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Summary: The best Autism book on the market
Review: I saw the video of this book and was so impressed by Karen Sewell, I had to buy her book! It is an excellent resource! My 26-month-old has Autism and I read every book I could find to help her. This is one of the best and I love the three P's, Planning, Patience, and Perseverance, they really have to be the backbone of your world in order to help your child recover. I really recommend buying her video of the same name as well so you can see her teaching methods in action. I found this book follows the Psychological technique called Applied Behavioral Analysis, and is the only proven method to help and ever cure autism. I like the way this book is laid out. She explains what materials you need to buy, how to setup a plan to help your child or student, and exact step-by-step easy to follow plans to use for Attending Skills, Language, Social Skills, Imitation, Self Help Skills, and Academic Skills. For example: teaching your child or student to imitate your actions by hitting a drum to the same beat. I found this book very easy to use and follow and I am helping my child with it. No other book matches its ability to aide in curing your child. Behavioral Intervention For Young Children with Autism would be my second choice. Buy them both and learn to help your child or student do for themselves. I love that Karen Sewell says, "Have high expectations and they will be met or exceeded by your child" and "Autistic kids are smart, not retarded like some research suggests." I agree with her 100% and she is the best teacher for Autism ever. Follow her proven methods and you cannot go wrong!
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Summary: Excellent book/video-
Review: I watched Karen Sewell's video as I was searching for a consultant for my 3 yr old daughter, who is non-verbal autistic. I purchased both book and video after realizing that she lived in our area and did consulting. She has helped our daughter tremendously and I can't praise her highly enough! Our daughter has learned to color, enjoy books, obey simple verbal directions (sit down), matching, etc. Our program is set up to be both fun and educational and my daughter enjoys her therapy sessions. I highly recommend her for any parent who is searching for answers about their child.
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Summary: Excellent book/video-
Review: I watched Karen Sewell's video as I was searching for a consultant for my 3 yr old daughter, who is non-verbal autistic. I purchased both book and video after realizing that she lived in our area and did consulting. She has helped our daughter tremendously and I can't praise her highly enough! Our daughter has learned to color, enjoy books, obey simple verbal directions (sit down), matching, etc. Our program is set up to be both fun and educational and my daughter enjoys her therapy sessions. I highly recommend her for any parent who is searching for answers about their child.
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Summary: This manual has strengths and weaknesses.
Review: This manual is a terrific resource for materials, equipment and supplies you may need to implement a teaching program at home or at school and contains tips for setting up a workspace which could be especially helpful in a school setting. The author supplies outlines for creating functional lesson plans and emphasizes organization in data collection. Her ideas for implementing an organized program are concrete and easy to follow. However, many of her teaching programs are overly general and lack specific steps for implementing them, and some, especially those for compliance and social/adaptive skills, use teaching methods which could be counterproductive at best (e. g., one minute of time-out for each year of age, removing a child from a setting if he screams, etc.). You might consider buying this book just for the resources and planning sections, and then going to a different book for programs. I suggest using the manual by Catherine Maurice, or especially those by Ron Leaf & John McEachin or Sundberg & Partington for specific curriculum.
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