The Behavior Code: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students by Jessica Minahan & Nancy Rappaport, MD. (XBM Minah 2012) Based on a collaboration dating back nearly a decade, the authors a behavioral analyst and a child psychiatrist reveal their systematic approach for deciphering causes and patterns of difficult behaviors and […]
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Practical Solutions for Stabilizing Students With Classic Autism to Be Ready to Learn: Getting to Go!
Practical Solutions for Stabilizing Students With Classic Autism to Be Ready to Learn: Getting to Go! by Judy Endow, MSW. (XED Endow 2011) As students become better regulated and more able to communicate effectively, extreme behaviors decrease, sometimes subsiding altogether. While a functional behavior analysis (FBA) is usually the starting place for students with Asperger Syndrome […]
A Week of Switching, Shifting, and Stretching: How to Make My Thinking More Flexible
A Week of Switching, Shifting, and Stretching: How to Make My Thinking More Flexible by Lauren H. Kerstein, LCSW. (XBC Kerst 2014) This picture book assists children on the autism spectrum, and any child for that matter, in examining their black-and-white thinking in order to begin to think more flexibly rainbow thinking. Using repeated rhymes […]
Top Ten Tips: A Survival Guide for Families with Children on the Autism Spectrum
Top Ten Tips: A Survival Guide for Families with Children on the Autism Spectrum by Teresa A. Cardon, M.A., CCC-SLP. (XFM Cardo 2008) I get by with a little help… Do you ever feel like you’re in this parenting thing alone? Like no one understands what you’re going through? Parenting children on the autism spectrum is […]
Parent’s Guide to the Medical World of Autism
Parent’s Guide to the Medical World of Autism by Edward Aull, MD. (XMD Aull 2013) Dr. Aull clearly explains the world of diagnosis, treatments, and the overwhelming world of medications for parents facing a diagnosis for their child of autism. The much needed explanation of what is safe, and what to use when can be […]
The Autism Fitness Handbook
The Autism Fitness Handbook by David Geslak. (XOT Gesla 2011) This handbook is for parents, educators, therapists and anyone involved in the lives of children and adults with autism spectrum disorders. It gives over 30 exercises that can help to improve the health, motor planning and cognitive ability of children and adults. Each exercise has a […]
Toilet Training Success: A Guide for Teaching Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
Toilet Training Success: A Guide for Teaching Individuals with Developmental Disabilities by Frank Cicero. (XDE Cicer 2012) This book, designed for both parents and professionals, introduces the reader to effective toilet training interventions for individuals with developmental disabilities. Topics discussed include urination training, bowel training, increasing requesting, and overnight training. Questions such as when to […]
Technology Tools for Students with Autism
Technology Tools for Students with Autism by Katharina Boser Ph.D. (XED Boser 2014) Technology holds great promise for helping students with autism learn, communicate, and function effectively in the modern world. Start leveraging that power today with this forward-thinking book, your in-depth guided tour of technologies that support learners with autism and help them fully […]
Behavior Mapping
Behavior Mapping by Amy Buie. (XBM Buie 2013) Grounded in evidence-based practice, Amy Buie’s Behavior Mapping is a groundbreaking way of motivating children to make good choices and learn new skills. Better yet, due to its visual nature, this simple-to-implement strategy is effective for a range of students, regardless of age and ability level. Supported by […]
Sexuality and Severe Autism: A Practical Guide for Parents, Caregivers, and Health Educators
Sexuality and Severe Autism: A Practical Guide for Parents, Caregivers, and Health Educators by Kate Reynolds. (XAT Reyno 2014) Sexual health and sexuality can be difficult subjects for parents and caregivers to broach with autistic children, made more challenging when children are at the severe end of the autism Sexual health and sexuality can be […]