2015 TEACCH Opening with DG Milton - POS, Trinidad

According to the 2011 Trinidad and Tobago Population and Housing Census, there are approximately 52,244 persons living with a disability (PWDs), which is equivalent to 4% of the total population of 1,328,019 (2000).  Learning disabilities accounts for the greater part of the population of PWDs in Trinidad and Tobago, exceeding greatly the number of persons with physical or psychiatric disabilities. While learning disability encompasses a wide area, there are many strategies that can be applied across 

multiple populations.

 

TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and Communication Handicapped Children) is one such methodology with multiple applications. Having a widely applicable, internationally recognized and applied, teaching strategy be implemented in Trinidad and Tobago will make resource sharing and support of schools that belong to PSSATT and the Public Special Schools Association more cohesive in their approaches to education. Additionally diagnoses of Autism are increasing internationally, Trinidad is no exception. As such teachers currently in the special education system need to be able to provide an intervention which is flexible and has a proven track record to cope with the increasing number of students with Autism coming into their classrooms. 

 

TEACCH training will be the tool needed to accomplish this.

 

• Understanding the culture of autism
• Developing an individualized person- and family-centred plan for each client or student, rather than using a standard curriculum
• Structuring the physical environment
• Using visual supports to make the sequence of daily activities predictable and understandable
• Using visual supports to make individual tasks understandable