Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This book provides a detailed and comprehensive description of how to organize a classroom for a student with autism. Teachers will find tips on creating a supportive environment, using visual strategies and tools, and selecting curriculum resources, as well as specific strategies for teaching new skills, promoting independence, and facilitating integration in the general education curriculum. Novice teachers who work with students with autism will be able to pick up the book and follow the step-by-step instructions, thus ensuring that students are provided with the most up-to-date services in the field. Numerous sample materials and reproducible data collection forms make this guide an extremely useful tool for the classroom educator.
Synopsis
Use this guide to identify students with ASD, organize the classroom; manage time; promote independence, communication, and appropriate behaviors; and select visual strategies, tools, and curriculum resources.