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The essential guide to safe travel-training for children with intellectual disabilities / Dr. Desiree Gallimore ; foreword by Dr. Mike Steer AM ; preface by Lizzie d'Avigdor and Martha d'Avigdor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gallimore, Desirée, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children with mental disabilities--Transportation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Children with mental disabilities.
- Children with mental disabilities--Travel--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London, England ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017.
- Summary:
- In five clear steps, this guide will equip trainers to teach children to travel safely and independently. The first book of its kind, it focuses on goal-setting and preparation techniques while detailing obstacles that may arise along the way. Practical and necessary, it is suitable for work with children of any age and ability.
- Contents:
- Intro
- The Essential Guide to Safe Travel-Training for Children with Autism and Intellectual Disabilities by Dr Desirée Gallimore
- Foreword
- Preface
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1: Travel-Training - The Essentials
- 1. A Life Priority: Safe and Independent Travel
- Key Points
- 2. How to Achieve Safe and Independent Travel
- Trust in your mind
- The power of words
- Your future is created today
- It's your decision
- The five consecutive steps of travel-training
- Applying the five steps of travel-training
- Key points
- Part 2: Travel-=Training - The Ingredients
- 3. Establishing the Travel-Training Goal
- What's a goal?
- Considerations to help establish a relevant and achievable travel-training goal
- 4. Planning and Teaching a Travel Route
- Planning the route
- Which segment to teach first?
- How to teach route segments
- Sequencing travel-training skills
- Part 3: Travel-Training - Important Considerations
- 5. Techniques for Travel-Training
- Reinforcement-let's be positive!
- Ignoring incorrect behavior
- Prompting
- Stop talking
- Criteria setting and fading out from a program
- Teaching schedules
- Forward and backward chaining
- 6. Environmental Factors
- Where's my red hat? Being visible to traffic
- Fear of dogs, loud noises, and people
- Stranger danger
- 7. Road Crossing - Teaching Road Crossing to the Beginner
- Crossing the road at traffic lights using audio-tactile signals
- Crossing the road at a marked/controlled crossing
- Crossing the road at an unmarked/uncontrolled crossing
- 8. Other Very Important Travel-Training Skills
- Money handling
- Communication skills
- Phone skills
- Time awareness
- Bus travel
- Train travel
- Key points.
- 9. Travel-Training in Schools with Student Groups with Disabilities
- Preparation for travel-training
- 10. Travel-Training Case Studies
- Routes for beginner travelers
- Routes for intermediate travelers
- Routes for advanced travelers
- Top Tips for Trainers
- Glossary
- Encouragement from Parents and Professionals
- Index
- Blank Page.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- OCLC:
- 979242431
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