Children and Youth With Asperger Syndrome

Strategies for Success in Inclusive Settings
Brenda Smith Myles - University of Kansas, USA
Children and Youth With Asperger Syndrome
March 2005 | 200 pages | Corwin
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"This comprehensive, thoughtful, and clearly written book provides helpful strategies for educational professionals to teach children and youth with Asperger syndrome (AS). Every teacher interested in AS will want to read this book."
—Susan Moreno, President
MAAP Services for Autism & Asperger Syndrome

How can you make the school year successful for your students with Asperger syndrome?

Asperger syndrome (AS) is a disorder in the autism spectrum, and students with AS suffer from similar, though milder, symptoms as students with autism. Classroom teachers who are charged with teaching students with AS generally have not been provided the skills and knowledge to do so. Crafting and implementing plans for students is nearly impossible without a clear understanding of the disorder, or clearly defined instructional methods and strategies.

Children and Youth With Asperger Syndrome provides important strategies in teaching children and youth diagnosed with AS. This essential resource for teachers and other educators presents research-based, instructional, behavioral, and environmental strategies for teachers, including:

  • Adaptations for success in general education settings
  • Environmental modifications, including visual supports and organizational strategies
  • Technology accommodations
  • Transition planning
  • Emotional, behavioral, and social supports

Children and youth with AS are often misunderstood. These individuals have great potential that frequently remains unrealized because the modifications they require to be successful are not made. By using the practical strategies in this guide, however, educators can at last effectively meet the needs of students with AS.

Contents

Foreword

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

About the Contributors

About the Contributors

Introduction: Children and Youth With Asperger Syndrome

  • Social and Communication Characteristics
  • Behavioral and Emotional Characteristics
  • Intellectual and Cognitive Characteristics
  • Academic Characteristics
  • Sensory Characteristics
  • Motor Characteristics
  • Conclusion

1. Adaptations for Success in General Education Settings

  • Behavior Expectations
  • Consistency and Clear Communication of Expectations
  • Expectations in Practice
  • Summary

2. Environmental Modification

  • Learn About the Student With AS
  • The School Environment
  • Visual Supports
  • Organizational Strategies
  • Summary

3. Academic Modifications

  • Predictability and Handwriting
  • Stages of the Learning Process
  • Summary

4. Emotional and Behavioral Supports

  • Functional Assessment
  • The Cycle of Tantrums, Rage and Meltdowns
  • Summary

5. Social Skills Supports

  • Hidden Curriculum
  • Social Skills Supports
  • Summary

6. Assistive Technology Supports

  • Assistive Technology Definition
  • Framework for Assistive Technology Selection
  • Assistive Technology Solutions
  • Technology Solutions
  • Summary

7. Making Each Year Successful: Issues in Transition

  • Transitioning Between Activities and Environments
  • Transition to Adulthood
  • Summary

References

References

Index

Index

Description

"This comprehensive, thoughtful, and clearly written book provides helpful strategies for educational professionals to teach children and youth with Asperger syndrome (AS). Every teacher interested in AS will want to read this book."
—Susan Moreno, President
MAAP Services for Autism & Asperger Syndrome

How can you make the school year successful for your students with Asperger syndrome?

Asperger syndrome (AS) is a disorder in the autism spectrum, and students with AS suffer from similar, though milder, symptoms as students with autism. Classroom teachers who are charged with teaching students with AS generally have not been provided the skills and knowledge to do so. Crafting and implementing plans for students is nearly impossible without a clear understanding of the disorder, or clearly defined instructional methods and strategies.

Children and Youth With Asperger Syndrome provides important strategies in teaching children and youth diagnosed with AS. This essential resource for teachers and other educators presents research-based, instructional, behavioral, and environmental strategies for teachers, including:

  • Adaptations for success in general education settings
  • Environmental modifications, including visual supports and organizational strategies
  • Technology accommodations
  • Transition planning
  • Emotional, behavioral, and social supports

Children and youth with AS are often misunderstood. These individuals have great potential that frequently remains unrealized because the modifications they require to be successful are not made. By using the practical strategies in this guide, however, educators can at last effectively meet the needs of students with AS.

