Understanding College Success For Autistic Young Adults
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Parent Choices for Struggling Teens, a radio show on L.A. Talk Radio hosted by Lon Woodbury and Liz McGhee interviewed Dan Hanks, ME, Supervisor of Northwest University Support, Coeur d'Alene Idaho. The guest talked about the topic of college success for autistic young adults. He detailed why autistic youth commonly have trouble doing well in college, and he went on to outline detailed a few of the interventions moms and dads and professionals can do to help these youths succeed in college scholastics.
Lon Woodbury is the host of Parent Choices for Struggling Teens. He is the publisher of Woodbury Reports. He has helped adolescents in crisis since 1984. Co-hosting the show is Elizabeth McGhee, who is the Director of Admissions and Reference Relations at Sandhill Child Development Center. She has more than nineteen years of professional counseling and reference relations experience.
About Dan Hanks
The guest, Dan Hanks created the Northwest College Support and Growing Guidance. After graduating from the University of Idaho and holds a master's degree in Education in Counseling and School Psychology. As a qualified Therapist and an accredited College Psychologist, he works at Northwest University Support, as a School Psychologist and concentrates on dealing with people with finding out handicaps, individuals on the autism spectrum, people with ADHD, and persons struggling with addictions.
Difficulties in College Success for Autistic Young Adults
The primary struggle for high-functioning autistic children is not the academic work itself but the executive skills required to do the work. Executive skills, Dan explained, included peripheral proficiencies like organization, time management, and social skills. He compared this ability of the brain to execute related tasks as similar to a conductor of an orchestra coordinating the roles of the various musicians. While autistic children may have been good at studying specific subjects in High School, students at the college level were also required to deal with deadlines and measure up to teacher expectations. Autistic students found this new level of complexity difficult to comprehend.
Dan explained one autistic student which began college with straight A's yet then began failing within three semesters. Working with Dan, the student discovered time administration, company abilities, and pragmatic social skills. One particular intervention showed especially practical: self-monitoring. After being videotaped doing institution job; he would certainly watch the tapes and make progressive improvements based upon self-evaluations. Today, he is on track to obtain an engineering degree, verifying that college success for autistic young people is indeed feasible with the skillful support of a therapist or counselor.
Lon Woodbury is the host of Parent Choices for Struggling Teens. He is the publisher of Woodbury Reports. He has helped adolescents in crisis since 1984. Co-hosting the show is Elizabeth McGhee, who is the Director of Admissions and Reference Relations at Sandhill Child Development Center. She has more than nineteen years of professional counseling and reference relations experience.
About Dan Hanks
The guest, Dan Hanks created the Northwest College Support and Growing Guidance. After graduating from the University of Idaho and holds a master's degree in Education in Counseling and School Psychology. As a qualified Therapist and an accredited College Psychologist, he works at Northwest University Support, as a School Psychologist and concentrates on dealing with people with finding out handicaps, individuals on the autism spectrum, people with ADHD, and persons struggling with addictions.
Difficulties in College Success for Autistic Young Adults
The primary struggle for high-functioning autistic children is not the academic work itself but the executive skills required to do the work. Executive skills, Dan explained, included peripheral proficiencies like organization, time management, and social skills. He compared this ability of the brain to execute related tasks as similar to a conductor of an orchestra coordinating the roles of the various musicians. While autistic children may have been good at studying specific subjects in High School, students at the college level were also required to deal with deadlines and measure up to teacher expectations. Autistic students found this new level of complexity difficult to comprehend.
Dan explained one autistic student which began college with straight A's yet then began failing within three semesters. Working with Dan, the student discovered time administration, company abilities, and pragmatic social skills. One particular intervention showed especially practical: self-monitoring. After being videotaped doing institution job; he would certainly watch the tapes and make progressive improvements based upon self-evaluations. Today, he is on track to obtain an engineering degree, verifying that college success for autistic young people is indeed feasible with the skillful support of a therapist or counselor.
About the Author:
Lon Woodbury, the founder of Struggling Teens, has recorded the entire interview on his weekly L.A. Talk Radio show for people to at their convenience.
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