Developing Flexibility Skills in Children and Teens with Autism

Linda Miller is a Chartered Educational Psychologist specialising in autism and related disorders and behaviour. With more than 30 years' experience in education she has worked closely with schools, professionals and parents to provide consultation and assessment, advice on behaviour management and support to schools in developing policy and provision. Linda's first book, 'Practical Behaviour Management Solutions for Children and Teens with Autism – The 5P Approach' was published by JKP in 2009. The 5P Approach is now increasingly used in schools and other settings. Linda has now developed a number of training courses to support the implementation of the approach. Using the 5P Approach philosophy she works currently as an independent consultant providing advice, support and training to schools, organisations, professionals and parents. You can learn more by visiting www.5papproach.co.uk

This book provides a very useful extension of Linda Miller's 5P Approach to managing children and teenagers with ASD that helps develop flexibility, choice and self-advocacy in those for whom cognitive and emotional factors have rendered such skills a challenge.

• Introduction: About this book. 1. What is flexibility and why is it important? 2. What can we do to help? 3. The 5P Approach Flexibility Assessment. 4. Using the 5P Approach Flexibility Assessment in Intervention Planning. 5. Staying GREEN and Developing Flexibility: Ideas and Resources. Contribution from Louise Miller. 6. "Do you want to know what I think?" Flexibility, Independence, Self-advocacy and Participation. 7. Creating a Flexibility Policy and Flexibility Curriculum. 8. And Finally....Index.