Caroline Francis

a. Activity: Categories
b. Source: Categories. The Game Gal. Retrieved from:
https://www.thegamegal.com/2014/09/05/categories-2/
Facts about ASD. (2016) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved
From: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/facts.html

c. Equipment: flashcards with categories and letters of the alphabet

d. Activity Description:
a. Split the class into three teams.
b. Have someone pick a card from the pile of categories and from the pile of letters.
c. Once a letter and category are chosen I will set a timer for 30 seconds and the
teams will try and write down as many items as they can think of.
d. The team with the most wins and gets to pick the next two cards and the game
continues.

e. Primary interaction pattern: The pattern is Intergroup because it is a completion between

two or more groups. I also think Intragroup because all the participants are working
toward a similar goal. This activity/game is good for team building, and communication
skills.

f. Adaptions:
a. Categories can be adapted for people with Developmental Disabilities such as
Autism. The game can be changed to give the participants more time and instead
of it being a competition the leader of the activity could go much slower and ask
the group as a whole for some suggestions of items that meet the criteria of the
category. People diagnosed with Autism sometimes tend to get anxiety in high
pressure situations so if the game becomes more one on one the participant could
benefit from the activity. Depending on if the participant with Autism is a visual
learner or auditory learner we can make the game adaptable by having the leader
either say every category or maybe have pictures of each category to give a visual
learner a better understanding.

Reference:
Edelson. S. “Learning Styles and Autism” Autism Research Institute. Retrieved from:
https://www.autism.com/understanding_learning