Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew

Ellen Notbohm’s internationally renowned work has informed and delighted millions in more than twenty-five languages. In addition to her perennial bestseller Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew, three other award-winning books on autism, and her widely acclaimed novel The River by Starlight, her columns and posts have appeared in major publications and captured audiences on every continent. Ellen’s books have won the Chanticleer International Book Awards Grand Prize for Instruction and Insight, Sarton Women’s Book Award for Historical Fiction, Western Writers of American Spur Award for Best First Novel, Independent Publishers of America Gold Medal for West-Mountain Regional Fiction, and been named to the Grand Prize Short List and Montaigne Medal finalist list for the Eric Hoffer Books Awards, in addition to numerous finalist awards and bookstore staff picks in fiction and nonfiction.Ellen is also a popular book editor and writing coach who has advised and edited award-winning authors including Claire Fullerton, Debra Whiting Alexander, Ashley Sweeney, Shelley Blanton-Stroud, and Linda Stewart Henley.

Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, this second edition of Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew, second edition" must be considered an essential, core addition to personal, professional, community, and academic library Autism collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists."—Midwest Book Review"An absolutely essential 'must read' title for any parent, teacher or caregiver of an autistic child, this new third edition of Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew is unreservedly recommended as a core addition to professional, community, and academic library autism collections and supplemental studies lists"—Midwest Book Review"The biggest take-home messages from this book are the importance of parents and teachers working together as a team and understanding that your autistic child thinks differently. Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew will help parents and teachers learn more effective methods for teaching children on the spectrum.—Temple Grandin, PhD, author of The Way I See It and Thinking in PicturesIt is a delight to find a book that creates a crack in the shell of autism, leading us to a better understanding of students with ASD. Ellen Notbohm offers us a glimpse of the inner thoughts of a child with this disorder, something that is often missed when teaching this student."—Sheila Wagner, M.Ed., Author of the Inclusive Programming for Elementary, Middle School and High School Students with Autism book series"In a sequel to her groundbreaking best-seller Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew, Ellen Notbohm brings the same intelligence, humanity, and compassionate clarity to educators that her earlier volume brought to parents. There are gems on every page, an impeccable blend of wisdom and heart."—Barbara Probst, PhD, LCSW and author of When Labels Don't Fit";If you only read one book about autism, let this be the one. And prepare for emotional impact. Once again, drawing on firsthand experience and literature, Notbohm shares her gift of shining light, optimism, and profound wisdom in a conversational style that is both scholarly and uplifting."—Debra Whiting Alexander, PhD, LMFT, post-trauma treatment specialist, Former Associate Professor of Psychology and School Counseling, Bushnell University, and former Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Oregon State University. Author of Children Changed by Traumaa and A River for Gemma"Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew is written with humor and easy-to-remember phrases so the reader can learn to hear the voices of our autistic students and respond in ways that are meaningful to them. I highly recommend Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew for your educational resource library."—Eileen Harrison Sanchez, MEd, LDTC, NCED-R, PreK-12 Special Education Supervisor (retired), Princeton Public Schools, New Jersey, and author of Freedom LessonsTen Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew is an essential guidebook for anyone who loves, works with, and advocates for children. This book is an in-depth primer to understanding the most prominent common threads that run through the autism community."—Kassie Evans Halpin, M.Ed, Special Educator, Service Learning Coordinator, Advocate for Educational Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Individualized Support

• Chapter 1: Learning is Circular: We are all both teachers and studentsChapter 2: We are a Team: Success depends on all of us working togetherChapter 3. I Think Differently: Teach me in a way that is meaningful to meChapter 4: Behavior is Communication: Yours, Mine and OursChapter 5: Glitched, Garbled and Bewildered: If we can’t communicate effectively, learning can’t happenChapter 6: Teach the Whole Me: I’m much more than a set of “broken” or “missing” partsChapter 7: Be Curious . . . Be very curiousChapter 8: Can I Trust You?Chapter 9: BelieveChapter 10: Teach Me “How to Fish”: See me as a capable adult and hold that visionEndnotesAbout the Author