A Treatise for Comprehensive Educational Approaches
This book addresses the dangers of focusing on single-mode approaches in educating individuals with autism spectrum disorders, especially behavior analytic approaches. Shyman presents a sound theoretical and practical argument for comprehensive approaches applying multiple methodologies useful for teachers, practitioners, students, and professors.
Twice exceptionality (2e) is not well understood. While many parents, educators, and professionals are working to bridge the knowledge gap and help 2e children, there is still a great deal we do not know about how life turns out for those children once they grow up. How do 2e adults deal with the complex aspects of being an adult? What are your ......
em, confidence, positive body image and resilience in children
With 29 real life and relatable stories at its heart, this practical resource is designed to help build self-esteem and body confidence in children aged 5-11. Each story is the focus of a ready-to-use lesson plan, covering common issues that affect children such as a lack of body confidence, feeling pressured by peers and worries about ......
Engaging memoir from a 37-year-old woman named Julia with pathological demand avoidance (PDA), co-written with specialist Ruth Fidler. Covering childhood and adolescence, friendships, communication and meltdowns, plus an insightful chapter from her long-term partner, this is an unflinchingly honest look at Julia's inspiring life and the challenges ......
Bullying is a serious problem in schools and children on the autism spectrum are particularly at risk of being victimized if they display different behavior, such as not understanding rules, having bad handwriting or flapping their hands.Being Bullied describes the various types of peer abuse taunting, nicknames, damaging property, stealing, ......
John Clements is a clinical psychologist of over forty years' standing, specializing in the field of developmental disabilities. He has previously worked for the NHS and university system in the UK and jointly established the UK's first independent psychology practice specializing in issues for people with developmental disabilities. He has also ......
Includes new chapters on screening and diagnosis of ASD, discrete trials training, pivotal response training, verbal behaviour interventions, and structured teaching approaches. Contributors also describe interventions for using cognitive behavior therapy with children and families to treat a variety of symptoms and behaviours.
Provides a unique function-based classification system for categorizing problem behaviours in schools. Written by the author of the bestselling textbook on functional behavioural assessment, the Cipani Behavioral Classification System contained in this manual provides an invaluable alternative to the idiosyncratic descriptions of problem behaviour ......
Students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often present behavioural challenges that can elude teachers and escalate when not properly addressed. This book equips educators with the tools they need to effectively improve the behaviour of students with ASD, explaining the most common functions for challenging behaviours and providing ......