The Autistic Spectrum Parents' Daily Helper: A Workbook for You and Your Child“DEMYSTIFIES THE DAY-TO-DAY CHALLENGES OF A SON OR DAUGHTER WITH AUTISM BY CREATING ORDER AND LEARNING IN THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES. IN SO DOING, IT CREATES HOPE.” --AMI KLIN, PH.D., YALE CHILD STUDY CENTER As the parent of a child with autism, you know how difficult it can be to simply get through the day. From getting dressed in the morning to brushing teeth before bed, raising a special needs child can turn ordinary events into extraordinary challenges. This book focuses on those kinds of everyday events. YOUR WORKBOOK Discover the methods for breaking through to your child and reaching into his or her world while supporting his or her learning style. Designed specifically for parents, this section introduces you to the exercises and activities you will be doing with your child. Everything is carefully explained, using lay terminology and simple illustration, including: •Visual strategies •User-friendly schedules •Excursion plans YOUR CHILD’S WORKBOOK Hands-on activities in this section of the work-book will teach your child basic skills, using humor and time—tested educational techniques. On handy tear-out pages, these engaging games and exercises help your child learn how to: •Recognize emotions •Get dressed •Read the clock •Understand safety sights. •Visit doctors, dentists, friends and family comfortably And much more. . . |
Contents
Developing A SenSe of Time AnD plACe | 13 |
SelfCAreTeAChing The BASiCS | 33 |
1 | 48 |
6 | 59 |
8 | 65 |
SAfeTy iSSueS | 67 |
reSourCeS | 79 |
All about Me | 85 |
Setting the Table | 103 |
26 | 166 |
Choice Cards | 197 |
Sample Clock Face | 207 |
A Sample Letter for Your Hairdresser Shoe Store Clerk | 213 |
Other Ulysses Press MindBody Titles | 219 |
Common terms and phrases
anxiety Applied Behavior Analysis autism go Autism Society backward chaining basic behavioral problems binder brushing teeth calendar child knows child with autism children with autism Choice Cards clock coins communicate cookies create Cutouts daily schedule dentist developmental doctor doctor’s office Draw a line Elm Street environment experience face favorite toy five-dollar bills Floortime give your child hand help your child here’s humor inappropriate behavior information about autism Jim Sinclair look Lorna Wing Matching Game number 15 number 9 o’clock one-dollar bills parents Paste a photograph Paste picture Paste the picture Phil Abrams photograph or picture picture here Paste Picture number pictures on pages play positive reinforcement visuals reward rocket sample Simon Baron-Cohen skills snack son’s special needs child Stanley Greenspan step street number teach your child Temple Grandin things toilet token economy toothbrush visual cues What’s Wacky write