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Understanding Autism
Paperback Edition: 1
This title provides parents and carers with detailed information about autistic disorders. It offers practical suggestions and strategies, incorporating the latest teaching methods, to assist in the understanding and management of people with autism at home, in educational programmes and in the community. The book
discusses the unique learning styles, sensory sensitivities, different motivations and relative strengths in visual processing and rote memory skills of children and adults with autism.Features of the book include: the latest information about autism expalinedin understandable terminology; practical suggestions for incorporating most effective communication,social and management strategies into daily practice; information on how to use visual supports (including practical examples); information about sensory sensitivities; and discussion about the "Triad of Impairments" of autism.
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Pages : 310
Publisher : MacLennan & Petty
Publication date : 2004-12-29
Subjects: Non-fiction, Medicine, Health And Personal Development, Medicine, Nursing, Neurodiversity - Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ADHD, Dyspraxia, and Dyslexia