1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Author(s): Veronica Zysk and Ellen Notbohm

Publisher: Future Horizons

A time-saver. A life-saver. Parents and professionals can now bypass countless hours spent seeking answers to the mystifying day-to-day challenges of autism. In snappy, can-do format, 1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders offers page after page of try-it-now solutions that have worked for thousands of children grappling with sensory, communication, social, behaviour, self-care issues and more.

Learn unique strategies for teaching, learning, daily living, social skills, communication and behaviour problems. You'll laugh at some of the book's off-kilter advice. Difficulties getting your child to urinate in the toilet? Pour a few drops of blue food colouring into the toilet bowl. When your child urinates, the water in the toilet bowl turns GREEN. (Or use red food colouring, for a nice orange 'after-effect'!) Show a movie with the sound off and ask your child what he thinks is going on? What will happen? Is the actor happy? Scared? How come? 'Reading' social situations is an ability he'll need later. Have your child plan a menu around her favorite colour (e.g. all foods will be orange). Difficulties transitioning? Okay, get behind your little spaceman, count down from 10 and swoop him off the floor, yelling 'We have LIFTOFF' as you 'send him on his way to nap, bath, story time...' You are going to wear this book out!

Price: $38.95  
ISBN: 9781932565195