Practical Strategies for Supporting Young Learners with Autism Spectrum?Disorder showcases the diverse capabilities of students with ASD and prepares?early childhood educators to work effectively with students ages 3-5 with?pervasive developmental disorders (PDD).

A straightforward, easy-to-understand guide to working with children who have autism. This book explains the major characteristics associated with autism and helps teachers understand the ways children with autism relate to the world.

Teaching Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder is a straightforward, easy-to-understand guide to working with children who have autism. It explains the major characteristics associated with autism and helps teachers understand the ways children with autism relate to the world. Each chapter offers specific strategies for teachers to use, including setting up a proactive preschool environment, helping children learn life skills, managing behavior, helping children with autism communicate, encouraging children with autism to play, helping them to get along with others, and working with families. Teaching Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder helps teachers connect with all children in meaningful ways, allowing children with autism to learn and grow.

Books in this series introduce children to the notion that all people are different and all people are special. The simple text explains common activities while the clear images can stimulate thought and discussion about mental and physical differences. In We All Read, readers explore the different ways, places, and reasons that people read.

Step-by-step plans help classroom teachers and parents teach practical strategies for mastering learning and social competencies to children with ADHD. The included activities provide a strong working knowledge of the characteristics of ADHD. It also includes goal-setting techniques, strategies to help children focus, problem-solving strategies, and ideas to help ADHD kids realize their strengths.

Due to a trend toward inclusion, increased incidence, and increased and broadening diagnosis, many teachers can expect to eventually teach a child with an autism spectrum disorder. Children with ASD can be challenging to teach especially in a busy, noisy, elementary classroom. The very nature of their problems causes them to struggle with communication and socialization affecting all aspects of their lives. This book helps guide teachers through all steps of introducing a student with ASD into their classrooms, participating on an IEP team, developing a welcoming classroom, fostering social development and communication, plus moving forward into the curriculum. A special section for parents is also included.

Based on current research, Teaching Tips for Kids with Dyslexia provides teachers and parents with practical multisensory methods that will help children acquire the necessary phonological skills to become successful readers. It includes the early signs and symptoms of dyslexia; language intervention strategies; the importance of developing pre-phonemic and phonemic awareness; multisensory methods for identifying letters, reading sight words, and spelling; as well as suggestions for classroom and material modifications; improving handwriting; building confidence; and new instructional concepts. This resource is a must for all elementary classroom teachers!

Teaching Tips for Kids with Asperger's is the ultimate guide for implementing practical strategies to improve school success. It is a must-have for all parents and teachers with a child with Asperger's and includes explanations of Autism Specturm, classroom setup ideas, as well as detailed sections on physical development, language and literacy, attention span, idependence and personal responsbility, and social-emotional development.

With 1 in 68 children now being diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, every teacher needs to be ready to teach children with ASD. This engaging and informative book—now completely revised and updated to reflect the latest statistics and research—will both help you understand your students on the autism spectrum and provide strategies to help them succeed in school. Drawing on 25 years of experience working with students with ASD, Barbara Boroson guides you to create a classroom community that is attuned to the needs of children with ASD and allows all of your students to learn and grow.