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Banks, Marilyn 2008, Conversation skills. II, Extending conversations: a curriculum for adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities, IEP Resources, Verona, Wis.
This program is a sequel to "Conversation skills on the job and in the community", which was included in an earlier new titles list (C 371.92 BAN 2005). Conversation Skills II teaches students how to remember names, develop friendships at work and in the community, and extend conversations beyond a one answer response. A new feature of this second book also by speech and language therapist Dr. Marilyn Banks is the ability to graph the progress of students in a form understandable to parents and teachers. The book includes a CD with a with a printable PDF containing all the lesson plans and other reproducibles in the book.
C 371.92 BAN 2008
Blachman, Benita A and Tangel, Darlene M 2008, Road to reading: a program for preventing & remediating reading difficulties, Paul H. Brookes, Baltimore, Md.
This innovative literacy program for students in years 1–3 is committed to helping all children develop accuracy and fluency in decoding. Ideal for students who can demonstrate beginning levels of phonemic awareness and who know some letter names and sounds, Road to Reading targets the next crucial skills, including word identification, oral reading, and dictation. The program can also be adapted for older struggling readers. The easy-to-follow teacher's guide facilitates lesson planning for six levels of instruction that increase in complexity as students progress. An accompanying CD-ROM provides more than 200 pages of supplementary materials including word cards, sound packs and assessment and lesson plan forms.
C 428.42071 BLA 2008
Conn, Carmel 2007, Using drama with children on the autism spectrum, (A Speechmark practical photocopy resource), Speechmark, Brackley.
This practical manual contains more than 150 activities for use with children aged 5-11 years old. The book shows how using drama with children across the autism spectrum can help to develop Social skills, Playfulness and pretence, Verbal and non-verbal communication, Self-awareness and self-esteem. Taking a developmental approach, the book is divided into two parts: Simple child-focused activities (Units 1-2) for children in a special school setting who are at an early stage of engagement; and Group-orientated activities (Units 3-9) for use in inclusive settings where mixed groups of children, with and without autism, can work together to develop personal and social skills. Each unit focuses on one skill area at a time and follows a similar format which includes a brief theoretical background, a clear set of aims, an assessment profile and a set of drama activities to develop the focus skill.
C 371.94399 CON 2007
Davidson, Liz Ann [et al] 2007, Groupwork for children with autism spectrum disorder: an integrated approach. Ages 3-5, (A Speechmark practical photocopy resource), Speechmark, Brackley.
Groupwork for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Ages 3-5 is the first of three books promoting a multidisciplinary approach to working with children on the autism spectrum. The author team of speech & language therapists and occupational therapists have used their experience of working together in this way to create a practical resource for professionals working with children with ASD in small groups. The book aims to develop the children's skills in seven key areas of development: Communication & language, Socialisation, Play, Sensory, Motor, Behaviour, and Emotional. Case studies, working examples, photocopiable checklists, assessment forms and session sheets are provided.
C 371.94395 GRO 2007
Howe, Christina [et al] 2008, Groupwork for children with autism spectrum disorder: an integrated approach. Ages 5-11, (A Speechmark practical photocopy resource), Speechmark, Brackley.
Advocating a multi-disciplinary approach to working with children on the autism spectrum, this book includes theoretical background to ASD focusing on the underlying impairments and their impact on sensory processing, motor development, play, language and communication skills, social skills, emotional development and behaviour. Each developmental area is intrinsically linked and progress in one aspect of development is dependent on progress in another so a multi-disciplinary approach is essential. Case studies, working examples, photocopiable checklists, assessment forms and session sheets are provided. Forty photocopiable activities, differentiated according to the developmental area being targeted as well as the developmental level of the child, are also included.
C 371.94395 GRO 2008
Eggett, Alyson [et al] 2008, Groupwork for children with autism spectrum disorder: an integrated approach. Ages 11-16, (A Speechmark practical photocopy resource), Speechmark, Brackley.
This book includes a short, easy-to-read theoretical background to ASD focusing on the underlying impairments and their impact on sensory processing, motor development, play, language and communication skills, social skills, emotional development and behaviour for the relevant age group. Each developmental area is intrinsically linked and progress in one aspect of development is dependent on progress in another so a multi-disciplinary approach is essential. Contents: Introduction 1. What is Autism Spectrum Disorder? 2. Working in a team 3. Assessment 4. Planning a group 5. Running a group 6. Keeping records 7. Activities 8. Community visits
C 371.94395 GRO 2008
Erhardt, Rhoda P 2008, The visual-perceptual-motor activities collection: gross motor, fine motor, oculomotor activity charts, Erhardt Developmental Products, Maplewood, Minn.
The visual-perceptual-motor activities collection is designed for children 4 to 14 years, featuring tasks and games that are developmentally-sequenced to promote learning and ensure success. The collection includes activity charts which incorporate step-by-step progressions, describe methods and teaching techniques, offer suggestions for verbal and manual instructions, guide and modify treatment planning, document the child's daily progress, and provide illustrated directions for constructing low-cost materials and equipment.
