TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN WITH
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

 

by Clarissa Willis

Copyright © 2006

 

Teaching Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder is a straightforward, easy-to-understand guide to working with children who have autism. It explains the major characteristics associated with autism and helps teachers understand the ways children with autism relate to the world. Each chapter offers specific strategies for teachers to use, including setting up a proactive preschool environment, helping children learn life skills, managing behavior, helping children with autism communicate, encouraging children with autism to play, helping them to get along with others, and working with families. Teaching Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder helps teachers connect with all children in meaningful ways, allowing children with autism to learn and grow.

 

224 Pages/Paperback
AGH13115	Teaching Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder	$27.50

 

TEN THINGS YOUR STUDENT WITH AUTISM
WISHES YOU KNEW

 

by Ellen Notbohm

Copyright © 2006

 

Now, for the teacher in all of us comes Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew. The unique perspective of a child’s voice is back to help us understand the thinking patterns that guide their actions, shape an environment conducive to their learning style, and communicate with them in meaningful ways. Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew affirms that autism imposes no inherent upper limits on achievement, that both teacher and student “can do it.” It’s the game plan every educator, parent, or family member needs to make the most of every “teaching moment” in the life of these children we love.

 

116 Pages/Paperback
AFH08	Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew	$16.50

 

DSM-IV™ MADE EASY
The Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis

 

by James Morrison

Copyright © 1995

 

Accessibly written and easy to use, this comprehensive book covers everything professionals and students need to know about the DSM-IV™. Following the same format as the DSM-IV™, the text presents every diagnosis with case examples, a detailed analysis of each case, a clear explanation of how to arrive at the diagnosis, and how to rule out other possibilities. It also offers “tips” on how to diagnose and describes in detail how to do a differential diagnosis. Essential for all mental health practitioners studying for their licensing exams, this hands-on resource will be valued by psychiatrists, residents, psychologists, marriage and family counselors, social workers, and anyone who needs to know about the DSM-IV™.

 

594 Pages/Hardback
AGP18	DSM-IV™ Made Easy	$82.50

CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
A Structured Teaching and Experience-Based Program for
Therapists, Teachers, and Parents

 

by Vera Bernard-Opitz

Copyright © 2007

 

This manual gives an overview of best practice interventions including applied behavior analysis, precision teaching, and experience-based and visual approaches. These methods are integrated into the curriculum component of this manual, called STEP (Structured Therapy and Experience-based Programs). Guidelines are presented for parents and professionals to match the child’s skill profile, learning style and interest to the best possible intervention method. Numerous case studies, examples, sketches and pictures make this book very reader-friendly. Reproducible forms are provided for skills assessment, data collection and teaching in the following areas:

• Attention, Eye Contact, and Joint Attention

• Matching and Sorting

• Imitation

• Language Comprehension

• Active Communication and First Utterances

• Expanded Communication

• Play and Social Behavior

• Self-Help Skills and Independence

271 Pages/Paperback
AP12018	Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder	$62.50

 

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL
OF MENTAL DISORDERS
Fourth Edition, Text Revision
(DSM-IV-TR®)

 

American Psychiatric Association

Copyright © 2000

 

With widely revised and redefined criteria, the DSM-IV-TR® represents the first complete change in the DSM in 13 years. It is an indispensable reference for all mental health professionals, as well as for medical professionals and lawyers.

1000 Pages/Paperback
AAP03	DSM-IV-TR®	$126.50

 

DESK REFERENCE TO THE DIAGNOSTIC
CRITERIA FROM DSM-IV-TR®

 

American Psychiatric Association

Copyright © 2000

 

This reference includes all of the diagnostic criteria from the DSM-IV-TR® in an easy-to-use, spiral-bound format. It includes a useful fold-out chart of criteria sets.

 

496 Pages/Spiral-bound
AAP04	Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-IV-TR®	$66.00