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Children and Youth With Asperger Syndrome

Strategies for Success in Inclusive Settings

Brenda Smith Myles provides important strategies for teaching children diagnosed with Asperger syndrome and presents research-based, instructional, behavioral, and environmental strategies for teachers.

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Product Details
  • Grade Level: PreK-12
  • ISBN: 9781412904988
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Year: 2005
  • Page Count: 200
  • Publication date: March 30, 2005

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Description

Description

"This comprehensive, thoughtful, and clearly written book provides helpful strategies for educational professionals to teach children and youth with Asperger syndrome (AS). Every teacher interested in AS will want to read this book."
—Susan Moreno, President
MAAP Services for Autism & Asperger Syndrome

How can you make the school year successful for your students with Asperger syndrome?

Asperger syndrome (AS) is a disorder in the autism spectrum, and students with AS suffer from similar, though milder, symptoms as students with autism. Classroom teachers who are charged with teaching students with AS generally have not been provided the skills and knowledge to do so. Crafting and implementing plans for students is nearly impossible without a clear understanding of the disorder, or clearly defined instructional methods and strategies.

Children and Youth With Asperger Syndrome provides important strategies in teaching children and youth diagnosed with AS. This essential resource for teachers and other educators presents research-based, instructional, behavioral, and environmental strategies for teachers, including:

  • Adaptations for success in general education settings
  • Environmental modifications, including visual supports and organizational strategies
  • Technology accommodations
  • Transition planning
  • Emotional, behavioral, and social supports

Children and youth with AS are often misunderstood. These individuals have great potential that frequently remains unrealized because the modifications they require to be successful are not made. By using the practical strategies in this guide, however, educators can at last effectively meet the needs of students with AS.


Key features

  • An excellent resource for higher education departments of special education and general education
Author(s)

Author(s)

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Brenda Smith Myles

Brenda Smith Myles is Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas, where she codirects a graduate program in Asperger syndrome and autism. She has written numerous articles and books, including Asperger Syndrome and Difficult Moments: Practical Solutions for Tantrums, Rage, and Meltdowns and Asperger Syndrome and Adolescence: Practical Solutions for School Success, the winner of the Autism Society of America’s outstanding literary work in 2002. Dr. Myles is on the executive boards of several organizations, including the Organization for Autism Research and MAAP Services, Inc.
Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Contributors

Introduction: Children and Youth With Asperger Syndrome

Social and Communication Characteristics

Behavioral and Emotional Characteristics

Intellectual and Cognitive Characteristics

Academic Characteristics

Sensory Characteristics

Motor Characteristics

Conclusion

1. Adaptations for Success in General Education Settings

Behavior Expectations

Consistency and Clear Communication of Expectations

Expectations in Practice

Summary

2. Environmental Modification

Learn About the Student With AS

The School Environment

Visual Supports

Organizational Strategies

Summary

3. Academic Modifications

Predictability and Handwriting

Stages of the Learning Process

Summary

4. Emotional and Behavioral Supports

Functional Assessment

The Cycle of Tantrums, Rage and Meltdowns

Summary

5. Social Skills Supports

Hidden Curriculum

Social Skills Supports

Summary

6. Assistive Technology Supports

Assistive Technology Definition

Framework for Assistive Technology Selection

Assistive Technology Solutions

Technology Solutions

Summary

7. Making Each Year Successful: Issues in Transition

Transitioning Between Activities and Environments

Transition to Adulthood

Summary

References

Index

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