Andrew Miller

All About Me

A Step-by-Step Guide to Telling Children and Young People on the Autism Spectrum about Their Diagnosis

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

All About Me is based on a programme designed to introduce individual children to their autism diagnosis in the context of their overall personal attributes. Includes practical guidance and tools for parents and professionals on how to approach the subject of a child's autism diagnosis with downloadable templates and sample lesson plans.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kingsley
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 247mm x 176mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 455g
• ISBN-13: 9781785921292
• ISBN-10: 1785921290
• Artikelnr.: 48925715

Autorenporträt

Andrew Miller has worked as an autism advisory teacher in London for 12 years and as an assistant head teacher at a special school for children with autism.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: Getting ready to deliver the programme: considerations, decisions
and preparation. 1.Introduction. 2. Arguments for and against telling
children about their autism. 3. The pre-programme work. PART II: Teaching
and following-up All About Me. 4. An overview of the programme's teaching
methods, content and framework. 5. Teaching session 1 - creating the
context for disclosing the child's diagnosis. 6. How to teach sessions 2
and 3 - disclosing and explaining the child's diagnosis. 7. Differentiating
All About Me to make it accessible to more children. 8. What next? 9. A
brief guide to the electronic resources. References. Bibliography.
Accompanying downloadable material: Folder A. Pre-programme information
gathering and recording forms. Folder B. Example All About Me booklets.
Folder C. All About Me booklet templates. Folder D. Teaching and learning
prompts. Folder E. Resources to support possible follow-up initiatives.