Activity schedules for children with autism
Subtitle: teaching independent behavior
By: Lynn E. McClannahan & Patricia J. Krantz.
Contributors: Krantz, Patricia J.
Series: Topics in autism
Publisher: Woodbine House
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Bethesda, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 117
ISBN-13: 9780933149939
Subjects: Autistic children -- Rehabilitation; Autistic children -- Education; Autistic children -- Life skills guides; Life skills -- Study and teaching
Genres: Life skills guides
Description: "Activity Schedules for Children with Autism" offers parents and professionals a detailed overview and instructions for developing activity schedules -- a set of pictures or words that cues a child to engage in a sequence of activities. Once mastered, these simple yet revolutionary teaching tools enable children with autism to accomplish activities and expand social skills at home and in school with greatly reduced adult supervision. This book illustrates how to assess a child's readiness to use activity schedules, prepare a first photographic schedule, and progress to more varied and sophisticated schedules.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [113]-114) and index.
Table of contents: title: Independence, choice, and social interaction; title: Prerequisite skills: Is my child ready for an activity schedule?; title: Preparing a first activity schedule; title: Different way to teach; title: Measuring schedule-following; title: first schedule is mastered!; title: When do activities end?; title: Increasing choice; title: From pictures to words; title: Expanding social interaction skills; title: Troubleshooting; title: Prerequisite skills data sheet (samples); title: Language master; title: References; title: Index.