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Motivate to Communicate!
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 210

Motivate to Communicate!

Presents three hundred games and play therapy activities for children with autism, covering ways to use food, toys, social and outside games, and other techniques for motivation and engagement.

Teach Me With Pictures
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 168

Teach Me With Pictures

An easy-to-use resource for professionals and parents, this book provides fun and practical ideas to help motivate and extend communication and play skills in children with autism with the support of pictures. The book describes how picture scripts can help facilitate play and learning and provides 40 photocopiable scripts across a range of different activities such as drawing, cooking, using construction toys, imaginative play, arts and crafts, and life skills. Tasks are presented in small manageable step-by-step picture sequences and support a range of skills including following instructions, increasing independence, comprehension, story-telling and choice-making. Readers can print copies of the scripts from the CD-ROM that accompanies the book. Ideal for special education teachers, early years practitioners, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, and parents, this will be an excellent tool for any classroom, home or therapy setting.

Motivate to Communicate!
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 208

Motivate to Communicate!

This practical resource is brimming with exciting ideas and guidance for motivating children with autism and other communication difficulties. The clear, user-friendly format enables quick access to over 300 practical, fun-filled games and activities for developing your child's communication skills. The book suggests creative ways to use everyday toys and objects. For example, if your child likes to pop bubbles, perhaps he would also enjoy counting bubbles, catching bubbles on a wand, stomping them with his feet or even playing bubble volleyball! The innovative ideas in this book have been developed over 40 years of clinical and educational experience, and are designed to be fun for both the adult and the child. All resources mentioned in this book are readily available and can be used to advance communication skills at all levels, from reaching out for an item, to extending verbal communication. Motivate to Communicate! is perfect for supporting parents, care-givers and professionals in motivating and developing the communication skills of children on the autism spectrum.

Play to Talk, Talk to Play
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 240

Play to Talk, Talk to Play

Children's speech, language, communication and play skills develop at different rates, with some children needing more encouragement, stimulation and support than others. This title is a treasure-trove of fun games and activities that will motivate young children to want to communicate as they explore different play ideas.

The Influence of the Writings of Simone Weil on the Fiction of Iris Murdoch
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 360
Social Communication Cues for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Related Conditions
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 146

Social Communication Cues for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Related Conditions

This collection of cues will enable parents and professionals to help children with social development difficulties navigate their social world and enjoy interacting with their peers. Each section begins with a simple rule; the reason why the child may be having difficulty in this area is explained; and easy prompts and practice ideas are provided.

Everyday Activities to Help Your Young Child with Autism Live Life to the Full
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 146

Everyday Activities to Help Your Young Child with Autism Live Life to the Full

Addresses the challenges that young children with autism face and provides simple ideas, activities, and exercises that will help improve a child's sense of body awareness, coordination, motor skills, and various social challenges.

Gardening for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Special Educational Needs
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 160

Gardening for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Special Educational Needs

Winner of the American Horticultural Therapy Association's Book Publication Award 2014 A garden or nature setting presents the perfect opportunity for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and special needs to learn, play and strengthen body and mind. This book empowers teachers and parents with little gardening know-how to get outside and use nature to motivate young learners. Using a mindfulness approach, Natasha Etherington presents a simple gardening program that offers learning experiences beyond those a special needs student can gain within the classroom. The book outlines the many positive physical, cognitive, sensory, emotional and social benefits of getting out into the garden and...

Caring for a Child with Autism
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 286

Caring for a Child with Autism

This comprehensive and readable guide answers the questions commonly asked by parents and carers following a diagnosis of autism, and discusses the challenges that can arise in home life, education and socializing. The authors cover a wide variety of therapies and approaches to autism, providing clear, unbiased information so that families will be able to evaluate different options for themselves. Throughout, the emphasis is on home and family life, and the everyday difficulties encountered by families of autistic children. Caring for a Child with Autism is an informative handbook in association with the National Autistic Society, written for parents with a recently diagnosed autistic child. This is a thorough introduction to autistic spectrum disorders, to be consulted time and time again as new questions arise.

Speak, Move, Play and Learn with Children on the Autism Spectrum
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 176

Speak, Move, Play and Learn with Children on the Autism Spectrum

Features simple, goal-oriented activities and lesson plans centering around arts and crafts, music-making, cookery, sensory activities and daily life skills that will help children on the autism spectrum to speak, move, play and learn with confidence. Original.