Parents of newly diagnosed children and professionals looking for a concrete curriculum will find this book to be an invaluable resource.

The Verbal Behavior (VB) approach is a form of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), that is based on B.F. Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior and works particularly well with children with minimal or no speech abilities.

In this revised and expanded edition of the 2008 bestseller, Dr. Grandin, the world's most famous person with autism, reveals the secrets of her success.

Children with ASD are often confused by our world of rules and consequences, including how their behavior impacts another person or situation.

L'autisme, maladie mentale du siècle ? Les témoignages abondent de vies brisées dès la naissance. Devant les carences institutionnelles et les menaces d'exclusion, Barbara Donville a conçu une méthode d'éducation spécifique qui lui a permis...

This unique book was written for people with autism and other developmental disabilities in order to foster and encourage independent living skills in the kitchen.

This best-seller is the most comprehensive book to explain the use of visual strategies to improve communication for students with autism spectrum disorders and other students who experience moderate to severe communication impairments.

Combining their years of experience working with individuals on the autism spectrum, both here and around the world, authors Vera Bernard-Opitz and Anne Häußler bring teachers and other professionals practical ideas and teaching methods for offering visual supports to students with autism spectrum disorders and other visual learners.

Most of us use visual supports in our daily lives—for example, a shopping list, calendar, or a roadmap. Visual supports are particularly beneficial to people with autism...

Social skills instruction for K-8th grade children on the autism spectrum requires an emphasis on visuals, or “show-teaching” techniques, rather than language?based instruction. This book fulfills that need, consisting of easy-to-use, step-by-step lesson plans with a wealth of visual tools and aids for teaching children with high-functioning autism and Asperger's Syndrome.

Visuals of all kinds (photographs, checklists, line drawings, cartoons, flowcharts, stick figures, etc.) are commonly used as supports for individuals on the autism spectrum who tend to think and learn visually.

Une lutte opiniâtre de tous les instants contre un handicap méconnu constitue la trame de la vie de Liane Holliday. Dans son autobiographie d'une authenticité bouleversante, elle retrace au fil des pages les mille difficultés de son parcours...

Grace à son langage clair et simple, Vivre avec le trouble du spectre de l’autisme constitue la référence idéale pour les familles et les professionnels qui interviennent auprès d’enfants atteints de troubles du spectre de l’autisme.

Jude Welton looks at a hundred of the most common figures of speech in this visual workbook designed as a springboard for family and classroom discussions.

Emotions are difficult for most children to understand, but they pose a particular challenge for children with autism spectrum disorders due to their literal and concrete way of thinking and learning.

This poetic and engaging book introduces children (K-5th grade) to the amazing, creative power within us all: thought. It is not a book about changing thoughts or changing behaviors, but rather a story to help children (and adults!) see how their own thinking creates their lives, moment to moment, day to day.

The author provides information about all the most common types of dyslexia: trouble with sounds, trouble remembering how letters and words look, trouble finding words, and mixed dyslexia. He deals with the basic facts and adopts a style which is accessib

What are friends and why do we need them? How do we talk to our friends and how do we listen to what they have to say? What is peer pressure and how do we deal with it?

guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to treat problems with anger. Engaging examples, lively illustrations, and step-by-step instructions teach children a set of "anger dousing" methods aimed at cooling angry thoughts and controlling angry actions, resulting in calmer, more effective kids.

More than any other issue, "losing control" can cause major problems for children with ASD.