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3 produkter
Enhancing Communication for Individuals with Autism
A Guide to the Visual Immersion System
Häftad, Engelska, 2014
555 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
How can you help children with moderate to severe autism become more effective communicators? Discover the Visual Immersion System (VIS), a practical, research-based intervention framework that taps into the strong visual processing skills many children on the spectrum have. You’ll learn how to use readily available resources – from photos and symbols to apps and software – to create a customised system of visual supports that boost seven key communicative functions.For each of the functions, you’ll get comprehensive how-to guidance on choosing tools and materials, conducting systematics instruction, collecting data, and assessing how well interventions are working. A must for SLPs, interventionists, and educators, the innovative VIS approach will ensure better communication and higher quality of life for children with autism.Why The VIS WorksUses visual supports, an approach that’s proven successful for children with autismStrengthens communication skills needed for learning and meaningful human interactionBuilds on evidence-based assessment and intervention procedures developed over decades at Boston Children’s HospitalIncorporates a wide range of low-tech and higher-tech optionsFlexible – can be used in home, school, or community settingsprovides clear, easy-to-use instructions on conducting interventionsIncludes guidance on generalising new communication skills
Unsilenced
A Teacher's Year of Battles, Breakthroughs, and Life-Changing Lessons at Belchertown State School
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
345 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
The year is 1969, and fresh-out-of-college smart-aleck Howard Shane has just landed his first teaching job—at Belchertown State School, a bleak institution where people with disabilities endure endless days of silence, tedium, and neglect.Howard is stunned by the conditions at Belchertown and the challenges of his new job, but as he gets to know his diverse, endearing, and intelligent students, he becomes consumed with a mission: to unlock their communication skills and help them reach their full potential. Pitting his youthful idealism and passion against the rigidity of a rule-bound administrator, Howard battles his way to small joys and victories with his students—and, along the way, learns just as much as he teaches.A stirring and spellbinding memoir from internationally renowned AAC expert Howard Shane (Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School), Unsilenced is a candid look at a pivotal era in disability history and a deeply personal account of how all human beings can flourish when we care for each other and fight for change.
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419 kr
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To support communication and language for K-12 students who use AAC, educators need practical, evidence-based strategies they can readily implement in the classroom. That’s what they’ll find in this authoritative guidebook, an ideal professional development resource for special educators and other service providers working with students who are non- or minimally speaking.Created by AAC pioneer Howard Shane and speech-language pathologist Leigh Anne White, this is the educator’s definitive guide to understanding AAC and improving outcomes for students who use these tools. Inclusive educators, paraprofessionals, and other service providers will learn best practices for leveraging AAC to boost their students’ expressive and receptive communication and language learning competence, with care and respect for each learner’s individual strengths and differences. With a balance of background information and actionable strategies, this book will prepare educators to nurture language and communication skills—and improve quality of life—for students with significant communication needs.Readers Will:Review the seven pragmatic functions of communicationExplore the impact of various disabilities on communicationLearn principles and practices of communication and language assessment for learners who are non- or minimally speakingGet expert guidance on successfully applying educational and therapeutic interventions in the classroomMaster a three-part framework for using visuals to support students’ comprehension, enhance their language expression, and help them plan and organize learning tasksDiscover tips and strategies for creating a communication-friendly classroomLeverage AI as a time-saving helpmate to create intervention plans and materials, so that educators can focus more on working with studentsPractical Materials: Gather critical information for supporting students with the included photocopiable tools: a General Preferences Inventory, Communication Profile, Spoken Vocabulary Inventory, Autism Language Program Concept Inventory, and more.