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Ten things your student with Autism wishes you knew

By: Notbohm, Ellen.
Arlington, TX : Future Horizons, 2006Edition: 1st.Description: xxxi, 111 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781932565362.Subject(s): AUTISM | TEACHING STRATEGIES | EDUCATIONAL ISSUES | EDUCATIONAL NEEDS | TEACHERS GUIDES
Contents:
Preface. - We begin again. - Ten things your student with autism wishes you knew. - 1. Learning is circular : we are all both teachers and students. - 2. We are ateam : success depends on all of us working together. - 3. I think differently : teach me in a way that is meaningful to me. - 4. Behavior in coommunication : yours, mine, ours. - 5. Glitched, garbeled and bewildered : if we can't communicate effectively, learning can't happen. - 6. Teach the whole me : I'm much more than a set of broken or missing parts. - 7. Be curious... be very curious. - 8 Can I trust you? - 9. Believe. - 10 Teach me how to fish : see me as a capable adult and hold that vision.
Summary: Framed with both humour and compassion, this book defines the top ten characteristics that illuminate the minds and hearts of children with autism. Uses the author's personal experiences as a parent, an autism columnist, and a contributor to numerous parenting magazines to create a guide for all who come into contact with a child on the autism spectrum.
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Preface. - We begin again. - Ten things your student with autism wishes you knew. - 1. Learning is circular : we are all both teachers and students. - 2. We are ateam : success depends on all of us working together. - 3. I think differently : teach me in a way that is meaningful to me. - 4. Behavior in coommunication : yours, mine, ours. - 5. Glitched, garbeled and bewildered : if we can't communicate effectively, learning can't happen. - 6. Teach the whole me : I'm much more than a set of broken or missing parts. - 7. Be curious... be very curious. - 8 Can I trust you? - 9. Believe. - 10 Teach me how to fish : see me as a capable adult and hold that vision.

Framed with both humour and compassion, this book defines the top ten characteristics that illuminate the minds and hearts of children with autism. Uses the author's personal experiences as a parent, an autism columnist, and a contributor to numerous parenting magazines to create a guide for all who come into contact with a child on the autism spectrum.

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