Teaching Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Clarissa Willis

Teaching Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Clarissa Willis

What do you do when a three-year-old with autism falls on the floor kicking and screaming?

How do you communicate with a child who looks away and flaps his hands?

Who can help if you suspect a child in your class has autism?

Preschool can be overwhelming for a child with autism. Autism affects how a child communicates, behaves, and relates to others. Teachers need to know what they can do to help children with autism reach their full potential.

Teaching Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder is a straightforward, easy-to-understand guide to working with children who have autism. It explains the major characteristics associated with autism and helps teachers understand the ways children with autism relate to the world. Each chapter offers specific strategies for teachers to use, including setting up a proactive preschool environment, helping children learn life skills, managing behavior, helping children with autism communicate, encouraging children with autism to play, helping them to get along with others, and working with families. Teaching Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder helps teachers connect with all children in meaningful ways, allowing children with autism to learn and grow.

Chapters Include:

• Putting All the Pieces Together: Understanding This Puzzle Called Autism
• From Hand-Flapping to Obsession with Routines: The Way Children With Autism Relate to Their World
• Planning for Success: Setting Up a Proactive Preschool Environment Learning Life Skills
• Misbehavior or Missed Communication: Managing the Behaviors of Children With Autism
• Signs, Symbols, and Language: Helping a Child Communicate
• Inside Their Own World: Encouraging Children With Autism to Play
• Building Social Skills: Getting Along With Others
• Lights! Camera! Action! Sensory Integration and Autism
• We're All in This Together: Teaming Up With Families

Willis, Clarissa: - Clarissa A. Willis is the associate director of the Center of Excellence at East Tennessee State University and an associate professor of special education in the Department of Human Development and Learning. She is the author of Teaching Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and coauthor of Inclusive Literacy Lessons with Special Education Adaptations. Willis has over 30 years of experience working with children with special needs as a speech pathologist, early interventionist, teacher, and grant administrator. As a consultant, she has provided workshops and keynote addresses to schools and organizations across the country and abroad.

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ISBN 13	9780876590089
ISBN 10	0876590083
Title	Teaching Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Author	Clarissa Willis
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Gryphon House,U.S.
Year published	2006-09-01
Number of pages	160
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