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Author Holland, Olga, 1957-

Title Teaching at home : a new approach to tutoring children with autism and Asperger syndrome / Olga Holland.

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

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Description 1 online resource (128 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note Includes index.
Contents 16 Remember?17 The five-senses approach; 18 English as a step-language; 19 Every person has a story; Part IV Afterthoughts and Milestones; 20 In search of humor; 21 Why Aristotle?; 22 Milestones; Epilogue; INDEX.
Summary Faced with the apparent inability of her autistic son Billy to learn and socialize with other children at school, Olga Holland decided to teach him at home. Where traditional educational approaches had produced limited results, the author's own method of teaching succeeded, over a period of two years, in enabling Billy to pass the test that allowed him to enter a class for gifted children. Teaching at Home explains the author's approach, focused on adapting to the demands of Billy's atypical mind and respecting his vivid imaginative world while attracting and retaining his attention. The autho.
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Subject Holland, Billy, 1993-
Autistic children -- Education.
Autistic children -- Education.
Home schooling.
Home schooling.
Asperger's syndrome.
Asperger's syndrome.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Holland, Olga, 1957- Teaching at home. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005 1843107872 (DLC) 2005003014 (OCoLC)57594186
ISBN 1846421268 (electronic book)
9781846421266 (electronic book)
9781843107873 (paperback)
1843107872 (paperback)
1280262133
9781280262135