Dr. Temple Grandin gets to the real issues of autism—the ones parents and teachers face every day. Autism and Education: The Way I See It is a concise handbook that illustrates what Dr. Grandin has found, from her experience, to work in the field of education.
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Temple offers helpful dos and don’ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips, all based on her insider perspective as well as a great deal of research. Most excitingly, she argues that raising and education for kids on the autism spectrum must focus on their long-overlooked strengths to foster their unique contributions.
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Part 1: The Importance of Early Education
- The Importance of Early Educational Intervention
- Do Not Get Trapped by Labels
- Economical Quality Programs for Young Children with ASD
- Different Types of Thinking in Autism
- Higher Expectations Yield Results
- Teaching Turn Taking
- What School Is Best for My Child with ASD?
Part 2: Teaching & Education
- Finding a Child’s Area of Strength
- Teaching How to Generalize
- The Importance of Developing Talent
- Teaching People on the Autism Spectrum to Be More Flexible
- Teaching Concepts to Children with Autism
- Bottom-Up Thinking and Learning Rules
- Laying the Foundation for Reading Comprehension
- Motivating Students
- Getting Kids Turned On to Reading
- Too Much Video Gaming and Screen Time has a Bad Effect on Child Development
- Therapy Animals and Autism
- The Importance of Choices
- The Importance of Practical Problem-Solving Skills
- Learning to Do Assignments that Other People Appreciate
- Learning Never Stops
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Temple Grandin earned her Ph.D. in Animal Science from the University of Illinois and is currently a Professor at Colorado State University. Dr. Grandin is one of the most respected individuals with high-functioning autism in the world. She presents at conferences nationwide, helping thousands of parents and professionals understand how to help individuals with autism, Asperger’s syndrome, and PDD. She is the author of Emergence: Labeled Autistic, Thinking in Pictures, Animals in Translation (which spent many weeks on The New York Times Best-Seller List), The Autistic Brain, and The Loving Push, co-written with Debra Moore, Ph.D. One of the most celebrated — and effective — animal advocates on the planet, Dr. Grandin revolutionized animal movement systems and spearheaded reform of the quality of life for the world’s agricultural animals. She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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