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Succeeding in College with Asperger Syndrome: A student guide
College life is particularly stressful for students with Asperger Syndrome (AS) and the resources that colleges provide for such students are often inadequate. This much needed guide provides information to help these students prepare successfully for the rites and rituals of studying, interact with staff and fellow students, cope with expectations and pressures, and understand their academic and domestic responsibilities. How will I cope with the workload? What do I do if I feel ill? How do I make friends and initiate relationships with the opposite sex? Drawing on first hand interviews with ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1843102013
- ASIN: 1843102013
- ISBN: 1843102013
- Brand: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Manufacturer: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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Developing College Skills in Students with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome
Going to college can be a daunting prospect for any young person, but for teenagers on the autism spectrum this is especially true. This book describes the unique needs that ASD students entering further or higher education are likely to have. The author identifies the key skill-sets they will need to develop in order to be successful in college and in life, and shows how they can be helped to develop these. She outlines the skills required for success in further and higher education in relation to the strengths and weaknesses of individuals with ASDs, and explains how those weaknesses can be ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1843109174
- ASIN: 1843109174
- ISBN: 1843109174
- Brand: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Manufacturer: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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From High School to College: Steps to Success for Students With Disabilities
College is a different world from high school and the laws, expectations, and culture around disability services and accommodations are different, too. Elizabeth Hamblet, a Columbia University Learning Specialist/Consultant and recognized transition speaker and writer, has written a one-of-a-kind, step-by-step guide that is an essential resource for college-bound students, their families, and the special educators and school counselors who work with them. This second edition has been updated to include recent research and reflections from college disability services directors, successful colle... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0865865205
- ASIN: 0865865205
- ISBN: 0865865205
- Manufacturer: Council for Exceptional Children
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The Social Success Workbook for Teens
Making friends is a skill like any other-there are rules to follow, ways to measure your progress, and reasons why some people are better at it than others. Although it may seem like this skill comes naturally to those who don't have Asperger's disorder, nonverbal learning disorder (NLD), or other problems relating to others, the reality is that even the most popular people must constantly hone their abilities in order to make new friends and keep the friends they already have. This workbook includes forty activities you can do to recognize and use your unique strengths, understand the unspoke... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1572246146
- ASIN: 1572246146
- ISBN: 1572246146
- Brand: Instant Help
- Manufacturer: Instant Help
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The K&W Guide to Colleges for Students with Learning Differences, 12th Edition: 350 Schools with Programs or Services for Students with ADHD or Learning Disabilities (College Admissions Guides)
Find the Right School for Your Specific Needs. Hundreds of thousands of students with learning differences head to college every year. This comprehensive guide makes it easy for those students and their families to tackle the daunting process of finding the school that fits their needs best. This indispensable resource book for students, parents, and professionals includes: • 350 school profiles with targeted information on services, admissions, and support at each school • Advice from learning specialists on making an effective transition to college • Services avai... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0804125570
- ASIN: 0804125570
- ISBN: 0804125570
- Manufacturer: Princeton Review
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Realizing the College Dream With Autism or Asperger Syndrome: A Parent's Guide to Student Success
Realizing the College Dream with Autism or Asperger Syndrome is both a practical and a personal account of one ASD student's successful experience of going to college. This accessible book focuses on how to get there and stay there: deciding to go, how to get in and how to get the most out of it. Ann Palmer advises parents and professionals how to prepare the student for the transition from school and home life to a new environment and educational challenge, and how to support them through potential problems such as academic pressure, living away from home, social integration and appropriate l... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1843108011
- ASIN: 1843108011
- ISBN: 1843108011
- Brand: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Manufacturer: Jessica Kingsley Pub
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Social Skills for Teenagers with Developmental and Autism Spectrum Disorders: The PEERS Treatment Manual
This book is essential reading for any clinician or researcher working with teens with autism spectrum disorders. This parent-assisted intervention for teens is based on a comprehensive, evidence-based, 14-week program at UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, the manualization of the popular UCLA PEERS Program, and the success of the Children’s Friendship Training (Routledge, 2002) manual for children. After reviewing techniques designed to help parents and therapists tailor the manual to the needs of the teens with whom they are working, the text moves on to the indi... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0415872030
- ASIN: 0415872030
- ISBN: 0415872030
- Manufacturer: Routledge
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Building Blocks for Teaching Preschoolers with Special Needs
Updated for today's educators—especially those new to inclusion—the second edition of this bestselling guide is the lifeline preschool teachers need to fully include children with disabilities in their classrooms.Easy to use with any existing curriculum, including Creative Curriculum and HighScope, Building Blocks gives educators three types of practical, research-based inclusion strategies that promote progress in critical areas like behavior, emergent literacy, and peer relationships. A must for professional development, this revised edition helps teachers thrive in the era of accountab... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1557669678
- ASIN: 1557669678
- ISBN: 1557669678
- Brand: Brookes Publishing Company
- Manufacturer: Brookes Publishing
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Aquamarine Blue 5: Personal Stories of College Students with Autism
