Eugen Bleuler was an early 20th century Swiss psychiatrist who studied schizophrenia and other mental disorders. He coined the term "autism" to describe behaviors he observed in some schizophrenia patients, including self-absorption, preference for solitude, one-sided conversations, and lack of empathy. Bleuler noted that some children exhibited autistic behaviors without developing schizophrenia, helping distinguish autism as its own condition.

1. Autism Spectrum Disorders

2. Eugen Bleuler
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3. Eugen Bleuler
hysteria

4. Eugen Bleuler
Dementia Praecox

5. Eugen Bleuler
schizophrenia

6. Eugen Bleuler
autism

7. “self-sufficient”
“like in a shell”
“happiest when left alone”
“acting as people weren’t there”
“perfectly oblivious to everything about him”
11 children

8. absorbed special interest
1 sided conversation
Fritz = Newton's law
clumsy movement
lack of empathy
positive – why?
little professors
friendships
1944-1981

9. autism
asperger
rett
childhood disintegrative disorder
PDD-NOS
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10. classroom
self-stimulatory behavior
sameness with routine
place for everything
crave deep pressure
repetitive behavior
interest areas
sensory issues
pain / heat
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11. 1 in 150
race ?
class?
gender?
Atlanta?

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14. Developmental disability affecting
verbal & nonverbal communication
and social interaction, generally
before age 3, that adversely affects
a child’s performance.
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15. Response To
Intervention
multi-modal
assessment
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16. direct instruction (including rules/expectations)
promote independence
teach social competence
teach communication
embedded IEP goals
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17. maintain / generalize
engaged learning
classroom layout
do not infantilize
visual schedules
work areas
partner
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18. (thank you for listening !)
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