25 Therapist-Created Musical Activities for Improving Fine and Gross Motor-Skills, Muscle Strength, and Rhythmicity
Provides musical activities for improving fine and gross motor skills, muscle strength, and rhythmicity. These 25 therapist created Songames offer a world of developmental play activities. Plus, the 53 page companion booklet explains how to use music to enhance specific skills, provides a comprehensive list of resources, and triples the number of ......
for Children & Adolescents with Autism & Social-Communication Differences
Social Skills Training is the complete package: whether learning how long to look at somebody; how to shift topics, despite a desire to stick with that all-consuming special interest; how to say no to peer pressure; or dealing with sensitive topics-it's all here. In this comprehensive and user-friendly book, the author translates years of ......
A Team Discussion Tool for the Development of Respectful and SuccessfulBehavioral Plans for Individuals with Special Needs and Those Who Support Them
A person's behavior is like a clue in a mystery story. It reveals and it conceals. It leads and it misleads. It speaks a variety of messages and serves a variety of purposes. It is affected by the situations in which it occurs, by the response that it receives, and by the depth of the need that it conveys. It is as complex as the person who uses ......
How to Become a Social Detective and Solve Social Mysteries Like a Pro
A few years ago, Johnny Multony, transformed from not fitting into a socially savvy kid, started the first-ever social detective agency. He was hired by other students in his school for help with common interpersonal dilemmas, such as cliques, dealing with disappointments, bullying, personal space, friends, body language, and much more. Now, an ......
Helpful Hints for All Educators of Students with Autism and Related Disabilities
Children and youth with autism and related exceptionalities have great potential. However, all too often their abilities are not realized. Simple Strategies That Work provides easy-to-implement ideas and suggestions that teachers can use to help students with autism and related needs on the road to success. The book discusses how teachers can ......
Therapeutic Movement for Children of all Abilities
Illustrates how to use yoga to bring calm and focus (and exercise!) to children with special needs. Childhood is a time filled with new motor challenges and hurdles; and this is doubly true for kids with autism and other special needs. The motor challenges children face require strength, coordination, and the ability to focus and attend. Yoga can ......
Research suggests that up to 15-20% of the U.S. population is neurodivergent. Relating While Autistic: Fixed Signals for Neurodivergent Couples fills a need for self-help books for ND / autistic individuals. The popularity of the Netflix dating show, Love on the Spectrum, is further evidence that this book has a significant potential readership. ......
Autism has long been considered a boys' condition, but there is more to this story. The truth is, autism looks different in women and girls. They're much better at ""pretending to be normal"" by masking their autistic characteristics. How can we look behind the mask to recognize autism, when it has been so well camouflaged? Recognizing Autism in ......
The Art of Guiding Children's Socialization and Imagination
Many children on the autism spectrum spend inordinate amounts of time alone. Without appropriate intervention, they are especially vulnerable to being excluded from their peer group and leading impoverished play lives. This practical guide, Peer Play and the Autism Spectrum: The Art of Guiding Children's Socialization and Imagination, offers an ......
