1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450659203321

Autore

Silver Kate

Titolo

Assessing and developing communication and thinking skills in people with autism and communication difficulties [[electronic resource] ] : a toolkit for parents and professionals / / Kate Silver, Autism Initiatives

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, PA, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005

ISBN

1-280-26204-4

9786610262045

1-84642-130-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (79 p.)

Collana

JKP resource materials Assessing and developing communication and thinking skills in people with autism and communication difficulties

Disciplina

618.92/85882

Soggetti

Autistic children - Education

Autistic children - Language

Autistic children - Rehabilitation

Communication - Study and teaching

Communicative disorders in children - Diagnosis

Communicative disorders in children - Treatment

Thought and thinking - Study and teaching

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Assessing and DevelopingCommunication and Thinking Skills inPeople with Autism andCommunication Difficulties:A Toolkit for Parents and Professionals; Contents; 1The Background to theCommunication andThinking SkillsAssessments andCurricula; The communication assessment and curriculum; The communication assessment record; The communication curriculum; The thinking skills assessment record and curriculum; How we use the communication assessment and curriculumand the thinking skills assessment and curriculum; 2The Communication Assessment Record; Introduction

Communication AssessmentRecord ICommunication AssessmentRecord II; How we use the quantification summary sheet for thecommunication assessment record; Core communication functions; Quantification



Summary Sheetfor the CommunicationAssessment Record; 3The Communication Curriculum; Introduction; Communication Curriculum I; Communication Curriculum II; 4The Thinking Skills Assessment Record; Introduction; Core thinking skills; Thinking Skills AssessmentRecord; How we use the quantification summary sheet for the thinkingskills assessment record

Quantification Summary Sheetfor the Thinking SkillsAssessment Record5The Thinking Skills Curriculum; Introduction; Links with other curricula; Thinking Skills Curriculum; Glossary; Further Reading

Sommario/riassunto

This photocopiable resource offers a framework for the assessment and measurement of the communication skills of children with autistic spectrum disorders. With assessment and planning sheets, it enables teachers, educators and other professionals to observe and record how children use and understand language, following their progress over time.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777427503321

Titolo

Creation and returns of social capital : a new research program / / edited by Henk Flap and Beate Volker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-49514-5

1-134-49515-3

1-280-17527-3

9786610175277

0-203-64364-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in sociology ; ; 9

Classificazione

71.49

Altri autori (Persone)

FlapHendrik Derk <1950->

VolkerBeate <1963->

Disciplina

302

Soggetti

Social capital (Sociology)

Social networks

Social capital (Sociology) - Research - Methodology

Social networks - Research - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Papers presented at a conference of international scholars in Amsterdam, held in 1999, and organized around the research of the SCALE research program supported by a grant from NWO [Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek], project number 510-05-0200.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""; ""Notes on the contributors""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Part I  Introduction to the program""; ""1 Creation and returns of social capital ""; ""The history of the social capital idea""; ""The theoretical backbone of the program""; ""The concept of social capital""; ""State of the art: the program works""; ""A research agenda of theoretically inspired problems""; ""(a) What are the main constituents of social capital and how are they distributed?""; ""(b)  How do various effects of a personâ€?s social capital depend on its constituents?""

""(c) How do social resources interact with other resources?""""(d) How is social capital created and maintained?""; ""(e) How do contact opportunities influence the rise of social capital?""; ""(f) What is the effect of social institutions on social capital?""; ""(g) How are �property rights� of social capital defined?""; ""(h) How does social capital contribute to social inequality and cohesion?""; ""(i) What is the mechanism behind the productivity of social capital?""; ""(j) How should social capital be measured?""; ""Concluding remarks ""; ""Note""; ""References""

""Part II  The distribution of social capital""""2 The distribution of gendered social capital in Canada ""; ""Why should we study gendered social capital?""; ""The formation of gendered social capital""; ""The data and measures""; ""The data sources""; ""Measures of social capital""; ""Predictors of social capital""; ""Results""; ""Basic facts about gender and social capital""; ""Social capital: a life-course approach""; ""Ascribed characteristics""; ""Education""; ""Work""; ""Household income""; ""Family life""; ""Voluntary associations""; ""Social capital and kinds of places""

""Atlantic Canada""""Urban versus rural""; ""Social capital for the whole sample""; ""Social capital for men and women""; ""Conclusions""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""3 Does social capital offset social and economic inequalities? ""; ""The volume and structure of social capital as a resource""; ""Data""; ""The survey""; ""The name generator""; ""Household differentiation variables""; ""Main findings""; ""One-/two-way support""; ""Kin and non-kin exchange""; ""Palliative economic effects of support networks?""; ""Capital accumulation""; ""Support and living standards""

""Are there any utilitarian attitudes to support?""""Discussion: the social capital metaphor""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Part III The creation of social capital""; ""4 Information and the creation and return of social capital ""; ""The experimental method and social capital""; ""The experiment""; ""The public good game""; ""Dictator game""; ""Treatment variable�information""; ""Research hypotheses: creation and returns of social capital""; ""The creation of social capital""; ""The returns of social capital investment""; ""Results""; ""Behavior in the public good game""

""Behavior of dictators and non-dictators""