Understanding How Asperger Children and Adolescents Think and Learn : Creating Manageable Environments for as Students.

By: Jacobsen, PaulaMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resource (122 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781846421495Subject(s): Asperger's syndrome -- Patients -- Education | Autistic childrenGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Understanding How Asperger Children and Adolescents Think and Learn : Creating Manageable Environments for as StudentsDDC classification: 371.94 LOC classification: RJ506.A9J335 2005Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Understanding How Asperger Children and Adolescents Think and Learn: Creating Manageable Environments for AS Students -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- Part One: Understanding Asperger Thinking and Communication -- 1. Introduction to Considering Asperger Perspectives -- 2. Learning Who the Child Is -- 3. The Asperger Mind -- 4. Learning the Child's Perspective -- 5. Pragmatic Communication and the Asperger Mind -- Part 2: Addressing and Supporting Life and Learning During the School Years -- 6. An Introduction to Addressing Specific Issues -- 7. Behavior -- 8. Academics, Schoolwork, and the Asperger Mind -- 9. The Education Team -- 10. Lessons Learned from and with Asperger Children -- 11. Afterword: What Lies Ahead -- APPENDIX 1: INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR AN AS CHILD: dISCOVERING THE CHILD'S PERSPECTIVE -- APPENDIX 2: EDUCATING PEERS ABOUT AN ASPERGER CHILD -- APPENDIX 3: AN OBSERVATION AT A SPECIALIZED SCHOOL FOR ASPERGER STUDENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
Summary: Jacobsen provides an inside view of how AS pupils perceive and understand what goes on in the classroom, and how they are perceived by fellow pupils and teachers. She adopts a pragmatic approach to improving communication in the classroom and offers practical strategies to increase mutual understanding and create a supportive learning environment.
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Cover -- Understanding How Asperger Children and Adolescents Think and Learn: Creating Manageable Environments for AS Students -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- Part One: Understanding Asperger Thinking and Communication -- 1. Introduction to Considering Asperger Perspectives -- 2. Learning Who the Child Is -- 3. The Asperger Mind -- 4. Learning the Child's Perspective -- 5. Pragmatic Communication and the Asperger Mind -- Part 2: Addressing and Supporting Life and Learning During the School Years -- 6. An Introduction to Addressing Specific Issues -- 7. Behavior -- 8. Academics, Schoolwork, and the Asperger Mind -- 9. The Education Team -- 10. Lessons Learned from and with Asperger Children -- 11. Afterword: What Lies Ahead -- APPENDIX 1: INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR AN AS CHILD: dISCOVERING THE CHILD'S PERSPECTIVE -- APPENDIX 2: EDUCATING PEERS ABOUT AN ASPERGER CHILD -- APPENDIX 3: AN OBSERVATION AT A SPECIALIZED SCHOOL FOR ASPERGER STUDENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

Jacobsen provides an inside view of how AS pupils perceive and understand what goes on in the classroom, and how they are perceived by fellow pupils and teachers. She adopts a pragmatic approach to improving communication in the classroom and offers practical strategies to increase mutual understanding and create a supportive learning environment.

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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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