining concept of counting :)Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerrySender: Texas-Autism-Advocacy Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 20:13:21 -0500To: <Texas-Autism-Advocacy >ReplyTo: Texas-Autism-Advocacy Subject: Re: Math curriculum I've heard of PALS and Math U see, but I've heard the best things about touch math. I have no experience with the others. touch Math is working for us and so I support it. why do you need others?You can use the school text book if you use RPM some by someone trained to do it. This, too, is being done with my son using the Houghton Mifflin curriculum, and it is also working. We use the touch math when he starts to struggle with a concept. There is not enough research to support this at this time (as far as schools are concerned as they want to use their non-researched for autism OSFA programs they use with every other kid because it is cheap), though I hear Cornell is doing the research but hasn't released it yet. And I have found some research out of UC , I think. You can Google that.You could even teach math from an ABA approach --break it down into tiny steps and do discrete trials. there is some research to back this up, but Touch Math is a complete program.Why do you need more than that? If it is peer-reviewed to work, then why not use it? I don't know if it matters at ARD as you could come up with a hundred peer-reviewed things for use with an ASD child, and they are some how going to wind up using their OSFA anyway to save money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 We learned 6 years of math in one year using the RPM method and the manual is good place to start. Now we use the standard curriculum from the school and just reduce the amount of homework problems by half. My son uses a number board which has all the symbols around the perimeter to be able to answer algebra questions. He has a 97 average in his Algebra one class this year. Four years ago when he was in 5th grade they were asking him verbally what 2 times 1 was and he could not answer. He started by choosing the answer and then pointing to the answer. Now he points to all the answers and can circle the answers on the TAKS test. It's worth a look. www.halo-soma.org Trina Does anybody know what math curriculums for 4th grade/elementary have been research based for children with autism??ears Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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