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School Success for Kids With High-Functioning Autism
Smart kids with autism spectrum disorders need specific interventions to find success in school and beyond. Featuring a foreword by Temple Grandin, School Success for Kids With High-Functioning Autism shares practical advice for implementing strategies proven to be effective in school for dealing with the“Big 10” obstacles, including social interactions, inflexibility, behavior issues, attention and organization, homework, and more.
Based on the new criteria in the DSM-5, School Success for Kids With High-Functioning Autism also describes how autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and social communication disorders (SCD) will now identify the students formerly identified as having Asperger's syndrome, Nonverbal Learning Disorder, high-functioning autism, or PDD-NOS. Relying on the latest research, and presenting it in easy-to-understand and practical language, the authors identify how the key components of ASD and SCD will appear to parents and professionals and what steps should be taken once these signs are evident. This book is sure to help any parent or teacher wanting to see their smart kids with autism succeed!
Based on the new criteria in the DSM-5, School Success for Kids With High-Functioning Autism also describes how autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and social communication disorders (SCD) will now identify the students formerly identified as having Asperger's syndrome, Nonverbal Learning Disorder, high-functioning autism, or PDD-NOS. Relying on the latest research, and presenting it in easy-to-understand and practical language, the authors identify how the key components of ASD and SCD will appear to parents and professionals and what steps should be taken once these signs are evident. This book is sure to help any parent or teacher wanting to see their smart kids with autism succeed!
304 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2014
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June 18, 2014
I received this book through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers Program.
My son is nine and about to enter the 4th grade. He's high-functioning autistic. We've been blessed so far that our local public school has been 100% supportive, that his teachers have been fair, and that we've had no problems with Individual Education Programs (IEPs) or modifications to help him cope. This coming year will be a major transition, though--he moves to a new building at his same school, he loses the beloved aide he's had since kindergarten, and of course, he has a new teacher to adapt to.
The book is addressed to both parents and teachers. It is heavy on lingo at some points, though the terminology is necessary for parents to know as they work through the system. Emphasis is on success at school, but extends to everyday behavior (by both the child and parents) at home toward the ultimate goal of graduating school and moving into the work force. I really like how they address the balance of won't or can't behaviors, such as in lists like this:
- Is it oppositional, stubborn OR difficulty with flexibility?
- Is it lazy OR difficulty initiating and shifting?
- Is it self-centered OR poor social interactions?
- Is it work refusal OR motor and organization problems?
- Is it insensitivity OR difficulty reading social cues?
Likewise, they look to involuntary responses to the environment. If the student can't focus, it is because of a noise that no one else would notice? Placement in the room? The authors make it clear that adaptations should be made, but also that the student should be continually challenged so that they can progress.
Many books on autism focus on younger ages. This book does go into old and basic stuff, for my family, like facing the diagnosis or doing an IEP for the first time, but it also spends a great deal of time on the school years and on the progression to occupational training as a teenager and what comes after high school graduation.
Citations fill the book and there's an extensive bibliography at the back along with support network information and forms that can be copied.
This is a book I'll be keeping on my shelf and likely will reference throughout the coming years.
My son is nine and about to enter the 4th grade. He's high-functioning autistic. We've been blessed so far that our local public school has been 100% supportive, that his teachers have been fair, and that we've had no problems with Individual Education Programs (IEPs) or modifications to help him cope. This coming year will be a major transition, though--he moves to a new building at his same school, he loses the beloved aide he's had since kindergarten, and of course, he has a new teacher to adapt to.
The book is addressed to both parents and teachers. It is heavy on lingo at some points, though the terminology is necessary for parents to know as they work through the system. Emphasis is on success at school, but extends to everyday behavior (by both the child and parents) at home toward the ultimate goal of graduating school and moving into the work force. I really like how they address the balance of won't or can't behaviors, such as in lists like this:
- Is it oppositional, stubborn OR difficulty with flexibility?
- Is it lazy OR difficulty initiating and shifting?
- Is it self-centered OR poor social interactions?
- Is it work refusal OR motor and organization problems?
- Is it insensitivity OR difficulty reading social cues?
Likewise, they look to involuntary responses to the environment. If the student can't focus, it is because of a noise that no one else would notice? Placement in the room? The authors make it clear that adaptations should be made, but also that the student should be continually challenged so that they can progress.
Many books on autism focus on younger ages. This book does go into old and basic stuff, for my family, like facing the diagnosis or doing an IEP for the first time, but it also spends a great deal of time on the school years and on the progression to occupational training as a teenager and what comes after high school graduation.
Citations fill the book and there's an extensive bibliography at the back along with support network information and forms that can be copied.
This is a book I'll be keeping on my shelf and likely will reference throughout the coming years.
October 14, 2024
I gave this 4 stars purely because it is all informational and helpful for school-and teaching based interventions for HF ASD. Some of the information is repeated in multiple chapters, but there are some really useful pieces of info throughout regarding treatment and assessment
It is useful for clinical mental health counselors but I felt it would be even more helpful for teachers and educators.
It is useful for clinical mental health counselors but I felt it would be even more helpful for teachers and educators.
February 26, 2017
Great resource for teachers who are struggling with kids on the autism spectrum. Doable, practical suggestions. Now, I'll get to see if they work.
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