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Forest School and Autism

Name: Forest School and Autism
Brand: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
SKU: 9781785922916
Price: 59.99 AUD
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JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERSISBN: 9781785922916

A Practical Guide

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By Michael James
Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
Release Date: June 14, 2018
Format: PAPERBACK
Dimensions: 216 x 159 mm
Weight: 270 g
Pages: 208

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Forest School's innovative outdoor approach offers specific benefits to learners with autism, including increased social skills, raised self-esteem and improved sensory function. This guide raises autism awareness amongst practitioners by providing practical and easy-to-follow advice for adapting Forest School activities for those with autism.

For those coming from a mainstream Forest School background, the author offers an introduction to autism and shows what Forest School can offer people with autism - both children and adults - with first-person accounts that highlight its success with this group. The guide gives advice on the social and sensory benefits, offers practical advice on safety and on how to set up a Forest School and finally presents specific activities to be incorporated into practitioners' routines.

Market: Forest School and outdoor education practitioners; Education professionals incorporating Forest School approaches into their schools including early years level professionals; Autism services, parents of and professionals working with autistic learners

Introduction; 1. What is Forest School?; 2. What is Autism?; 3. The Benefits of Forest School; 4. Preparation! Preparation! Preparation!; 5. Communication; 6. Social Interaction; 7. Forest School and the Sensory Environment; 8. Staying Safe; 9. Setting Up a Forest School; 10. Forest School Activities; Resources

This is an important book that fills an existing gap between forest school practitioners and autistic people and those who support them. James draw on his vast personal experience to connect these two communities in a brilliantly honest, practical and person-centred way

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