Kate Ripley is County Senior Specialist Educational Psychologist for Autistic Spectrum Disorders for the Children's Services Department of Hampshire County Council. She is the author of Exploring Friendships, Puberty and Relationships: A Programme to Help Children and Young People on the Autism Spectrum to Cope with the Challenges of Adolescence, also published by JKP. She lives in Hampshire, UK.

Schools will welcome Kate Ripley's latest book as it provides a practical and comprehensive approach for supporting the learning of children with autism. Using checklists as the tool to correctly identify the area(s) of difficulty, she skilfully identifies the real challenges faced by education staff when delivering the curriculum to these children. This, coupled with a plethora of case studies, grounds the book in practicality. I anticipate this becoming the handbook of choice for all professionals working with AS children.

• Introduction. 1. Understanding Autism: Differences in Thinking and Perceiving the Social World. 2. How to Use the Checklists. 3. Learning Style. Checklist for Learning Style. 4. Working and Learning as a Member of a Group. Checklist for Working and Learning as a Member of a Group. 5. Social Interaction and Social Communication. Checklist for Social Interaction and Social Communication. 6. Social Understanding. Checklist for Social Understanding. 7. Autism and the "Landscape of Fear". 8. Executive Function and the Development of Self-Regulation. Appendix I: Sensory Sensitivities. Appendix II: Inclusion Partnership Agreement. References. Index.

Kate Ripley is County Senior Specialist Educational Psychologist for Autistic Spectrum Disorders for the Children's Services Department of Hampshire County Council. She is the author of Exploring Friendships, Puberty and Relationships: A Programme to Help Children and Young People on the Autism Spectrum to Cope with the Challenges of Adolescence, also published by JKP. She lives in Hampshire, UK.

Schools will welcome Kate Ripley's latest book as it provides a practical and comprehensive approach for supporting the learning of children with autism. Using checklists as the tool to correctly identify the area(s) of difficulty, she skilfully identifies the real challenges faced by education staff when delivering the curriculum to these children. This, coupled with a plethora of case studies, grounds the book in practicality. I anticipate this becoming the handbook of choice for all professionals working with AS children.

• Introduction. 1. Understanding Autism: Differences in Thinking and Perceiving the Social World. 2. How to Use the Checklists. 3. Learning Style. Checklist for Learning Style. 4. Working and Learning as a Member of a Group. Checklist for Working and Learning as a Member of a Group. 5. Social Interaction and Social Communication. Checklist for Social Interaction and Social Communication. 6. Social Understanding. Checklist for Social Understanding. 7. Autism and the "Landscape of Fear". 8. Executive Function and the Development of Self-Regulation. Appendix I: Sensory Sensitivities. Appendix II: Inclusion Partnership Agreement. References. Index.

Kate Ripley is County Senior Specialist Educational Psychologist for Autistic Spectrum Disorders for the Children's Services Department of Hampshire County Council. She is the author of Exploring Friendships, Puberty and Relationships: A Programme to Help Children and Young People on the Autism Spectrum to Cope with the Challenges of Adolescence, also published by JKP. She lives in Hampshire, UK.

Schools will welcome Kate Ripley's latest book as it provides a practical and comprehensive approach for supporting the learning of children with autism. Using checklists as the tool to correctly identify the area(s) of difficulty, she skilfully identifies the real challenges faced by education staff when delivering the curriculum to these children. This, coupled with a plethora of case studies, grounds the book in practicality. I anticipate this becoming the handbook of choice for all professionals working with AS children.

• Introduction. 1. Understanding Autism: Differences in Thinking and Perceiving the Social World. 2. How to Use the Checklists. 3. Learning Style. Checklist for Learning Style. 4. Working and Learning as a Member of a Group. Checklist for Working and Learning as a Member of a Group. 5. Social Interaction and Social Communication. Checklist for Social Interaction and Social Communication. 6. Social Understanding. Checklist for Social Understanding. 7. Autism and the "Landscape of Fear". 8. Executive Function and the Development of Self-Regulation. Appendix I: Sensory Sensitivities. Appendix II: Inclusion Partnership Agreement. References. Index.