Teaching Communication Skills to Children with Autism

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Parents, teachers and therapists will find help teaching communication skills to people with autism at every level of communication with this helpful book. Teaching Communication Skills provides instruction for nonverbal and beginning communicators, plus children with high functioning autism and Asperger Syndrome.

This book covers:

Assessing language,

How to teach communication skills,

Motivation for communication,

How to use cues and prompts,

How to teach verbal language,

How to use Augmentative Communication

Tips for combining communication methods,

Helping children follow directions,

Proper tone of voice and emphasis,

Echolalia,

Teaching appropriate social communication including conversation skills, developing social understanding,

Tips for generalization and teaching across environments.

This excellent teacher resource also includes a CD lots of reproducible worksheets, teacher aids and assessments. Author, Pat Crissey, is an autism consultant and author of several books designed to help teachers and therapists working with autistic populations.

236 pages