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Teaching Children With Autism to Mind-Read : A Practical Guide for Teachers and Parents Teaching Children With Autism to Mind-Read : A Practical Guide for Teachers and Parents

by Catherine Maurice

This is the first guide on applying Theory of Mind - the ability to infer the mental states of others and use this information to interpret their behavior - to children with autism. It concentrates on the effective treatment of social and communicative abnormalities in children with autism, guiding the reader through the underlying experimental and clinical principles. It then gives a graded program for teaching children each of these skills.

This book contains a great program for teaching young children with autism how to interpret facial expressions and other social cues. It is aimed at young children, since many believe that you should start addressing his/her autism as early as possible,preferably well before 3 years of age, and definitely before 5 years of age. The longer you wait, the more difficult it gets, and the less promising the prognosis. As one reader who recommendced this book wrote: "Other treatments [such as ABA, diet, and vitamins] helped several children in my community go from a diagnosis of autism to testing in the normal range. But they all started very aggressive treatment early: before the age of 4."

Teaching Children With Autism : Strategies to Enhance Communication and Socialization Teaching Children With Autism : Strategies to Enhance Communication and Socialization

Kathleen Ann Quill, Editor

This book is a wonderful resource for learning how to approach children with autism. It is very easy to read and deals with a variety of different methods that can be used to deal with just about any level on the autistic spectrum. For speech therapists working with a variety of children it is a resource to help plan assessments and interventions. It is an excellent collection from many experts that addresses communication, play, pragmatics, parent desires, and self-control at a variety of levels. The chapters that deal with specific areas, such as enhancing social communicative interactions, often provide you with the necessary paperwork for assessment and/or intervention in the appendix. Highly recommended to anyone working with children with autism, the contributions by Temple Grandin, Carol Gray , Charles Hart, and Prizant, Rydell & Twachtman are all excellent.

Right from the Start : Behavioral Intervention for Young Children With Autism : A Guide for Parents and Professionals (Topics in Autism) Right from the Start : Behavioral Intervention for Young Children With Autism : A Guide for Parents and Professionals (Topics in Autism)

by Sandra L. Harris & Mary Jane Weiss

Written in an accessible and friendly style, this book explains how the teaching method known as intensive behavioral intervention (IBI) can benefit young children with autism and related disorders, including diagnoses fallling within the broad specturm of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), especially those five and younger. This guide begins by discussing applied behavioral analysis (ABA), the central component of intensive behavioral intervention. Readers learn how ABA can be used to teach speech and language, social, motor, and adaptive skills through a system of repetition, reward, and goal adjustment. The descriptions of a real-life family going through the process of understanding their young child's diagnosis and choosing an intensive behavioral intervention program bolster the confidence of other parents in making their own evaluations, and "parent statements" included in each chapter offer important empathy.

Teaching Children With Autism : Strategies for Initiating Positive Interactions and Improving Learning Opportunities Teaching Children With Autism : Strategies for Initiating Positive Interactions and Improving Learning Opportunities

Robert L. Koegel, Lynn Kern Koegel, Editors

Twelve contributions discuss the behavioral characteristics of autism, intervention methods, and key topics such as spontaneous language, overselectivity, social communication, and self-management. The goals of intervention are examined in detail and presented along with concrete ways to support families, focus on long-term gains and short- term problem solving, develop curricula, and promote independence.

Despite the current wave of interest in applied behavior analysis (ABA), also known as the behavioral intervention, "Lovaas" therapy, researchers Robert and Lynn Koegel (who originally worked with Lovaas) have documented that approaches such the "natural language paradigm" which utilize the child's interests and emphasise shared control and functional communication, are markedly more effective than Lovaas-style "drill". Speech and language researchers have shown that echolalia, which Lovaas believes must be suppressed, actually functions as a stepping-stone to communicative speech for many autistic children. Other researchers, such as V. Mark Durand, have shown that modern techniques which do not use aversives, but which focus on working out what the person in question is using challenging behaviour to communicate, can be far more effective than ones which rely on punishment.

Activity Schedules for Children With Autism : Teaching Independent Behavior (Topics in Autism) Activity Schedules for Children With Autism : Teaching Independent Behavior (Topics in Autism)

by Lynn E. McClannahan & Patricia J. Krantz

Drs. McClannahan and Krantz are Executive Directors of the Princeton Child Development Institute, a community-based, nonprofit program that offers science-based services to children, youths, and adults with autism. Based on a decade of research, this book offers a proven teaching tool to help children with autism make effective use of unstructured time, handle changes in routine with more ease, and choose among an established set of activities independently. It can be used successfully with young children, adolescents, and adults, rewarding them with more control over their lives.

Targeting Autism : What We Know, Don't Know, and Can Do to Help Young Children With Autism and Related Disorders Targeting Autism : What We Know, Don't Know, and Can Do to Help Young Children With Autism and Related Disorders

by Shirley Cohen

Calling attention to recent advances in early identification and educational therapy, Shirley Cohen, a teacher of teachers, provides expert guidance through the often confusing arena of autism. Informed and humane, her work offers up-to-date research findings within a scientific framework enriched by her own observations and narratives from parents and adults with autism.

Many of the issues surrounding this disorder (and different disorders that may mimic its appearance) are unresolved, beginning with the question of exactly what autism is. The treatment of children with autism is an emotion- laden, contentious area, with advocates and opponents of different treatments making conflicting claims. Cohen, who has no personal or professional stake in any of the various forms of treatment, leads us through the approaches currently available, especially the educational interventions designed for young autistic childrenfrom intensive, one-on-one methods to group programs used in many preschool and school settings.

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