C 152.07 ERH 2008
Hill, Mark and Hill, Katy 2007, Visual perception skills: photocopiable activities to improve visual understanding, LDA, Wisbech.
Visual skills are an essential component of learning and children struggling in this area will often have difficulties perceiving size, shape and outlines correctly, and experience problems with handwriting and spatial organisation. Visual Perception Skills addresses these areas, and is packed with over 40 photocopiable activities to develop many aspects of visual perception including: visual matching, visual discrimination, visual memory, visual size grading and figure ground perception. The book is carefully organised to enable a teacher to pinpoint a particular area of need.
C 152.14076 HIL 2007
Karten, Toby J 2008, Inclusion activities that work! Grades K-2, Corwin Press Classroom, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
This comprehensive resource covers a variety of topics, including reading, writing, maths, comprehension and study skills, and reflective assessment, testing, and grading. Karten's ready-to-use activities make it easy for teachers to create an accepting and empathic classroom climate that motivates all learners. This practical volume includes graphic organizers and word play that build word deciphering and comprehension skills, creative techniques for using hands-on math manipulatives and games, different methods for students of multiple intelligences to approach the same task, and interactive strategies for improving speaking and listening skills.
C 371.9046 KAR 2008
Karten, Toby J 2008, Inclusion activities that work! Grades 3-5, Corwin Press Classroom, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
This comprehensive resource covers a variety of topics, including reading, writing, math, connecting students to the curriculum, comprehension and study skills, and reflective assessment, testing, and grading. Perfect for both general and special education teachers, this practical volume includes strategies for building vocabulary and improving comprehension skills, a step-by-step guide through the writing process, planners and graphic organizers, logic boxes, math wheels, and other organizers for working with higher-level math concepts and word problems, and self- and peer-assessment tools
C 371.9046 KAR 2008
Karten, Toby J 2008, Inclusion activities that work! Grades 6-8, Corwin Press Classroom, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
This comprehensive resource covers a variety of topics, including reading, writing, math, connecting students to the curriculum, comprehension and study skills, and reflective assessment, testing, and grading. Perfect for both general and special education teachers, this practical volume includes strategies for deciphering difficult words and figurative language, a step-by-step guide through the writing process, planners and graphic organizers, meaningful, real-life math connections through authentic tasks, and self- and peer-assessment tools
C 371.9046 KAR 2008
Kerstein, Lauren H 2008, My sensory book: working together to explore sensory issues and the big feelings they can cause: a workbook for parents, professionals and children, Austism Asperger Publishing, Shawnee Mission, Kan.
My Sensory Book is a workbook designed to assist children with establishing a clearer understanding of their sensory systems and the impact sensory input may have on their emotions. The book provides clear descriptions and specific information about sensory systems and illustrates the link that can exist between sensory input and emotions. This relationship can be useful in children and adults establishing and understanding the triggers for their strong emotions, which helps make it easier to put strategies in place that may mitigate these feelings and ultimately help them cope more effectively with the world around them. The workbook includes activity opportunities for self exploration in the areas of sensory systems, arousal levels, and emotions and walks children (and their adults) through determining a personal plan for difficult situations.
C 612.928588 KER 2008
Kluth, Paula and Schwarz, Patrick 2008, 'Just give him the whale!': 20 ways to use fascinations, areas of expertise, and strengths to support students with autism, Paul H. Brookes, Baltimore, Md.
When learners with autism have deep, consuming fascinations—trains, triangles, basketballs, whales—teachers often wonder what to do. This concise, highly practical guidebook gives educators across grade levels a powerful new way to think about students' "obsessions": as positive teaching tools that calm, motivate, and improve learning. This guide contains easy tips and strategies for incorporating students' special interests, strengths, and areas of expertise into classroom lessons and routines.
C 371.94 KLU 2008
Schiller, Pam and Willis, Clarissa 2008, Inclusive literacy lessons for early childhood, Gryphon, Beltsville, Md.
Best-selling, award-winning authors Pam Schiller and Clarissa Willis have teamed up to create this collection of 100 literacy lessons, designed to introduce children ages 3-6 to a variety of literacy concepts and build important literacy skills. Each of these simple, fun lessons offers adaptations for children with special needs. The first page of each two-page lesson features a learning objective, a literacy activity, extension activities, a daily reflection, and vocabulary. The second page has adaptations specific to the literacy lesson for children with special needs.
C 428.0071 SCH 2008
Schneider, Cindy B 2007, Acting antics: a theatrical approach to teaching social understanding to kids and teens with Asperger syndrome, Jessica Kingsley, London.
This fun and inspiring step-by-step program provides the full set of tools for developing social understanding in children with Asperger Syndrome (AS) through drama. Cindy B. Schneider explains how the central processes in acting – including making and interpreting inferences from non-verbal cues, taking another's perspective, and formulating language – can be highly effective ways of addressing social cognition deficits in children with AS. Acting Antics contains a wide repertoire of activities and ideas for immediate application at home, in the classroom, in therapy workshops or social groups, ranging from initial warm up techniques, through paired activities, to larger group scenes and staging a show.
C 371.94 SCH 2007

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