A cornucopia of ideas, strategies, and concepts that will apply to virtually any situation! The authors address sensory, communication, physical, and social-emotional issues by increasing desired behaviors and decreasing unwanted behaviors. You will learn how to build sensory diets into everyday activities use antecedent control teach students to self-regulate deal with self-injurious behaviors, physical or verbal aggression teach toilet training handle obsessive-compulsive behavior and fixations deal with crisis/stress/data management handle data management and much more. Whatever problems you face, you'll find helpful solutions to them in this book. This book should be on every teacher's and parent's bookshelf. Great reference source!

"The author has been voted Teacher of the Year by the Autism Society of America"--The title page.

Children describe what makes their autistic friend different but also explain the activities at which he excels, in a book with coloring pages and resources for parents and educators on a CD-ROM.

A life skills guide for individuals with autism and Asperger's syndrome discusses social skills and strategies needed for success in the adult world, including discussion of perspective-taking, nonverbal communication skills, and stress management.

"This resource provides special education teachers, therapists, parents, and home-based therapists with practical, easy-to-implement ideas for creating over 80 work tasks or boxes to be used to teach students to work independently and for an established length of time. This book contains classroom and home-tested ideas for addressing skills in six different areas: sorting, matching, reading, writing, mathematics, and motor tasks."--The back cover.

Toilet training can become a battleground for caregivers and children alike, especially if the child has autism or other developmental challenges. Learn methods that avoid making the child feel like a failure.

Beytien gives a balance of personal insight and effective strategies that seeks to inspire and inform all those who are connected to a person with autism. The author, both personally and professionally, understands the wide range of needs and challenges of those with autism spectrum order and explores in depth what helps, what hinders, and why.