Teachers are going to love this book! Passionate and practical, it moves beyond "sight words" and other functional literacy skills and provides the know-how for bringing quality, meaningful literacy instruction to students with autism.

This concise, highly practical guidebook gives educators across grade levels a powerful new way to think about students'"obsessions" as positive teaching tools that calm, motivate, and improve learning.

Parents and professionals can now bypass countless hours spent seeking answers to the mystifying day to day challenges of autism...

You can never have enough space. And if you can't, just think of your kids--all the time they have to spend in tight spaces--like cars, planes, trains, the doctor's office, the grocery store, being sick or housebound, waiting in line.

Stevens presents the latest research findings along with effective, drug-free steps for treating the most common behavioral disorders in children. 10 illustrations.

This unique hands-on activity helps students who are highly anxious cope with their stress by systematizing social and emotional information. Using this self-contained product, the student literally sorts cards describing highly stressful situations into

Kari Dunn Buron has done it again. Building on her popular 5-Point Scale, A 5 Is Against the Law! takes a narrower look at challenging behavior with a particular focus on behaviors that can spell trouble for adolescents and young adults who have difficult

This book offers a smorgasbord of sensory-based interventions for use by educators, occupational therapists and parents. This practical and well-researched tool is unique by focusing on middle and high school students, whose sensory needs are often overlooked.

The first alphabet book created with children with autism in mind, A Is for "All Aboard!" is the perfect way to foster literacy using children's fascinations.

This book provides a unique glimpse of life from the perspective of a child who has severe autism. It is told through the voice of Chelsea, an 11-year-old girl, who has severe autism.

Leading autism authority Dr. Szatmari tries to help parents understand and appreciate the unusual inner world of a child with this affliction.

In this special-needs primer for parents, a special education expert provides parents with essential information on a wide range of cognitive, physical, and emotional developmental challenges that affect millions of children each year.

Examining the value of nonverbal communication strategies for children with autism who do not speak, this title presents the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) developed by authors.

"A Picture's Worth", the PECS primer written by the developers of the Picture Exchange Communication System, is now available in a second edition. This user-friendly guide introduces PECS, a simple and empowering communication tool in which partners exchange cards with photos or line drawings representing objects, attributes, and actions.

This essay will open doors to new understanding for parents, teachers, service providers and administrators about effective ways to teach social thinking and related social skills.

Using the same art therapy projects can become stale and uninspiring for clients and therapists.

Learning good manners has never been more fun than with this book filled with full-color illustrations and quizzes.

Offering girls everything they need to know about entering middle school, this guide includes insights and information on what to expect, plus advice from smart girls who've already been through the experience.

Girls can learn to take charge and feel confident in a variety of tough situations, from being threatened by a bully to getting caught in an earthquake, with this collection of problem-solving strategies and tips from experts.

This one-of-a-kind book discusses the pros and cons of hiring in-home care providers for children with autism spectrum and other neurological disorders.