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Sometimes, all a student needs to succeed is a friend.
Every day, thousands of students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) struggle to stay afloat at school—sometimes bullied, often ostracized. Mastering academics can be hard enough without the added challenge of navigating social situations that neurotypical kids take for granted. If students with ASD had a peer to model and reinforce socially appropriate behavior and coach them through schoolwork, it could help them feel at home in the student population.
This inspirational new book describes how to set up just such a peer-mentoring organization in your school or community. With a clear understanding of the needs of students with ASD and the kids who will be their guides, Kukoff provides: Steps for organizing and implementing your own Autism Ambassadors program; Clear-cut guidelines on the responsibilities of student ‘ambassadors,’ plus peer-support strategies to improve the ambassador experience; More than a hundred specific interventions any student can employ with students with ASD; A path for students with ASD to become Autism Ambassadors themselves
Based on the methodology of Applied Behavior Analysis—the gold standard in autism intervention—but created and led by students, the Autism Ambassadors curriculum will promote leadership and improve the school experience for all students.
Who and What Is Autism Ambassadors?
Who and What Is Autism Ambassadors?
By now you should have a pretty good sense of who I am and what it is that led to the creation of Autism Ambassadors. So now let me define for you exactly who and what Autism Ambassadors is, what it is we do, and why we are different from any other peer leadership group.
Autism Ambassadors is a peer leadership group made up of highly committed young students dedicated to changing the way autism is viewed in the classroom and in society as a whole. The Autism Ambassadors curriculum, which I developed with a licensed clinical psychologist who has been kind enough to serve as a professional volunteer, teaches students everything from basic everyday ...
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