Supporting Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders

This practical resource contains a wealth of valuable advice and tried-and-tested strategies for identifying and supporting children and young people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD). This fully updated text describes the different types of difficulties experienced by pupils with ASD and helps practitioners to understand their diverse needs. This fully updated new edition explores key topics, including:

• organising the classroom and support staff
• home-school liaison and working with siblings
• transition to adulthood
• independence skills
• whole school implications.

Now fully updated in line with the SEND 2014 Code of Practice, this invaluable guide provides guidance and practical strategies for teachers and other professionals, helping them to feel more confident, and be more effective in supporting learners in a variety of settings. For professional development, this book also provides materials for in-house training sessions, and features useful checklists, templates and photocopiable/downloadable resources.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

1. The inclusive school
2. Inclusion for pupils with an ASD
3. Definition
4. Asperger's syndrome
5. Social communication differences
6. Social interaction differences
7. Social imagination differences
8. Sensory differences
9. Behaviour
10. Whole school implications
11. Transitions
12. Support staff: roles and responsibilities
13. Support staff: guidelines for working with pupils
14. Classroom management
15. Teaching
16. Accessing the curriculum
17. Secondary provision
18. Assessment
19. Visual strategies
20. Gross and fine motor skills
21. Using technology
22. Independence skills
23. Self-esteem
24. Pupil's views
25. Home-school liaison
26. The emotional aspects of life with a child with an ASD
27. Siblings of the pupil with an ASD
28. Personalised learning plans
29. Transition to adulthood
30. Planning for continuing professional development
31. Evaluation and following-up CPD.

Acknowledgements, further reading and useful contacts

"This is a great resource to have to hand as part of a wider staffroom special educational needs library. Reading this book, many school staff will find useful easy-to-implement strategies to develop a more inclusive teaching environment that will help all pupils with ASCs to succeed."
- Beccie Hawes, Nasen Special