Sharon McCarthy, Micaela Connolly, Caolan McCarthy

Broschiertes Buch

Making Space for Autism

Strategies for Assessing and Modifying Environments to Meet the Needs of Autistic People

Beschreibung

This environmental assessment and modification programme has an accessible, strengths-focused approach to supporting autistic people across different areas of their life. It reflects a paradigm shift from one where autism is treated as a deficit or impairment to one of strength, acceptance and autonomy.

Autor

MICAELA CONNOLLY is a Senior Educational and Child Psychologist with 15 years' experience of working on a multidisciplinary team in a specialist autism service. Her work involves assessment; therapeutic interventions; training; developing & implementing programmes to advance understanding &awareness of autism CAOLÁ N MCCARTHY is an autistic Speech and Language Therapist. He has spoken at the IASLT Autism and Neurodiversity Special Interest Group annual conference & made contributions to the New National Training Programme for Special Educational Needs Assistants with University College Dublin and National Council for Special Education. Sharon McCarthy is an author, course coordinator and lecturer. She delivers autism-specific training in different disability and education settings across Ireland, and in her role as a professional advocate, she ensures the autistic person's 'voice' is always kept central. Sharon is parent to multiply-identified autistic children and acquired her own autism diagnosis in 2020, with an ADHD diagnosis following in 2022.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 293mm x 221mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 844g
• ISBN-13: 9781803882420
• ISBN-10: 1803882425
• Artikelnr.: 67755402