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Right from the start : a practical guide for helping young children with autism / Karin Donahue, Kate Crassons

By: Donahue, Karin.
Contributor(s): Crassons, Kate.
Publisher: Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, 2020Copyright date: 2020Description: xxviii, 171 pages : 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781475844405.Subject(s): AUTISM | CHILDREN | SENSORY PROCESSING | SELF REGULATION | SOCIAL SKILLS | PLAY BEHAVIOUR
Contents:
Preface. - Introduction: An exceptional child, an unexceptional story: a parent's perspective on the preschool years. - PART I: SELF-REGULATION: THE KEY TO MAKING IT THROUGH THE DAY. - 1. The case for self regulation. - 2. Why do autistic children have difficulty self-regulating? - PART 11: SETTING CHILDREN UP FOR SUCCESS. - 3. Adjust learning experiences and the environment. - 4. Emphasize structure and consistency: the autistic child needs to know "What are we doing?" - 5. Foster collaboration and emotional awareness. - PART III: SOCIAL SKILLS. - 6. Autistic children and social skills challenges. - 7. Teaching social thinking. - 8. Teaching conversational skills. - 9. Building social confidence across settings. - PART IV: ENCOURAGING IMAGINATIVE PLAY. - 10. When playtime isn't all that fun. - 11. Teaching play and building imagination. - 12. Facilitating play with peers. - 13. Maintaining play and coping with resistance. - PART V: MAKING SENS OF THE SENSES. - 14. The eight senses. - 15. Signs and symptoms of sensory processing challenges in children. - 16. Dominant classes of sensory processing challenges in children. - 16. Dominant classes of sensory processing disorder profiles and strategies. - 17. General approaches to managing sensory processing disorder. - Conclusion: A new lens of understanding. - Appendix. - References. - About the authors.
Summary: This book is a comprehensive yet accessible resource explaining the best practices for teaching young children with autism, especially in its milder forms. It offers practical, easy-to-use strategies for building social and emotional skills-strategies that enrich the learning environment for neurotypical children as well.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-169).

Preface. - Introduction: An exceptional child, an unexceptional story: a parent's perspective on the preschool years. - PART I: SELF-REGULATION: THE KEY TO MAKING IT THROUGH THE DAY. - 1. The case for self regulation. - 2. Why do autistic children have difficulty self-regulating? - PART 11: SETTING CHILDREN UP FOR SUCCESS. - 3. Adjust learning experiences and the environment. - 4. Emphasize structure and consistency: the autistic child needs to know "What are we doing?" - 5. Foster collaboration and emotional awareness. - PART III: SOCIAL SKILLS. - 6. Autistic children and social skills challenges. - 7. Teaching social thinking. - 8. Teaching conversational skills. - 9. Building social confidence across settings. - PART IV: ENCOURAGING IMAGINATIVE PLAY. - 10. When playtime isn't all that fun. - 11. Teaching play and building imagination. - 12. Facilitating play with peers. - 13. Maintaining play and coping with resistance. - PART V: MAKING SENS OF THE SENSES. - 14. The eight senses. - 15. Signs and symptoms of sensory processing challenges in children. - 16. Dominant classes of sensory processing challenges in children. - 16. Dominant classes of sensory processing disorder profiles and strategies. - 17. General approaches to managing sensory processing disorder. - Conclusion: A new lens of understanding. - Appendix. - References. - About the authors.

This book is a comprehensive yet accessible resource explaining the best practices for teaching young children with autism, especially in its milder forms. It offers practical, easy-to-use strategies for building social and emotional skills-strategies that enrich the learning environment for neurotypical children as well.

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