Rated Outstanding by the American Association of School LibrariesThis is the first book to be written by autistic college students about the challenges they face. Aquamarine Blue 5 details the struggle of these highly sensitive students and shows that there are gifts specific to autistic students that enrich the university system, scholarship, and the world as a whole.Dawn Prince-Hughes presents an array of writings by students who have been diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism, showing their unique ways of looking at and solving problems. In their own words, they po... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0804010544
- ASIN: 0804010544
- ISBN: 0804010544
- Manufacturer: Swallow Press
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How Do I Teach This Kid to Read?: Teaching Literacy Skills to Young Children with Autism, from Phonics to Fluency
First Runner-Up in the 2006 Writer’s Notes Book Awards! This book utilizes the strengths of children with ASD to help them develop new skills. Tasks are visually oriented and consistent, and expectations are clear. Children learn motor, matching, sorting, reading, writing, and math skills using easy-to-make “task boxes.” Tasks include pushing items through small openings (children love the “resistance” it takes to push them through), matching simple, identical pictures or words, sorting objects by color, size, or shape, and more! Ideas are plentiful, materials colorful, and ch... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1935274147
- ASIN: 1935274147
- ISBN: 1935274147
- Manufacturer: Future Horizons
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Managing Asperger Syndrome at College and University
Meeting the demands of student life can be tough, especially for students with Asperger Syndrome. This book is full of practical suggestions on how to make the post-16 educational experience a good one. Advice is based upon sound knowledge of theory and practice and includes: taking steps towards selecting the right course at the right institution coping strategies to use in academic and social situations advice to help students who are living away from home a CD containing time-saving resources how other students, tutors and disability services can help useful references and addresses showi... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1843121832
- ASIN: 1843121832
- ISBN: 1843121832
- Brand: David Fulton Publishers Ltd
- Manufacturer: David Fulton Publishers
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The Rules of Love (Rulebook Book 1)
2017 Rainbow Award Runner UpMaxine Saddler has never been in love. She knows exactly what it looks like – she’s spent years studying the phenomenon in other people, but her Asperger syndrome makes it far too anxiety-provoking to attempt such a thing in her own life. Instead, she focuses exclusively on academics. She’s 23 years old, starting grad school, and perfectly content to ignore the world beyond her textbooks. That is, until she meets Ruby Satterwhite, who makes Max want to give love one more shot.Ruby is the consummate social butterfly – sorority president, extracurricular list ... [Read More]
- ASIN: B072F173FC
- ASIN: B072F173FC
- Manufacturer: Lisbon Press
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Mind Reading Emotions Library
Mind Reading Emotions Library is for everyone who is interested in emotions. It has been designed with awareness of the needs of children and adults who want to improve their ability to recognize emotions in others. It is also an invaluable resource for parents, teachers, those involved in social skills training, people on the autistic spectrum and people working in the dramatic arts.System requirements: CD-ROM Drive. 140MB free space on hard disk. Minimum Pentium 2 running Windows 98 or later with 64MB RAM or Apple Power Mac running OS 9.1 to 10.2 with 16MB available RAM. Please note Mind Rea... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1843102161
- ASIN: 1843102161
- ISBN: 1843102161
- Brand: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Manufacturer: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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Teaching Tough Kids: Simple and Proven Strategies for Student Success (David Fulton Books)
How can you really make a difference for your students? Teaching Tough Kids delivers a refreshing collection of realistic ideas to sustain the organisational and behavioural transformations of all students, particularly those who 'do it tough'; who learn and react differently. They are complex kids who find life tougher than most. Managing their emotion and behaviour presents educators with a spectacular challenge in schools today, and numbers are on the rise. Filled with inspirational case studies, this book focuses on building improved relationships, structures and behaviours, rather than ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0415460603
- ASIN: 0415460603
- ISBN: 0415460603
- Manufacturer: Routledge
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The Educator's Guide to Mental Health Issues in the Classroom
An estimated 20% of students have an emotional, behavioral, or mental disorder. Teachers are often the first to notice these problems — and with this reader-friendly guide, they'll have the information they need to help create effective learning environments for children and adolescents and collaborate effectively with mental health providers. Along with a detailed overview of the mental health system and the different types of mental health professionals, education professionals will get separate chapters on 11 specific mental health issues, each describingcharacteristics of the disorderway... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1557666709
- ASIN: 1557666709
- ISBN: 1557666709
- Manufacturer: Brookes Publishing
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Succeeding in College with Asperger Syndrome : A Student Guide
This guide provides information to help students with AS prepare successfully for the rites and rituals of studying, interact with staff and fellow students, cope with expectations and pressures, and understand their academic and domestic
- UPC: 2448855
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Realizing the College Dream with Autism or Asperger Syndrome : A Parent's Guide to Student Success
Palmer advises parents and professionals how to prepare the student for the transition from school and home life to a new environment and educational challenge, and how to support them through potential problems such as
- UPC: 3935183
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Developing College Skills in Students with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome
Freedman outlines the skills required for success in further and higher education in relation to the strengths and weaknesses of individuals with ASDs, and explains how those weaknesses can be ameliorated to enable success at
- UPC: 13254692
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Students with Asperger Syndrome : A Guide for College Personnel
Accommodating students whose disabilities fall in social and self-regulatory areas is a challenge for disability services providers who are not used to reaching out into so many areas of student life. This book offers disability
- UPC: 10990486
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Developing College Skills in Students with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome - eBook
Going to college can be a daunting prospect for any young person, but for teenagers on the autism spectrum this is especially true. This book describes the unique needs that ASD students entering further or
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