ABSTRACT

Teaching Children with High-Level Autism combines the perspectives of families and children with disabilities and frames these personal experiences in the context of evidence-based practice, providing pre- and in-service teachers and professionals with vital information on how they can help children with high-level autism reach their full potential.  Many children with high-level autism are capable of regulating their behaviors given the right interventions, and this cutting edge text explores multiple methods for helping such children succeed academically, socially, and behaviorally.  The book:

• draws from interviews with twenty families who have middle- and high-school-aged children
with high functioning autism or Aspergers syndrome;
• presents a synthesis of the most cutting-edge research in the field;
• provides practical advice for educating children with high-level autism;
• is authored by two special education professors who are also both the parents of children with
disabilities.

Teaching Children with High-Level Autism is essential reading for anyone who works or plans to work with children on the upper range of the autism spectrum.

chapter Chapter One|9 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter Two|8 pages

Autism Basics, Prevalence and Causes

chapter Chapter Three|16 pages

Characteristics of Children With Autism

chapter Chapter Four|14 pages

Profiles of Families

chapter Chapter Five|22 pages

Cognition and Information Processing

chapter Chapter Six|25 pages

Socialization

chapter Chapter Eight|19 pages

Teaching Methods From Autism's Past

chapter Chapter Night|19 pages

Diagnoses, Early Intervention, and Preschool

chapter Chapter Ten|21 pages

Elementary School

chapter Chapter Eleven|12 pages

Middle School

chapter Chapter Twelve|18 pages

High School

chapter Chapter Thirteen|12 pages

Teaching Strategies—NOS (Not Otherwise Specified)

chapter Chapter Fourteen|27 pages

Behavior and Classroom Management

chapter Chapter Fifteen|22 pages

Working With Parents

chapter Chapter Sixteen|9 pages

Conclusion