Intended as a support tool in the initial period after diagnosis, Your Special Grandchild is varied and engaging, and addresses questions or concerns that grandparents might have, such as 'What are the characteristics of AS?', 'How did my grandchild get AS?' and 'What happens now?'. Also included are poems, stories, illustrations and activities to help grandparents come to terms with and move forward from a diagnosis of AS, and work together with the family to support the child.
Your Special Grandchild will be essential reading for grandparents of children in the initial period after a diagnosis of AS.
More practical than ever-now with planning tools, forms, and a study guide! Thousands of educators have turned to "You're Going to Love This Kid!" for fresh ways to welcome and teach students with autism - and now the book teachers trust is fully revised and more practical than ever! Gathering feedback from teachers across the country during her popular workshops, autism expert Paula Kluth targeted this second edition to the specific needs of today's primary- and secondary-school educators. Still packed with the ready-to-use tips and strategies that teachers are looking... More info
If we could turn back the clock psychologically, could we also turn it back physically? For more than thirty years, award-winning social psychologist Ellen Langer has studied this provocative question, and now, in Counterclockwise, she presents the answer: Opening our minds to what's possible, instead of presuming impossibility, can lead to better health-at any age. Drawing on landmark work in the field and her own body of colourful and highly original experiments-including the first detailed discussion of her "counterclockwise" study, in which elderly men lived for a week as... More info
The use of visual aids by a person with Autism, ADHD, Aspergers or other communication problems, can bridge the gap of speech. In other words, initially they learn to communicate in a common language of sight. This set contains 18 cards showing the following emotions: Happy Sad Confused Angry Embarrassed Rude Grateful Frustrated Surprised Lost Worried Sick Hungry Hurt Frightened Sorry Disappointed Bored These cards have been laminated for longevity, have rounded corners for safety and are attached to a retractable key chain for easy portability. More info