# Students with Autism with the assignment of projects

**URL:** <https://forum.code.org/t/students-with-autism-with-the-assignment-of-projects/11516>\
**Category:** Resources, Tools, Differentiation\
**Tags:** differentiation\
**Created:** [October 28, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/students-with-autism-with-the-assignment-of-projects/11516 "2017-10-28T21:14:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![cyndie.lovitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@cyndie.lovitt](https://forum.code.org/u/cyndie.lovitt)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/students-with-autism-with-the-assignment-of-projects/11516/1 "2017-10-28T21:14:34Z")

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We discussed what the challenges these students would experience during a project.  
Lack of interest -  
Lack of apparent focus  
Hyperfocus/attention on detail  
Dealing with others  
Sensory inputs from team  
We also discussed what strategies we could use to support these students.  
Selecting partners that the student is comfortable with  
Letting them select tasks/roles  
Lastly we discussed resources you could provide these students.  
Helper  
Quiet area  
Chunking  
Buddy system  
Project specialities (giving special attention/roles)  
Turn out/down lights

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**Author:** ![charlesw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@charlesw](https://forum.code.org/u/charlesw)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/students-with-autism-with-the-assignment-of-projects/11516/2 "2017-10-28T21:16:48Z")

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Outstanding group project. See ya in January.

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**Author:** ![paula.noe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b782af/32.png) [@paula.noe](https://forum.code.org/u/paula.noe)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/students-with-autism-with-the-assignment-of-projects/11516/3 "2018-11-03T21:00:37Z")

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We would agree with everything you have come up with.

Some additional challenges we have founds are:

- frustration with when they get stuck
- Not understanding that you can’t always get to the him/her right away
- difficulty transitioning between activities

Additional strategies we could use:

- work with Special education teacher closely
- take assessments in an alternative location
- Clear & consistent rules & boundaries
- warnings for transitions

Additional resources we could provide are:

- pseudo code for when they are stuck
- headphones