Visual Recipes: A Cookbook for Non-Readers

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Summary: Great cookbook for students with Learning Disabilities
Review: A great book for young people who are non-readers to develop independent living skills for cooking. My only small gripe is that it doesn't show the equipment that is needed to do the recipe. I would recommend it!

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Summary: Great cookbook for students with Learning Disabilities
Review: Every parent of a develomentally disabled child worries about what the future holds. Will our children be able to care for themselves? Will they be able to live functional, independent lives?

Tabitha Orth's "Visual Recipes: A Cookbook for Non-Readers" offers a solution to one of the challenges a non-reader faces when moving into an independent life: the abililty to prepare meals.

Orth employs the use of visual sequencing to enable the non-reading cook to independently prepare simple recipes by following steps that are clearly depicted in pictures.

For anyone who has ever worried that their child will never gain independent living skills, this book represents a step in the right direction.

As the parent of two boys with autism, this book represents one of the most valuable teaching tools I have yet to purchase for my children.

Bravo, Ms. Orth!

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Summary: Practical Solutions for Fostering Independent Living Skills
Review: Every parent of a develomentally disabled child worries about what the future holds. Will our children be able to care for themselves? Will they be able to live functional, independent lives?

Tabitha Orth's "Visual Recipes: A Cookbook for Non-Readers" offers a solution to one of the challenges a non-reader faces when moving into an independent life: the abililty to prepare meals.

Orth employs the use of visual sequencing to enable the non-reading cook to independently prepare simple recipes by following steps that are clearly depicted in pictures.

For anyone who has ever worried that their child will never gain independent living skills, this book represents a step in the right direction.

As the parent of two boys with autism, this book represents one of the most valuable teaching tools I have yet to purchase for my children.

Bravo, Ms. Orth!

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Summary: Improving Independence in the Kitchen
Review: This cookbook is laid out entirely with pictorial and text descriptions on how to cook basic recipes. The step by step instructions are short, clear, and easy to understand. The book has 35 total recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, side orders, snacks, deserts, and drinks. It was written by Tabitha Orth specifically for people with autism and other developmental disabilities who are non readers so that they could become more independent in the kitchen. The book features full color glossy pictures, is hard bound, and is beautifully done.
The recipe for scrambled eggs first shows the completed plate of eggs. Then it has a picture with 2 eggs captioned "Get 2 Eggs". Next picture show two hands holding a cracked egg shell over a bowl with the egg in it, and is captioned "Crack egg into bowl". The next image is similar and says "Crack second egg". The recipe continues for 16 total steps, ending with a picture of someone scraping the eggs out of the pan onto a plate with a spatula which says "Put Eggs on Plate."
This is an excellent book for people who want to live independently and are able to cook, but are not able to follow the confusing instructions in a regular cookbook. Not only was I impressed, but I showed it to a group of professionals who work in supported employment, and several of them wanted to go right out and buy it.