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Written by three experienced occupational therapists, this book offers a combination of theory and strategies. It is a perfect tool for those working with young children, but also broad enough to be adapted for older children and adults. Building Bridges provides creative techniques and useful tips while offering innovative strategies and practical advice for dealing with everyday challenges, including managing behaviors, improving muscle tone, developing...
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Stemming from a wealth of both professional and personal experience, this guidebook combines real-life stories of challenges and successes with practical ideas for handling autism, every day. Autism consultant Alyson Beytien outlines over 150 tried-and-true techniques for home, school, and community. Alyson's three boys cover the whole spectrum of autism-Asperger's syndrome, high-functioning autism, and classic autism. She understands the wide range...
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Temple Grandin offers the world yet another great work, an inspiring and informative book that offers both hope and encouragement! In these pages, Temple presents the personal success stories of fourteen unique individuals that illustrate the extraordinary potential of those on the autism spectrum. One of Temple's primary missions is to help people with autism, Asperger's syndrome, and ADHD tap into their hidden abilities. Temple chose these contributors,...
64) So You Want to Be a Special Education Teacher: Hold On, You're In for a Wild But Rewarding Ride!
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As a teacher, Jim Yerman has "lived with autism" for over thirty years. In many ways, his students have become part of his family. And, as with a family, he has learned to laugh and find humor in the absurdity of everyday situations, for they certainly exist! This book chronicles some of those situations. Most of them are humorous, some are sad, and a few are downright surreal. But they are all real, refreshing, and honest experiences about autism....
65) The Autism Story
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The Autism Story brings a fresh approach to the extensive literature on autism. The author draws upon her own long experience as a child psychologist, working with a large population of autistic children, to take readers through the story of a parent and teacher dealing with an autistic child. Using research findings from the field of developmental psychology, the author informs readers about this diagnosis, which has evolved from "extremely rare"...
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All of us have had a sensory issue at one time or another. Maybe it's your neighbor's dog barking that bothers you or you can't stand the texture of cottage cheese. Does it make you crazy to have a hat on your head? Do you avoid the mall at peak shopping times so you don't have to be around crowds of people? These are common things that as adults we adapt to or avoid without giving them a second thought. What about your children's sensory sensitivities?...
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In this innovative book, Dr. Temple Grandin gets down to the REAL issues of autism, the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day. Temple offers helpful do's and don'ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips, all based on her "insider" perspective and a great deal of research. These are just some of the specific topics Temple delves into: How and Why People with Autism Think Differently Economical Early Intervention...
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Este libro es altamente informativo, fácil de leer, claro y un simple resumen de lo que los padres necesitan saber sobre el autismo, el trastorno del espectro autista, Asperger y los desafíos conductuales y emocionales que los acompañan.
La conciencia del autismo está en su punto más alto y los conceptos presentados en los trabajos principales se resumen y discuten aquí. Hay muchos desafíos involucrados en la crianza de un niño con autismo,...
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2020
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IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
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Eleven-year-old knuckleball pitcher Vivy Cohen, who has autism, becomes pen pals with her favorite Major League baseball player after writing a letter to him as an assignment for her social skills class.
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Discover How To Help A Child With Autism Overcome Social Disadvantages And Learn To Thrive!
This book is full of tips, techniques and stories that will give you an inside look at what life is truly like for a child with an autistic spectrum disorder. You'll come away inspired and with a new outlook on how to communicate more effectively with your loved one.
Like most parents, you probably have plenty of questions about coping with autism, and this...
73) Speechless
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Fiacre Ryan's story to this point is utterly compelling. Until the age of 13, Fiacre had no means of communicating with his family or the outside world. His family believed his non-verbal autism had effectively locked him out of an ability to engage with the world. Their perception was that he was incapable of 'learning' beyond any basic form of communication. Through the introduction of the 'rapid prompting method' (RPM), a tool designed to help...
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The term Spectrum-Autist is how I describe one, who is diagnosed with Autism-Spectrum Disorder. Since, I do not think of Autism as a "disorder, I prefer "Spectrum-Autist." Being a Spectrum-Autist is to live in the in-between. In-between a typical person and a profound Autist. The in-between is a difficult place to be. People can see me both as normal and as strange. At first meeting me, there are not obvious signs and people often assume that I am...
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A groundbreaking approach to preventing autism-from a renowned pediatrician. Something is happening to our children, and Dr. Jay Gordon is determined to stop it. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in eighty-eight children in the United States is being diagnosed with developmental disorders on the autism spectrum (ASD). The accelerating ASD epidemic parallels industry's increased use of untested chemicals in manufacturing...
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Jordan is a loving, intelligent, and energetic boy who, at a very young age, was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. As a result, he is significantly limited in communication skills, social development, and academic progress. Additionally, Jordan and his family sometimes have to contend with those who are either not receptive to or not well-informed about special-needs individuals.
Despite his condition, Jordan's family loves him unceasingly....
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Bernadette was nineteen years old, pregnant, and married. She was excited and afraid all at the same time. She could not wait to hold the baby, all her hopes and dreams she envisioned for him. He laughed and smiled, he crawled and walked. Then silence crept in, this silence lead to an unexpected diagnosis that sent them both on a challenging journey. Autism, what does it mean?
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En los últimos años estamos asistiendo con sorpresa y preocupación a un incremento significativo de la incidencia de los Trastornos generalizados del Desarrollo, incluido en este grupo, el síndrome de Asperger despierta no solo el interés de profesionales y docentes, sino la curiosidad de algunos sectores sociales por la peculiaridad clínica de los pacientes, y es justamente la característica conductual la que conduce a la aparición creciente...
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L'autisme dans une vie, ça bouleverse bien des éléments. Ça brouille les cartes, falsifie les données, change les résultats, retarde des projets. Mais l'autisme, ça n'élimine pas le bonheur, bien au contraire, et c'est le message d'espoir que je désire transmettre aux gens.
L'autisme, main dans la main se veut un guide, une multitude de ressources, d'approches et d'outils afin d'aider, soutenir et redorer le blason des parents trop souvent...
80) Daddy Is Noisy
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He could see she was different; she responded to sound so differently from her brother and sister. What could he do to understand her experience and enable her to have a normalized life experience? One day with hands over her ears, face down, walking on tippy-toes, "Daddy noisy" came out, and that's when the understanding began.
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