Special Considerations for Students With High-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Guide for School Administrators - Softcover

Adreon, Diane; Smith Myles, Brenda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1942197306 ISBN 13: 9781942197300

Verlag: Autism Asperger Publishing Co,US, 2017

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Parents: does your child's principal understand autism? School administrators: do you understand your students with autism? This can help! School administrators play a key role in creating a mind-set of acceptance of learners with special needs and their families within their school district, region, or school.
In many instances, a school administrator guides decisions regarding how teachers address behavioral challenges. The purpose of Special Considerations for Students with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder is to provide school administrators with useful and practical suggestions and strategies that can increase student achievement, engagement, positive behavior, and social skills for students on the spectrum, help reduce educator stress and frustration, and increase positive interactions between families and school personnel so that the school day is more successful for all parties.

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Diane Adreon, EdD, is the Associate Director of the University of Miami-Nova Southeastern University Center for Autism and Related Disabilities. In addition, Diane has a private autism consulting practice and is also the author of the award-winning, Asperger Syndrome and Adolescence. Diane has presented nationally and internationally on high-functioning autism serves on the editorial boards of Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities and Intervention in School Clinic.

Brenda Smith Myles, PhD, is an associate professor, University of Kansas. She is an internationally recognized authority on autism. Dr. Myles has made over thousands of presentations all over the world, and has written more than 250 articles and books on autism spectrum disorder. In the latest survey conducted by the University of Texas, she was acknowledged as the second most productive applied researcher in ASD in the world. Her awards include: Yes She Can Inc., Advocates for Adults with Autism Award (2016); University of Alabama/Glenwood Scholar (2015); National Parenting Publications Bronze Award (2014) and American Academy of Pediatrics Autism Champion (2013), among many others.

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Placement
The majority of students with HF-ASD attend general education classes. Due to their excellent long-term rote memory skills and their tendency to excel in specific areas of academics, many functionwell in several aspects of school. In addition, because students with HF-ASD are usually of average to above-average intelligence, most benefit from attending classes with content that is on or above their grade level. For example, if the student has a relative strength in math or reading, her participation in class not only strengthens her math skills but may also help to build herself-esteem (Barnhill, 2004). However, these skills are not sufficient. Since social-communication challenges are one of the core deficits of students with ASD, these students need to learn to interact with typically developing peers. This is consistent with The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA; 2004), which stipulates that to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities should be educated with children without disabilities. However, as for all students with special needs, placement decisions should be made by a team, including family members, based on individual student strengths and needs.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Autism Asperger Publishing Co,US
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1942197306
• ISBN 13: 9781942197300
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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