1st Edition

Helping Children with Autism to Learn

By Staurt Powell Copyright 2000
    128 Pages
    by David Fulton Publishers

    128 Pages
    by David Fulton Publishers

    This book considers how individuals with Autism can be enabled to learn through specific approaches to teaching that draw together understandings of how such individuals think and learn, and the implications for those who aim to teach them. A new and coherent perspective on the education of individuals with Autism is offered - a pedagogy for Autism.

    Both teachers and parents will benefit from the insights this book offers into reasons behind Autistic ways of behaving and guidance about ways of responding

    Learning about life asocially: the autistic perspective on education; The language of objects; Multisensory education and learners with profound autism; Intensive interaction and children with autism; Musical interaction and children with autism; Autism and family therapy: a personal construct approach; Language, multimedia and communication for children with autism: searching for the right combination; Using humour to enable flexibility and social empathy in children with Asperger's syndrome: some practical strategies; Conclusion: towards a pedagogy for autism.

    Biography

    Stuart Powell