Getting started : developing critical learning skills for children on the autism spectrum : a step-by-step guide to further the development of children with minimal language skills

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-260)

Preface. - 1. Establishing initial skills. - 2. Developing initial social interaction skills. - 3. Teaching beginning receptive language. - 4. Teaching motor imitation skills. - 5. Teaching vocal imitation skills. - 6. Teaching manding/requesting skills. - 6.1. Beginning mand training for children who cannot echo or imitate. - 6.2. - Mand training with signs for an imitative child: fading out the imitative prompt. - 6.3. Mand training for a child who has some echoic skills. - 6.4. Teaching manding to a physically disabled child who cannot echo or imitate. - 7. Visual performance tasks. - Appendix 1: First 220 nouns list. - Receptive & labelling skills generalized data sheet. - Appendix 2: PISA (The Partington Imitation Skills Assessment. - Appendix 3: Echoic Assessment. - Glossary. - References

"[This book] is written in nontechnical terms for parents and educators to learn how to teach a nonverbal child, or one with minimal verbal skills to ask for items he wants, imitate actions and vocalizations, attend to his actions with objects, and to initiate social interactions. It provides the tools and necessary guidance such that they can help the child make the best possible progress in their skill development."