Asperger Syndrome - A Practical Guide for Teachers

List of contents

Selected Contents: Preface 1 Asperger Syndrome: An Introduction 2 Assessment and Diagnosis 3 Educational Implications of Current Theories 4 A Framework for Educational Intervention 5 Educational Intervention in Practice 6 Behavioural Intervention 7 Towards Precision in Assessment and Teaching Appendix: Diagnostic Criteria for Asperger Syndrome References Index

About the author

Val Cumine is a Regional Autism Tutor for Birmingham University, County Senior Educational Psychologist for Autism in Lancashire and an independent consultant and trainer specialising in autism.
Julia Dunlop is an early years and autism specialist, and is currently Senior Educational Psychologist for Blackpool local authority. She serves as a member of the Steering Group of the Autism Education Trust.
Gill Stevenson is a behaviour and autism specialist. She is currently Service Manager of the Service for Children with Complex Needs for Blackburn-with-Darwen local authority.

Summary

This fully revised new edition is a clear and concise guide to effective classroom practice for teachers and support assistants working with children with Asperger Syndrome in mainstream schools and other non-specialist settings.

Additional text

'This is a practical, useful and informative book which will enhance the staffroom bookshelf of any school, special or mainstream, involved in the education of not only children with Asperger syndrome but those with wider spectrum disorders' - Special!

Product details

• Authors: CUMINE, Val Cumine, Val (Education Consultant Cumine, Cumine Val, Julia Dunlop, Julia (Education Consultant Dunlop, Dunlop Julia, Gill Stevenson, Gill (Education Consultant Stevenson, Stevenson Gill
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781138371323
• ISBN: 978-1-138-37132-3
• No. of pages: 126
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; EDUCATION / General, Education, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy