Many individuals with autism are highly intelligent and gifted, but some are effectively imprisoned in their bodies and unable to communicate verbally. However, developments in technology have enabled autistic people to transmit their thoughts directly. In this true account, three autistic people, two of them brothers, speak via the method of 'facilitated communication', with the aid of a computer keypad. What is conveyed are not just everyday thoughts and experiences, but surprising and sometim...
Supporting Speech, Language & Communication Needs
by Ripley Kate and Barrett Jenny
This book focuses on motor and social skills development for young children with autism spectrum disorder and is geared toward special education teachers, general education teachers, and related personnel. This book will outline what we now know about how physical activity impacts children with Autism and how classroom teachers can use physical activity programs in their classrooms.
COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED From one of the world's preeminent experts on reading and dyslexia, the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and practical book available on identifying, understanding, and overcoming reading problems--now revised to reflect the latest research and evidence-based approaches. Dyslexia is the most common learning disorder on the planet, affecting about one in five individuals, regardless of age or gender. Now a world-renowned expert gives us a substantially updated and...
New Approaches to Dyslexia and Education in the Digital Age: A Guide for Practitioners
by E. Gyarmathy
Deaf Children in America
This unique and easy-to-use lesson plan was developed to share information about autism spectrum disorders with general education students, to explain behaviors that might otherwise be misinterpreted as frightening, odd, or rude. Reviewing of the five senses with students creates the perfect introduction to their sixth-or social-sense. Then the perspective-taking activities focus on how other people see, hear, touch, taste, and smell, and how that can affect the way they feel and think. The Sixt...
Gifted and Talented Children with Special Educational Needs: Double Exceptionality
by Diane Montgomery
Primer on Communication and Communicative Disorders, A
by Howard D. Schwartz
An easy-to-read introduction to communication sciences and disorders appropriate for majors and non-majors alike. This text is written by an expert in the field who has taught introductory communicative disorders courses to both majors and non-majors for numerous years. This first edition presents information comprehensively and uses an easy to read, enthusiastic tone of voice that encourages students to explore the content covered in greater detail beyond the text itself. Introducing the...
Only a Gifted Teacher to Hear What a Child Cannot Say
by Lifebalance Publishing
Autism Recovery Manual of Skills and Drills
by Elizabeth Scott and Lynne Gillis
Systematische Fallarbeit in Der Logopadie
by Ute Schrapler and Jurgen Steiner
International Case Studies of Dyslexia (Routledge Research in Education, #56)
Dyslexia is a disability that exists in all countries that have high expectations for literacy. The inability to read in spite of normal intellectual potential represents one of the most puzzling educational challenges for literate societies, regardless of the culture or language. This book examines medical, psychological, educational, and sociological data from comprehensive case studies of preteen dyslexic children, in order to profile the disability as it occurs in seventeen different nations...
A Practical Guide to Support Children with Speech and Language Difficulties (Meeting Special Needs)
by Mary Mountstephen