Carol Potter, Christopher Whittaker

Enabling Communication in Children with Autism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The authors of this resource show how, at an early stage, autistic children may be significantly affected by a range of social and environmental influences, including classroom management, levels of motivation and interaction with adults and other children. They provide practical ways of modifying unhelpful environments in order to enhance communication skills.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781853029561
• ISBN-10: 1853029564
• Artikelnr.: 21092055

Autorenporträt

Carol Potter and Chris Whittaker

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. 1. The research: Approaches and findings. 2. A minimal speech
approach. 3. Proximal communication: An autism specific interactional
approach. 4. Prompting for spontaneous communication. 5. Developing early
communication systems. 6. Creating communication rich environments. 7.
Facilitating interaction between children with autism. 8. Enabling styles
of classroom management. 9. Communication within the curriculum. 10.
Conclusions and ways forward. Appendix. References. Index.