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About the Author |
| Val Cumine Senior Educational Psychologist (ASD), Lancashire
Julia Dunlop (formerly Leach) Senior Educational Psychologist, Blackpool.
Gil Stevenson Deputy Manager of Access2Progression, Blackburn-with Darwen. |
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Summary
This is a clear and concise guide to effective classroom practice for teachers and support assistants working with children with Aspergers Syndrome in mainstream schools and other non-specialists settings. The authors
- Outline the underlying impairments and their educational implications
- Consider the issues of assessment and diagnosis
- Offer practical strategies for effective and realistic classroom intervention, including access to the National Curriculum
- Consider the behavioral challenges the child with Asperger Syndrome may pose.
The book seeks to inform professionals meeting a child with Asperger Syndrome for the first time and to equip them with effective educational and behavioral intervention strategies. Professionals in special schools, INSET providers, educational psychologists, parents and carers will all find this book helpful.
Contents
Preface
- Asperger Syndrome: An Introduction
- Assessment and Diagnosis
- Educational Implications of Current Theories
- Educational Intervention
- Behavioral Intervention
- Towards Precision in Assessment and Teaching
Appendix: Diagnostic Criteria for Asperger Syndrome
References
Index
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