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Peggy Halliday

Program Director for Outreach Services , Virginia Institute of Autism

http://www.viaschool.org  

(434) 923-8252

Peggy Halliday, M.Ed., BCBA, is a board certified behavior analyst who has specialized in autism education for the past twelve years. She is the Director of Outreach Services at the Virginia Institute of Autism (VIA) in Charlottesville, VA. VIA is a non-profit organization which provides a day school and other resources for families, educators, and other professionals seeking services, training or information about autism and evidence-based interventions. The Institute operates a year-round school for students ages 2-22, a 700-volume library, training workshops, internships for undergraduate and graduate students and teachers, and customized trainings for schools. Peggy supervises a wide range of outreach services, including development and supervision of comprehensive, home-based early intervention programs incorporating naturalistic, incidental, and structured teaching using the principles of applied behavior analysis; training for parents and home instructors; skills assessments, functional behavior assessments and intervention plans, and consultations in public school classrooms. She has presented trainings and workshops at state and national conferences.<!--Session data--><!--Session data--><!--Session data-->

Do young children resist such teaching, preferring to just play?

Host: Do young children resist such teaching, preferring to just play?

Peggy Halliday: Actually children on the Autism Spectrum tend to really like structure because they don t know how to play on their own. That s not a skill set that they have, they really enjoy the structure that tells them what they should do when and so, contrary to what a lot of people think, if you give them time which would be a free play time, then you think children would enjoy that, something that can produce a lot of anxiety in children with autism, that they really do like the structure that they are given in Intensive Behavioral Program.

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Host: Do young children resist such teaching, preferring to just play?

Peggy Halliday: Actually children on the Autism Spectrum tend to really like structure because they don t know how to play on their own. That s not a skill set that they have, they really enjoy the structure that tells them what they should do when and so, contrary to what a lot of people think, if you give them time which would be a free play time, then you think children would enjoy that, something that can produce a lot of anxiety in children with autism, that they really do like the structure that they are given in Intensive Behavioral Program.

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What is autism and how prevalent is it?

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Do children with autism look different from other children?

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What are some characteristics of autism?

What are some examples of language difficulties with autism?

What are some examples of language difficulties with autism?

What are some of the behavioral characteristics of autism?

What are some of the behavioral characteristics of autism?

What are some examples of social skill deficits seen in autism?

What are some examples of social skill deficits seen in autism?

Do children with autism play differently?

Do children with autism play differently?

What causes autism?

What causes autism?

Has autism become more prevalent in recent years?

Has autism become more prevalent in recent years?