Project Prospectus:

Essential Question:
“In order to produce effective intervention, what does the professional need to understand about Asperger’s Syndrome?”

Foundation Questions:
1. What is Asperger’s Syndrome?

2. What pragmatic issues do individuals with Asperger’s Syndrome
demonstrate?

3. What are considered to be normal, pragmatic patterns?

4. Can individuals with Asperger’s Syndrome learn normal, pragmatic
patterns?

Tentative Point:
Someone with Asperger’s Syndrome is completely capable of understanding and learning new material. It just needs to be presented to them in a creative, modified way.

Genres:
1. Power Point (client w/Asperger’s)

2. Webliography (child w/Asperger’s)

3. Poem (child w/Asperger’s)

4. Interview (child w/Asperger’s & CD
Student)

5. Lesson Plan (teacher)

6. Newsletter (parent)

Integration:
A Power Point Presentation will be used concerning the views of the client.

Tentative Resources:
Barnhill, Gena P. (2001). What Is Asperger Syndrome? Intervention in School and Clinic, 36, 259-65. Retrieved July 14, 2002, from ERIC database.

Marks, Susan Unok; Schrader, Carl; Longaker, Trish; Levine, Mark (2000). Portraits of Three Adolescent Students with Asperger's Syndrome: Personal Stories and How They Can Inform Practice. Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 25, 3-17.

Williams, Karen (1995). Understanding the Student with Asperger Syndrome: Guidelines for Teachers. Focus on Autistic Behavior, 10, 9-16. Retrieved July 14, 2002, from ERIC database.