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1 online resource (128 pages) : illustrations |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Holland, Billy, 1993- |
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Autistic children -- Education.
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Autistic children -- Education. |
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Home schooling.
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Home schooling. |
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Asperger's syndrome.
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Asperger's syndrome. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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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) |
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9781846421266 (electronic book) |
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9781843107873 (paperback) |
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1843107872 (paperback) |
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1280262133 |
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9781280262135 |
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