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Everything you need to know to educate students with autism
Every 20 minutes, another child is diagnosed with autism. Are you ready to meet this growing educational challenge? This authoritative guide for practitioners—early interventionists, teachers, school counselors and psychologists—provides practical strategies for addressing the unique needs of children on the autism spectrum and their families.
Drawing on current research and evidence-based practice, the authors discuss the causes of autism and present methods for educating children and assisting their families in supporting the educational process. Each chapter focuses on a critical issue and offers solutions, including: Improving communication, social, generalization and self-management skills; Designing instruction, intervention, and assessment; Including families in developing goals and interventions; Using students' special interests to deliver instruction; Understanding and preventing challenging behavior; Evaluating practices to promote successful outcomes for students, families and practitioners
Included are forms, charts, and activities to help practitioners and families fulfill learning programs. Educating Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders will give you insight and tools to make a difference in the learning and lives of students with autism spectrum disorders.
Evidence-Based Practices for Communication Skill Acquisition
Evidence-Based Practices for Communication Skill Acquisition
Chapter Objectives:
- Understand the basic forms of communication.
- Identify how Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) promotes communication in children with autism.
- Describe research supporting the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), Voice Output Communication Aides (VOCAs), and sign language for children with autism.
- Identify strategies for embedding communication programming throughout the day.
- Understand how to incorporate parents into communication skill instruction.
- Describe two comprehensive treatment models for teaching communication and language skills to children with autism, the Early Start Denver Model and the Young Autism Project.
Language impairments are a core skill deficit of persons with autism (American Psychiatric Association, 2000; Lord & Spence, 2006). Although estimates vary, reports suggest that up to 50% of adults with ...
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