The Best of Autism Digest

by Zysk, Veronica

• ISBN13: 9781932565232
• ISBN10: 193256523X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-31
• Publisher: Future Horizons Inc

Summary

Nowhere else is so much applicable information on ASD accessible in one spot! The Autism Asperger's Digest brims with effective, practical solutions to the challenges faced by those with ASD and the special people who teach or care for them. Regular columns in each issue address language & communication, the GFCF diet, special education law, parenting issues, teaching strategies, and adult issues. Readers comment regularly on the positive, uplifting approach the magazine takes to ASD and the valuable information each issue contains. A collection of the best of the best, this book is an autism library within itself!

Table of Contents

About the Autism Asperger's Digest	vii
About the Editor	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
PART ONE
Tony & Temple: Face to Face	3	(8)
Tony Attwood
Play as a Strategy for Interaction and Coping	11	(5)
Teresa Bolick
Developing Proactive Strategies for Managing Problem Behaviors	16	(9)
Lori Ernsperger
Understanding Reinforcement	25	(3)
Beth Fouse
Child-Directed Language Therapy	28	(5)
Marge Blanc
Social Facilitation	33	(4)
Illana Katz
A Minimal Speech Approach for Children with Autism with Little or No Speech	37	(9)
Carol Potter
Chris Whittaker
Videomodeling	46	(11)
Linda Mulstay-Muratore
PART TWO
Connecting with your Child through DIR	57	(8)
Lori Jeanne Peloquin
Big Fun: Using Gymnastics to Improve Physical & Social Skills in Children with Autism	65	(10)
Gene Hurwin
Using the Listening Program in the Treatment of Autism	75	(7)
Alexander Doman
Dorothy Lockhart Lawrence
The Ambassador Club: Or How an Un-Cool Middle Age Woman Teaches Teenagers to Fit In	82	(7)
Patricia Rakovic
Fast ForWord Intensive Programs Open a Child's Window to Language	89	(8)
Martha Burns
PART THREE
What Does it Take to do Inclusion of Children with Autism Well? Parts I & II	97	(16)
Shirley Cohen
10 Everyday Teaching Bloopers & How to Avoid Them	113	(5)
David Freschi
Curriculum Planning	118	(7)
Paula Kluth
Asperger's Syndrome and Refusal Behavior	125	(6)
Annette Wilkes
Social Skills on the IEP	131	(5)
Catherine Faherty
Using PECS with Verbal Children	136	(4)
Lori Frost
Andy Bondy
Curriculum & Behavior Problems: Cause & Effect?	140	(7)
Rose Iovannone
Glen Dunlap
Examining the Structure of your ABA Program	147	(10)
William Frea
Ronit Molko
What's Incidental about Incidental Teaching? Parts 1 & 2	157	(18)
Gail McGee
PART FOUR
Extraordinary Parenting: The Power of Thoughts and Feelings in Reaching Children with Autism	175	(7)
Steven Wertz
Medications & Informed Consent	182	(5)
Luke Tsai
Designing a Vaccination Program for your Child	187	(3)
Kelly Dorfman
I'm Special: A Method to Introduce Children, Adolescents and Young Adults to their Autism Spectrum Disorder	190	(11)
Peter Vermeulen
Choosing a Group Home	201	(6)
David Holmes
Autism & Seizures	207	(7)
Martin Kutscher
Marissa Broadley
Special Needs Trusts: Estate Planning is Crucial for Ensuring the Future of Your Autistic Child	214	(9)
Shannon King Nash
Additional Reading	223	(4)
Index	227