Christine Breakey

The Autism Spectrum and Further Education

A Guide to Good Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Breakey provides practical advice on teaching young adults successfully, emphasising the development of resources and skills for use specifically in FE colleges. She offers strategies for communicating effectively, helping students to manage transition, and understanding and minimising the causes of ASC behaviours.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 334g
• ISBN-13: 9781843103820
• ISBN-10: 1843103826
• Artikelnr.: 21528998

Autorenporträt

Christine Breakey has worked with autistic people for over 20 years in the fields of social work and education and most recently in further education where she developed the Autism Specialist Support service at The Sheffield College. She now runs an independent support service which provides staff training, independent advocacy and social / life skills teaching. Christine is married with two grown-up daughters and is a qualified social worker and lecturer. She has a BA honours degree in Communication Studies and a Masters degree in Autism. Christine welcomes visits to her website (www.spectrumfirst.co.uk) where she can be contacted.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Introduction. 1. Breaking Down Barriers. 2. Which Approach?
Ideology, Theory and Practice. 3. Developing an Inclusive Specialist Team.
4. Maintaining an Effective Specialist Team. 5. Staff Training. 6.
`Autistic Thinking' and the Need for Adjustments. 7. The `Hidden
Curriculum'. 8. Individual Accounts. References. Index.