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Author Magnusen, Christy.

Title Teaching children with autism and related spectrum disorders : an art and a science / Christy L. Magnusen ; foreword by Tony Attwood.

Publication Info. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley, 2005.

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Description 1 online resource (125 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-120) and indexes.
Contents Cover; Teaching Children with Autism and Related Spectrum Disorders: An Art and a Science; Contents; FOREWORD BY TONY ATTWOOD; PREFACE; Chapter 1 The Big Picture; Chapter 2 How Children with Autism Think and Learn; Chapter 3 Putting Theory into Practice; Chapter 4 An Integrated Approach; Chapter 5 Planning Strategies; Chapter 6 Instructional Strategies; Conclusion; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX.
Summary Based on twenty-five years of teaching and working with children who have Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs), Christy L. Magnusen contends that it is those teachers who can blend the 'science' of education methodology with the 'art' of teaching who are best able to reach these children. Examining both these aspects of teaching, she takes a fresh look at established and more recent teaching methods such as structuring spaces, emphasising language and planning strategies for transition and generalization, and then explores the art of implementation: why, when and how these techniques should be app.
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Subject Autistic children -- Education.
Autistic children -- Education.
Autism.
Autism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Magnusen, Christy. Teaching children with autism and related spectrum disorders. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley, 2005 1843107473 (DLC) 2005009444 (OCoLC)58843061
ISBN 1846421470 (electronic book)
9781846421471 (electronic book)
9781843107477 (paperback)
1843107473 (paperback)
1280349522
9781280349522