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: März 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781853029561
• ISBN-10: 1853029564
• Artikelnr.: 21092055

Autorenporträt

Carol Potter, BA(Hons), PGCE, M.Ed, has worked extensively in the field of autism as teacher, lecturer, consultant and researcher. She currently combines teaching with independent research and freelance staff training consultancy. Chris Whittaker, DAES, M.Ed, has taught, lectured and published in the field of special education for the last thirty years, with a particular interest in children with complex learning disabilities and autism. He is currently a Research Fellow at the University of Durham, and also works as a freelance consultant through CIRA-UK.

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.