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Working with Asperger Syndrome in the Classroom: An Insider's Guide

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Gill D. Ansell has over 14 years' experience of ASDs, and previously worked as a teaching assistant, both at schools for children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome, and in a mainstream primary school. She has experience of running support groups for mainstream teachers and teaching assistants supervised by an Educational Psychologist, and possesses an in-depth knowledge of the difficulties that can arise with a child on the autistic spectrum at school and at home, and how these can be alleviated.
CONTENTS: Preface. Part 1: What Is Asperger Syndrome? Introduction: Working with Asperger minds. 1. Autistic Spectrum Disorders. 2. Understanding Asperger Syndrome. 3. Literal Thinking. Part 2: Working With An Individual With Asperger Syndrome. 4. The Beginning. 5. Individual Work Stations/Bays. 6. Behaviour Management Sessions. 7. Small Group Work - Working One to One. 8. Breaktimes/Lunchtimes. 9. Restraints. 10. Role Play and Puppets. 11. Worksheets and Word Searches. 13. Acronyms. Part 3: Dealing With Feelings. 14. Anxieties. 15. Exercise. 16. Emotions - The Feelings Book. Ideas for Visual Learners. 17. Visual Learners. 18. Oops! Cards. 19. Strategy Book. 20. Cards and Rewards. 21. Sand and Egg Timers. 22. The Home/School Diary. 23. The Good Book. 24. Visual Conversations. Assessing Children With Asperger Syndrome. 25. Record Keeping. 26. Graphs. Everything Else You Need To Know. 27. Choices and Standing Your Ground. 28. Bullying. 29. The Translator. 30. Finding Solutions. 31. Keeping Sane - Seeing the Glass Half Full. 32. Jake. 33. Snippets for Learning.
This book goes on to give practical advice for one-to-one teaching, DIY resources for visual learners and tools for effective assessment. Information about how personal wellbeing can be safeguarded in stressful situations is also focal point. The short concise chapters make it easy to dip in and out of using simple language that is easy to digest.
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