COVER -- When Babies Read: A Practical Guide to Help Young Children with Hyperlexia, Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism -- Contents -- Foreword by Peter S. Jesen MD -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Something about Him -- 2 The Walking Paradox -- Definitions -- Where does hyperlexia fit? -- Diagram of hyperlexia -- To diagnose or not to diagnose? That is the question -- 3 The Case for Teaching Reading -- Create a hyperlexic? -- Early brain development -- Making the case -- Teaching guidelines -- What method? -- 4 Teaching Babies to Read -- Preparation -- Level One:Match word -- Level Two:Pointing -- Level Three:Match object -- Level Four: Reading -- Level Five: Generalization -- The Genelect Program -- Set One:Familiar names and high-frequency words -- Set Two:Facilitating words -- Set Three: First letters -- Set Four: First phonics words a (CVC) -- Set Five:Common high-frequency words -- Set Six: Individual interest words -- Set Seven: More phonics words e, i,o,u (CVC) -- Set Eight:Phonics vowel change (CVC) -- Set Nine:More high-frequency words -- Set Ten: Phonics long vowel (CVC-e) -- Set Eleven: Phonics blends -- Set Twelve: More long vowels -- Phonemic conventions -- Sight and high-frequency words -- 5 Line of Attack -- Home -- Outside therapies -- School -- Other environments -- Strategies -- 6 Learning Early Social Expectations -- Reminder Book -- Situation Book -- Incentive Chart -- 7 Navigating the School System -- Placement -- When you have to fight -- Process guidelines -- 8 Customizing Behavior Therapy -- Pro-active responses -- Foundation skills -- Social skills -- Academic skills -- 9 Customizing Language Therapy -- Receptive language -- Expressive language -- Wh- questions -- Intraverbals -- Grammar -- Social language -- 10 Theory of Mind -- Picture inferencing -- What comes next? -- "Guess"/"Don't Guess".

Verbal inferencing -- Thought bubbles -- Role playing with figures -- 11 Ten Commandments -- Appendix A: Special Education Law in the United States -- Special education law terms -- The special education process -- Legal documentation -- Appendix B: Some Useful Organizations in the UK -- Appendix C: Glossary and Diagnostic Criteria -- Glossary -- DMV 91994) Diagnostic criteria -- Other disorders -- References -- Subject Index -- Author Index.

Audra Jensen' son began reading when he was only two years old. She shares her experiences of raising a child with autism and hyperlexia. She stresses the importance of diagnosis of the condition for successful implementation of effective teaching strategies and encouragement of more typical childhood development.

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