What are the best strategies to study for person with ASD?

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13 Sep 2024, 7:55 am

1. Sit down and study.



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13 Sep 2024, 8:54 am

For individuals with ASD, effective study strategies include:

1. Structured routine: Set a consistent schedule.
2. Visual aids: Use charts, planners, and color-coded notes.
3. Focus on interests: Relate study material to special interests.
4. Minimize distractions: Create a quiet, sensory-friendly study space.
5. Movement breaks: Incorporate regular physical activity.
6. Clear instructions: Provide specific, direct guidance.
7. Assistive tools: Use apps or tech for organization and learning.
8. Positive reinforcement: Reward achievements to build motivation.
9. Support executive functioning: Break tasks into manageable steps.

Tailor these strategies to individual needs for the best results.

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31 Oct 2024, 10:09 am

Merve on YouTube, for a mirroring study buddy.



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15 Nov 2024, 9:14 am

Ask the teacher/professor "What is most important for me to focus on?"

My kid has come home with some frankly idiotic suggestions for how to study effectively, given to him by his teacher and teacher's aides. You can't focus on everything, and rereading something 20 times is not a good use of your time.

There should be a focus on this main thing first, and then this other thing next when you have time with any class.

Also: I, personally, memorize all important things on cards. I have always gotten an A in any subject doing this, and I am not that smart. For some reason, most people don't follow my advice, but this is straight up the easiest and quickest way to learn things. Especially boring things.



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22 Nov 2024, 2:21 pm

In terms of retaining the information I do find just writing out my own detailed notes helps immensely. Instead of just highlighting and underlining stuff I make my own hand written study guide. And it has to be hand written. I don't know all the science behind it but the act of writing helps to cement the knowledge better than digitally typing it up.

Glad to see this thread started and looking forward to more advice and tips from others as I've just started back to school at 42.



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22 Nov 2024, 2:29 pm

When I was a student, writing notes by hand was the only option and I agree that it makes it easier to retain information, having to write it out by hand.



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23 Nov 2024, 9:55 am

When my son was in college we (his parents) had to make a fast rule: every class he took he had to get contact information for three fellow students. Easy to do with Autism? No. Very hard. But very necessary. These three contacts could be asked about homework projects, invitations to whiteboard study sessions. Contacted about group projects. Very difficult to get over the hump. Many material benefits in the long run. Worth the effort.


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23 Nov 2024, 7:37 pm

Fenn wrote:
When my son was in college we (his parents) had to make a fast rule: every class he took he had to get contact information for three fellow students. Easy to do with Autism? No. Very hard. But very necessary. These three contacts could be asked about homework projects, invitations to whiteboard study sessions. Contacted about group projects. Very difficult to get over the hump. Many material benefits in the long run. Worth the effort.


That is a good idea!

I enjoyed my classes and had a good time in college, after having a bad time in high school. No more bullies in college, and I got to go home early almost every day. I sat on the front row of every class & took a lot of notes, whether they were necessary or not, to show that I was paying attention and to keep myself awake and listening. I studied a lot and the extreme lack of socialization paid off because there were no distractions to studying.

Unfortunately the degrees were not considered of high value due to the small christian college I went to. It was hard to get that first job out of college. I had to move 500 miles away from home for a very demanding, poorly paid programming "boot camp" of 9-10 hour days coding in an obscure assembler language, which was then and certainly is now of little or no use in the marketplace. :ninja:


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