Contents

Foreword

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

About the Contributors

About the Contributors

Introduction: Children and Youth With Asperger Syndrome

  • Social and Communication Characteristics
  • Behavioral and Emotional Characteristics
  • Intellectual and Cognitive Characteristics
  • Academic Characteristics
  • Sensory Characteristics
  • Motor Characteristics
  • Conclusion

1. Adaptations for Success in General Education Settings

  • Behavior Expectations
  • Consistency and Clear Communication of Expectations
  • Expectations in Practice
  • Summary

2. Environmental Modification

  • Learn About the Student With AS
  • The School Environment
  • Visual Supports
  • Organizational Strategies
  • Summary

3. Academic Modifications

  • Predictability and Handwriting
  • Stages of the Learning Process
  • Summary

4. Emotional and Behavioral Supports

  • Functional Assessment
  • The Cycle of Tantrums, Rage and Meltdowns
  • Summary

5. Social Skills Supports

  • Hidden Curriculum
  • Social Skills Supports
  • Summary

6. Assistive Technology Supports

  • Assistive Technology Definition
  • Framework for Assistive Technology Selection
  • Assistive Technology Solutions
  • Technology Solutions
  • Summary

7. Making Each Year Successful: Issues in Transition

  • Transitioning Between Activities and Environments
  • Transition to Adulthood
  • Summary

References

References

Index

Index

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Children and Youth With Asperger Syndrome

Strategies for Success in Inclusive Settings


March 2005 | 200 pages | Corwin

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"This comprehensive, thoughtful, and clearly written book provides helpful strategies for educational professionals to teach children and youth with Asperger syndrome (AS). Every teacher interested in AS will want to read this book."
—Susan Moreno, President
MAAP Services for Autism & Asperger Syndrome

How can you make the school year successful for your students with Asperger syndrome?

Asperger syndrome (AS) is a disorder in the autism spectrum, and students with AS suffer from similar, though milder, symptoms as students with autism. Classroom teachers who are charged with teaching students with AS generally have not been provided the skills and knowledge to do so. Crafting and implementing plans for students is nearly impossible without a clear understanding of the disorder, or clearly defined instructional methods and strategies.

Children and Youth With Asperger Syndrome provides important strategies in teaching children and youth diagnosed with AS. This essential resource for teachers and other educators presents research-based, instructional, behavioral, and environmental strategies for teachers, including:

  • Adaptations for success in general education settings
  • Environmental modifications, including visual supports and organizational strategies
  • Technology accommodations
  • Transition planning
  • Emotional, behavioral, and social supports

Children and youth with AS are often misunderstood. These individuals have great potential that frequently remains unrealized because the modifications they require to be successful are not made. By using the practical strategies in this guide, however, educators can at last effectively meet the needs of students with AS.


Table Of Contents:

  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • About the Contributors
  • Introduction: Children and Youth With Asperger Syndrome
  • Social and Communication Characteristics
  • Behavioral and Emotional Characteristics
  • Intellectual and Cognitive Characteristics
  • Academic Characteristics
  • Sensory Characteristics
  • Motor Characteristics
  • Conclusion
  • 1. Adaptations for Success in General Education Settings
  • Behavior Expectations
  • Consistency and Clear Communication of Expectations
  • Expectations in Practice
  • Summary
  • 2. Environmental Modification
  • Learn About the Student With AS
  • The School Environment
  • Visual Supports
  • Organizational Strategies
  • Summary
  • 3. Academic Modifications
  • Predictability and Handwriting
  • Stages of the Learning Process
  • Summary
  • 4. Emotional and Behavioral Supports
  • Functional Assessment
  • The Cycle of Tantrums, Rage and Meltdowns
  • Summary
  • 5. Social Skills Supports
  • Hidden Curriculum
  • Social Skills Supports
  • Summary
  • 6. Assistive Technology Supports
  • Assistive Technology Definition
  • Framework for Assistive Technology Selection
  • Assistive Technology Solutions
  • Technology Solutions
  • Summary
  • 7. Making Each Year Successful: Issues in Transition
  • Transitioning Between Activities and Environments
  • Transition to Adulthood
  • Summary
  • References
  • Index

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"This comprehensive, thoughtful, and clearly written book provides helpful strategies for educational professionals to teach children and youth with Asperger Syndrome (AS). Every teacher interested in AS will want to read this book."
Susan Moreno, President, MAAP Services for Autism & Asperger Syndrome

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