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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783268503321

Autore

Siegel Bryna

Titolo

Helping children with autism learn [[electronic resource] ] : treatment approaches for parents and professionals / / Bryna Siegel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003

ISBN

0-19-773569-X

1-280-48094-7

0-19-803159-9

0-19-518472-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (513 p.)

Disciplina

371.94

Soggetti

Autistic children - Education

Communicative disorders in children - Treatment

Learning disabilities - Treatment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [471]-478) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Understanding the Origins of Autism and Its Meaning for Development; CHAPTER TWO: When Atypical Development and Typical Development Cross Paths; CHAPTER THREE: Autistic Learning Disabilities Defined: How Strengths Compensate for Weaknesses and Form Autism; PART II: Autistic Learning Disabilities and Autistic Learning Styles: What Makes the World of the Autistic Child Different?; CHAPTER FOUR: Social Autistic Learning Disabilities: Description and Treatment; CHAPTER FIVE: Autistic Learning Disabilities of Communication

CHAPTER SIX: Autistic Learning Disabilities of Communication: Treatments for the Pre-Verbal and Non-Verbal Child CHAPTER SEVEN: Autistic Learning Disabilities of Communication: Treatments for the Verbal Child; CHAPTER EIGHT: Autistic Learning Disabilities in Relating to the  World of Objects: Description and Treatment; CHAPTER NINE: Autistic Learning Disabilities and the Skills of Daily Living; PART III: Methods of Teaching Children with Autism: How They Address Autistic Learning Disabilities and Autistic Learning Styles

CHAPTER TEN: Applied Behavior Analysis and Discrete Trial Training:



Separating Methods from Curriculum CHAPTER ELEVEN: The TEACH Curriculum; CHAPTER TWELVE: Mainstreaming that Works: Too Accommodating or Really Including?; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Model Programs and Exemplary Classes: What Can We Learn?; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Putting the 'I' Back in IEP: Creating Individualized, Meaningful Learning Experiences; Further Readings for Teachers, Parents, and Professionals; Appendix A: Autistic Learning Disabilities Inventory; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

A practical guide to treating the learning disabilities associated with autism. Siegel explains how to take an inventory of a child's particular disabilities, breaks down the various kinds unique to autism, discusses knowledge about each, and reviews the existing strategies for treating them.