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Right from the start : a practical guide for helping young children with autism / Karin Donahue, Kate Crassons.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Donahue, Karin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Autism spectrum disorders in children.
- Autistic children--Behavior modification.
- Autistic children.
- Autistic children--Education (Elementary).
- Emotional intelligence--Children.
- Emotional intelligence.
- Sensory integration dysfunction in children.
- Social interaction--Children.
- Social interaction.
- Special education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 pages)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2020.
- Other Title:
- Practical guide for helping young children with autism
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2020.
- Summary:
- This book is a comprehensive yet accessible resource explaining the best practices for teaching young children with autism, especially in its milder forms. It offers practical, easy-to-use strategies for building social and emotional skills-strategies that enrich the learning environment for neurotypical children as well.
- Contents:
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION. An Exceptional Child, an Unexceptional Story: A Parent's Perspective on the Preschool Years
- I. SELF-REGULATION: The Key to Making It through the Day
- 1. THE CASE FOR SELF-REGULATION
- 2. WHY DO AUTISTIC CHILDREN HAVE DIFFICULTY SELF-REGULATING?
- II. SETTING CHILDREN UP FOR SUCCESS
- 3. ADJUST LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
- 4. EMPHASIZE STRUCTURE AND CONSISTENCY: The Autistic Child Needs to Know "What Are We Doing?"
- 5. FOSTER COLLABORATION AND EMOTIONAL AWARENESS
- III. SOCIAL SKILLS
- 6. AUTISTIC CHILDREN AND SOCIAL SKILLS CHALLENGES
- 7. TEACHING SOCIAL THINKING
- 8. TEACHING CONVERSATIONAL SKILLS
- 9. BUILDING SOCIAL CONFIDENCE ACROSS SETTINGS
- IV. ENCOURAGING IMAGINATIVE PLAY
- 10. WHEN PLAYTIME ISN'T ALL THAT FUN
- 11. TEACHING PLAY AND BUILDING IMAGINATION
- 12. FACILITATING PLAY WITH PEERS
- 13. MAINTAINING PLAY AND COPING WITH RESISTANCE
- V. MAKING SENSE OF THE SENSES
- 14. THE EIGHT SENSES
- 15. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF SENSORY PROCESSING CHALLENGES IN CHILDREN
- 16. DOMINANT CLASSES OF SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER: Profiles and Strategies
- 17. GENERAL APPROACHES TO MANAGING SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER
- CONCLUSION. A New Lens of Understanding
- APPENDIX
- REFERENCES
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-169).
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-40148-3
- 9798765179802
- 1-4758-4441-7
- OCLC:
- 1125106415
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