Ready, set, learn! : helping your child with autism prepare to start school
Moffat, Anna2017
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How prepared a child is to start school is an important predictor of overall schooling success. Often, children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) require additional support to ensure that they have the necessary social, academic and emotional skills to enable a smooth transition into school life. This resource is designed to boost parents confidence in their ability to provide their child with foundational skills relevant to schooling, without spending large amounts of money and without huge time commitments. It also provides early years educators with a framework to help increase school readiness in the children with ASD in their care. Underpinned by a strong theoretical framework, this program is designed to be managed and implemented by those with limited specific training. The comprehensive resource sections provide practical and user-friendly ideas and activities for both parents and educators. Suggestions are also given to encourage communication between parents and educators. This cooperation is an additional way to ensure consistency across the childâs environments, and to further enhance schooling success [Publishers website]
Main title:
Ready, set, learn! : helping your child with autism prepare to start school / Anna Moffat and Robyn Young.
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Imprint:
Camberwell, Victoria ACER Press, 2017.©2017
Collation:
vi, 210 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-210)In English.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 What is school readiness? -- Why is school readiness important? -- A Note About Feedback -- Preparation versus management: improving outcomes from the start -- What contributes to school readiness? -- What does this book aim to do? -- ch. 2 ASD and schooling -- Diagnostic criteria -- Does the severity of symptoms vary across children with ASD? -- What causes ASD? -- What is the prevalence of ASD? -- How is ASD diagnosed? -- How early can ASD be diagnosed? -- Why diagnose early? -- How do the features of ASD impact schooling? -- School-based interventions -- Meeting the school/teachers half way -- ch. 3 General tips for encouraging learning at home and in early education settings -- General notes about learning and behaviour -- Reinforcement -- Repetition -- Generalisation -- Consistency -- Tailor for the individual -- Ensure instructions are clear -- Engagement -- Prompting -- Follow through -- A Note About Success --Contents note continued: Dealing with challenging behaviours -- ch. 4 Promoting school skills at home -- Foundational school skills -- Structure of the program descriptions -- Tips for implementing the programs -- Scoring -- Programs for practical school skills -- Programs for social/emotional skills -- Programs for academic skills -- Challenging behaviours -- ch. 5 Promoting school skills in childcare and kindergarten -- Structure of the program descriptions -- Programs for practical school skills -- Programs for social/emotional skills -- Programs for academic skills -- Challenging behaviours -- ch. 6 Resources for parents -- Fast fives -- Red and green choice cards -- General choice cards -- Daily routine visual schedule -- Request for personal time or space card -- Strengths, talents and special interests, and ways to increase engagement -- Talking to your child's class about ASD -- Reinforcement schedules for parents -- First/then -- School readiness report for parents --Contents note continued: ch. 7 Resources for early childhood educators -- Fast fives -- First/then -- Identifying and managing triggers for a child with ASD -- Behaviour assessments and support plans -- School readiness report for early educators.
ISBN:
9781742864334
Dewey class:
371.946371.94
Language:
English
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Index terms:
AustraliaResources for ParentsAustralianEarly Childhood EducatorsSchool skills
BRN:
32510