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9781557666970

Steps to Independence

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  • ISBN13:

    9781557666970

  • ISBN10:

    1557666970

  • Edition: 4th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-12-01
  • Publisher: Brookes Pub

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Summary

As a parent, you are your child's first and most influential teacher. That's an important job -- and the fourth edition of the popular Steps to Independence makes it much easier! A hands-on resource that's already helped thousands of other parents, this book gives you proven strategies for teaching the life skills children from age 3 through young adulthood need to live as independently as possible. Based on more than 30 years of work with parents like you and laced with humor, illustrations, and vignettes, Steps to Independence is a trusted guidebook you'll want to keep close at hand as your child grows. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Alan J. Brightman is the founder of Apple Computer's Worldwide Disability Solutions Group and the Teenage Division of AT&T Labs.

Table of Contents

About the Authors vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
SECTION I: BASICS OF TEACHING (STEPS TO ...)
Chapter 1 Setting Out
3(6)
Chapter 2 Targeting a Skill
9(4)
Chapter 3 Establishing Steps
13(4)
Chapter 4 Picking Rewards
17(10)
Chapter 5 Setting the Stage
27(4)
Chapter 6 Teaching
31(8)
Chapter 7 Observing Progress and Troubleshooting
39(12)
SECTION II: SKILL TEACHING
Chapter 8 Get-Ready Skills
51(8)
Chapter 9 Self-Help Skills
59(16)
Chapter 10 Toilet Training
75(28)
Chapter 11 Play Skills
103(18)
Chapter 12 Independent Living: Self-Care Skills
121(20)
Chapter 13 Independent Living: Home-Care Skills
141(22)
Chapter 14 Independent Living: Functional Academic Skills
163(12)
SECTION III: BEHAVIOR PROBLEM MANAGEMENT
Chapter 15 Identifying Behavior Problems
175(8)
Chapter 16 Examining Behavior
183(12)
Chapter 17 Beginning a Behavior Management Program Part One: Consequences
195(12)
Chapter 18 Beginning a Behavior Management Program Part Two: Antecedents and Alternative Behaviors
207(12)
SECTION IV: SUPPORTING INDEPENDENCE
Chapter 19 Computing-Now It's Personal
219(22)
Chapter 20 Partnership with Your Child's Other Teachers
241(12)
APPENDICES
Appendix A Get-Ready Skills
253(14)
Appendix B Self-Help Skills Inventory
267(12)
Appendix C Self-Help Skills Programs
279(40)
Appendix D Play Skills Programs
319(12)
Appendix E Functional Academic Skills Programs
331(24)
Index 355

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