Teaching at Home : A New Approach to Tutoring Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome.

By: Holland, OlgaMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resource (131 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781846421266Subject(s): Autistic children -- Education | Holland, Billy, -- 1993- | Home schoolingGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Teaching at Home : A New Approach to Tutoring Children with Autism and Asperger SyndromeDDC classification: 371.94 LOC classification: LC4717.5.H65 2005Online resources: Click to View
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Cover -- Teaching at Home: A New Approach to Tutoring Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome -- Contents -- Introduction -- Prologue -- Part I The Journey to the Aristotle School -- 1 Billy grows up -- 2 Face to face with autism -- 3 Making the decision -- 4 The deal with the district -- 5 Setting up a school at home -- 6 Homework -- Part II Adjusting to a Non-Typical World -- 7 In the debris of two minds -- 8 Where are you, Billy? -- 9 Are you with me? -- 10 Minding the "D" words -- 11 Eye language -- 12 Body language -- 13 Attention! -- Part III A Teacher's Strategies -- 14 Connecting the world -- 15 On acquiring knowledge -- 16 Remember? -- 17 The five-senses approach -- 18 English as a step-language -- 19 Every person has a story -- Part IV Afterthoughts and Milestones -- 20 In search of humor -- 21 Why Aristotle? -- 22 Milestones -- Epilogue -- INDEX.
Summary: Faced with the apparent inability of her autistic son Billy to learn and socialize with other children at school, Olga Holland decided to teach him at home. This book explains the author's approach, focused on adapting to the demands of Billy's atypical mind and respecting his vivid imaginative world while attracting and retaining his attention.
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Cover -- Teaching at Home: A New Approach to Tutoring Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome -- Contents -- Introduction -- Prologue -- Part I The Journey to the Aristotle School -- 1 Billy grows up -- 2 Face to face with autism -- 3 Making the decision -- 4 The deal with the district -- 5 Setting up a school at home -- 6 Homework -- Part II Adjusting to a Non-Typical World -- 7 In the debris of two minds -- 8 Where are you, Billy? -- 9 Are you with me? -- 10 Minding the "D" words -- 11 Eye language -- 12 Body language -- 13 Attention! -- Part III A Teacher's Strategies -- 14 Connecting the world -- 15 On acquiring knowledge -- 16 Remember? -- 17 The five-senses approach -- 18 English as a step-language -- 19 Every person has a story -- Part IV Afterthoughts and Milestones -- 20 In search of humor -- 21 Why Aristotle? -- 22 Milestones -- Epilogue -- INDEX.

Faced with the apparent inability of her autistic son Billy to learn and socialize with other children at school, Olga Holland decided to teach him at home. This book explains the author's approach, focused on adapting to the demands of Billy's atypical mind and respecting his vivid imaginative world while attracting and retaining his attention.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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