Everything you need to know to educate students with autism Every 20 minutes, another child is diagnosed with autism. Are you ready to meet this growing educational challenge? This authoritative guide is for practitioners—early interventionists, teachers, school counselors, psychologists—who are committed to the education and dignity of students with autism in preschool and elementary grades. Each chapter focuses on a critical issue and offers solutions, including: Improving communication, social, generalization and self-management skills Designing instruction, intervention, and assessment Including families in developing goals and interventions Using students’ special interests to deliver instruction Understanding and preventing challenging behavior Evaluating practices to promote successful outcomes for students, families and practitioners
This book will guide practitioners, early interventionists, teachers, strategies that address the unique characteristics of children with autism and their families.
Teachers need to know what they can do to help children with autism reach their full potential. Teaching Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder is a straightforward, easy-to-understand guide to working with children who have autism.
This 64-page book guides teachers through all steps of introducing a student with ASD into the classroom, participating on an IEP team, developing a welcoming classroom, fostering social development and communication, and moving forward ...
Families of children with ASD can experience stress associated with transitional planning (Smith & Anderson, 2014). They may share their young adult's excitement about the future while also feeling uncertain about the challenges their ...
This book examines some fundamental issues, including: How children's specific diagnoses should affect educational assessment and planning How we can support the families of children with autism Features of effective instructional and ...
Treatment, in turn, must address the comprehensive needs of each learner. This is a formidable task that requires tremendous planning and the expertise of many professionals working jointly with parents.
FEATURES ′ - the text includes engaging and fascinating interviews and case studies, which include interviews with: parents of children with ASD, individuals with ASD, teachers of children with ASD, and top researchers in the field of ASD ...
... CHILDHOOD TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS Trends in preparing high quality teachers have focused on the requirement of ... not all early childhood programs are administratively housed with education departments or schools. They are also ...
The fourth edition of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Identification, Education, and Treatment continues the mission of its predecessors: to present a comprehensive, readable, and up-to-date overview of the field of autism; one that links ...
Since the first two additions of Preschool Education Programs (1994, 2001), more exciting advances, particularly the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), have arisen to benefit the special education of youngsters in...