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The authors look at ways teachers can apply best practices for teaching special needs students, offering field-tested ideas for teachers to implement, covering topics such as managing difficult behaviors, teaching social skills, addressing communications difficulties, creating schedules, and organizing the classroom. This book includes a detailed section on using applied behavior analysis, providing practical examples for teachers to employ in their...

""Using creativity as a lens to explore the meaningful learning experiences of autistic youth, Carrie Snow evaluates and challenges common conceptions about autism and offers a strengths-based demonstration of the many ways that autistic people express creativity and imagination. She then identifies key qualities of education that are commonly cited by autistic people to be significant to the development of fulfilling lives, healthy identities, promising...

This text is a comprehensive resource for everyone who works with students with autism within the music classroom. The authors focus on understanding autism, advocating for students and music programs, and creating and maintaining a team approach by working together with colleagues effectively. A significant portion of the book is focused on understanding and overcoming the communication, cognition, behavior, sensory, and socialization challenges...

"Most of us rely on visual supports in our daily lives and may not even realize it. Roadmaps, calendars, and to-do lists are just a few commonly used examples. For children and adults with autism, visual supports -- any pictorial, graphic, or scheduling aid -- are important teaching tools because they allow users to learn concepts that are otherwise difficult to master due to weaknesses in auditory and verbal processing. Written by two certified behavior...

If an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is diagnosed or suspected in your child aged 5 or younger, you need immediate information and support to begin helping him. This guide outlines the pivotal steps that parents can take now to optimize learning and functioning for their child, and help them prepare the best foundation on which to build their child's future development. This book covers early indicators of ASD in children younger than 3 years; behaviors...

Details the work of Seth Chwast, an autistic young man who began communicating through painting, and describes the journey he and his mother have endured to utilize his artistic ability to help manage his autism.

Offers parents, educators, and health professionals information on the newest ways of treating learning disabilities associated with autism.