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Summary: How to KNOW if your child is making social progress!!
Review: I bought this book as a result of getting my son's IEP back with vague social goals and no way to tell if he was progressing. Most schools do not know how to write social goals, let alone make them measurable. It is our job as parents to find the answers the school can't or won't find. I rejected the social goals on his IEP and went in search for an answer. This book was it!
I read it in a few hours and had complete understanding of the concepts and loved how the goals were actually measurable. I had a meeting with the school psychologist and presented ideas from the book to her (at her request I also lent her the book). The ideas are practical, do not cost the school money and not that much extra work. Because of this book I will now know how my son is actually progressing in the areas of social skills and the team will be able to know if their interventions are working or if we need to change them.
**My son has NLD which is debatable as to whether it is in the autism spectrum. I found some assessment questions & goals were not applicable to my son. If my child had HFA or AS I would have given the book 5 stars.
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Summary: great help when working with teachers
Review: I found this book so helpful when working with teachers. The way it is written makes it easy to read and organize. Our sons teacher appreciated the book for the examples and suggestions.
I would reccommend to anyone with a child or pupil with Aspergers or high functioning autism.
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Summary: great help when working with teachers
Review: I found this book so helpful when working with teachers. The way it is written makes it easy to read and organize. Our sons teacher appreciated the book for the examples and suggestions.
I would reccommend to anyone with a child or pupil with Aspergers or high functioning autism.
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Summary: A MUST have resource for parents of ASP/autistic
Review: I used this book to gear up for an IEP meeting--a meeting during which I was demanding that my child's substandard IEP, an IEP I had waited FOURTEEN MONTHS to get written--and let me tell you. This was a HUGE help. There is a worksheet in the back that has you write down your child's present functioning in each category--categories I would not have thought of alone--and walks you through developing annual goals. These two pages were used the most of anything I brought along to the meeting. I have tangled with our local school district many times and only NOW after reading this do I really have the tools i need to insist that my child get the care and provisions he needs. Thank you, thank you, for this book! Excellent resource!
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Summary: Classroom success!
Review: My son's teacher has been using this wonderful book to help my child improve his social skills. We are already seeing him take turns in converstion instead of interrupting everyone.He is also showing a better understanding of personal space.I am lucky to have a teacher that is so in tune and concerned with offering these types of lessons in the classroom. She recently incorporated stress and anxiety management(which is also an issue) with the help of a new curriculum called the "Children's Awareness Curriculum".
I recommend both of these guides for teachers with or without special needs children.
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Summary: An Excellent Introduction to Asperger's Syndrome!
Review: This book has been a lifesaver to me! I would highly recommend it to any teacher who has never been exposed to the intricacies of working with a student with Asperger's Syndrome. The book is written in clear, concise language (no psychobabble) and includes some excellent lesson plans to use in helping to develop social skills. It is a wonderful primer to the world of AS and should be a first stop for anyone who will be working with an AS student!
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Summary: An Excellent Introduction to Asperger's Syndrome!
Review: This book has been a lifesaver to me! I would highly recommend it to any teacher who has never been exposed to the intricacies of working with a student with Asperger's Syndrome. The book is written in clear, concise language (no psychobabble) and includes some excellent lesson plans to use in helping to develop social skills. It is a wonderful primer to the world of AS and should be a first stop for anyone who will be working with an AS student!
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Summary: Real world lesson plans and practicle advice
Review: This book offers examples that accurately describe the world of an Asperger's/HFA child in the classroom. It will prove invaluable to parents and teachers alike by giving insight to the fact that our children see the world from a different perspective. Giving "real world" examples of the behaviors these children display helps others understand why they need support whether they are mainstreamed or in a special day class. It provides real lesson plans (and some materials) for teaching our children how to read facial expressions and body postures, how to use inflection, tips for using the passions our children display to reward and encourage learning and more. The chapters are self contained and well organized. They describe a social aspect of HFA/Asperger's, offer a list of the behaviors/symptoms one might see in a child, 1-3 real examples of children displaying each behavior, and how it will impact the child's ability to perform in the classroom. These chapters show the elusive link between why our children are "smart" but have trouble in school and why this should matter to the school districts who do not feel that "social skills" are part of a curiculum. It then provides lesson plans grouped by IEP goals worded to address each behavior. Possibly the most valuable chapter for parents is the IEP information. It defines the different areas, how to use them, the language to use and a summary of rights. Plus, explains why goals must be measurable and HOW to measure social goals. A truly unique addition to the literature currently available.
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Summary: Real world lesson plans and practicle advice
Review: This book offers examples that accurately describe the world of an Asperger's/HFA child in the classroom. It will prove invaluable to parents and teachers alike by giving insight to the fact that our children see the world from a different perspective. Giving "real world" examples of the behaviors these children display helps others understand why they need support whether they are mainstreamed or in a special day class. It provides real lesson plans (and some materials) for teaching our children how to read facial expressions and body postures, how to use inflection, tips for using the passions our children display to reward and encourage learning and more. The chapters are self contained and well organized. They describe a social aspect of HFA/Asperger's, offer a list of the behaviors/symptoms one might see in a child, 1-3 real examples of children displaying each behavior, and how it will impact the child's ability to perform in the classroom. These chapters show the elusive link between why our children are "smart" but have trouble in school and why this should matter to the school districts who do not feel that "social skills" are part of a curiculum. It then provides lesson plans grouped by IEP goals worded to address each behavior. Possibly the most valuable chapter for parents is the IEP information. It defines the different areas, how to use them, the language to use and a summary of rights. Plus, explains why goals must be measurable and HOW to measure social goals. A truly unique addition to the literature currently available.
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Summary: A Must-have how-to book on social skills for ASD
Review: This book takes practical ideas and puts them on paper in a parent- and teacher-friendly format. The way the sample IEP goals are written followed by detailed lesson plans for the teachers, students and parents to follow makes this a "must have" book in your library. I've recommended this book to all the people I know who have children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and all the professionals I work with who have an interest in this population.
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