This document provides information on autism including symptoms, treatments, prevalence, and career options for special education teachers. It states autism causes problems with social skills, communication, and repetitive behaviors. Drug therapy and educational programs can help reduce symptoms. Boys are four times more likely to have autism than girls. The number of children with autism has been rising. Special education teachers help those with autism develop skills and may earn $40,000-$78,000 annually.

2. Introduction
 Autism is a severe disorder of brain function that
causes problems with social
contact, communication, and behaviors that repeat
over and over again
 This disorder usually starts out when the child is
young
 Occurs in about 1 out of 150 children

4. What are the
symptoms?
 Learning disabilities:
- Communication
- Tasks
 Social Interaction
- May act aggressively around people
- May prefer being alone
- May have strange or unusual, or repetitive
behavior

5. Are there any treatments?
 Drug therapy can reduce repetitive behaviors in
some people
 Children can be in some kind of programs:
-speech and language: talking properly
-Listening: attention problems

6. Is Autism more common in
certain groups?
 4 times more in boys than girls
 Everywhere around the world among all races and
social backgrounds

7. Does prenatal care increase
the chance of Autism?
 Disorder certainly develops before the child is born
 Genetic disorder: twins probably will both have
autism
 Drinking alcohol

8. How many kids have Autism?
 Number of children is rising
 500,000 individuals younger than 21, have autism
 2% of children under the age of 18, have a serious
developmental disability:
- Hearing loss
- Mental disability
- Vision disability

10. Special Ed Teacher
 Special education teachers help children and adults
with autism.
 Preschools, kindergartens, or elementary schools
- median: $50,000
- 50% earned between $40,000 and $63,000
- Lowest 10% earned less than $33,000
- Highest 10% earned more than $78,000

11. Special Ed Teacher
 The number of special education teachers is expected
to increase by 17 percent from 2008 to 2018
 Can advance to become supervisors or administrators
 Can become instructors in colleges that prepare others
to teach special education
 Related Careers:
 Psychologists, Therapists, Social workers

12. High school career
academies
 Atholton High school
 Allied Health Academy
 I picked this because there are some requirements
that go along with my career like, you have to
have a c average in science coursework. Special
education teachers need to know about science to
understand children and adults with mental
disabilities.

13. University of Maryland
 Location:
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
 Tuition:
- $8,650 as a resident
- $26,000 as non-resident
 5 year combined Bachelor’s and Master’s program
in special education

14. University of Maryland
 2 year specialization in levels: early
childhood, elementary, or middle school
 Ranked 23rd in the Nation by U.S. News and World
Report
 37,595 students
 2009-10 about 81.5% of students graduated with a 4
degree

15. Community Service
 Volunteer at Grace Community
Church, Fulton, MD, for “A Place For Me”
program
 Volunteer at Maryland Therapeutic
Riding, Crownsville, MD
 Volunteer at an Easter Seals Program, College
Park, MD

16. Prior Job Experience
 Babysitting
 Worked as a counselor at summer church camp
 Babysitting accomplishments: learned how to deal
with kids
 Awards: honor roll, job payment

17. Citations
 http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocoso70.htm
 http://www.mtrinc.org/
 http://www.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?page
name=ntl_volunteering
 http://www.gcchoco.org/APlaceForMe/tabid/113/De
fault.aspx