Supporting Children with Autism in the Primary Classroom: A Practical Approach

Supporting Children with Autism in the Primary Classroom – A Practical Approach is a valuable resource for primary teachers, teaching assistants, SENCOs, and parents to create a classroom environment that meets the needs of children with autism. It offers practical advice and strategies to improve social, practical, and behavioral difficulties and enhances learning and outcomes.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 108 pages
Publication date: 26 October 2018
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This invaluable resource offers a wealth of strategies enabling you to support children with autism in the mainstream classroom. Cutting through the jargon and recognising the huge variety of ways in which children's perceptions, feelings, and behaviors may be affected by autism, the text is packed with practical advice to help you create a classroom environment that will meet the needs of the individual child. Each chapter in the book addresses some of the most common social, practical, and behavioral difficulties that a child with autism may face at school, and details tried and tested approaches for improving their experiences and outcomes in your classroom. Topics discussed include:

• Classroom layout, timetables, and rules
• Effective communication
• Supporting learning and setting targets
• Breaks, unstructured times, and school trips
• Challenging behaviors

Supporting Children with Autism in the Primary Classroom – A Practical Approach is a highly accessible resource that will give primary teachers, teaching assistants, SENCOs, and parents the confidence and knowledge they need to support young children with autism.

Weight: 356g
Dimension: 291 x 215 x 11 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781138559509