This fully photocopiable resource offers a flexible framework for the assessment and development of communication and thinking skills of children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs). Using practical assessment sheets and curricula, it enables teachers, educators and other professionals to observe how children use and understand language, record their skills in an assessment record and follow their progress over time.
Author(s): Kate Silver
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 78
Cover......Page 1
Assessing and Developing
Communication and Thinking Skills in
People with Autism and
Communication Difficulties:
A Toolkit for Parents and Professionals......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
The communication assessment and curriculum......Page 9
The communication assessment record......Page 10
The communication curriculum......Page 11
The thinking skills assessment record and curriculum......Page 12
How we use the communication assessment and curriculum
and the thinking skills assessment and curriculum......Page 13
Introduction......Page 15
Communication Assessment
Record I......Page 17
Communication Assessment
Record II......Page 27
How we use the quantification summary sheet for the
communication assessment record......Page 42
Core communication functions......Page 43
Quantification Summary Sheet
for the Communication
Assessment Record......Page 44
Introduction......Page 49
Communication Curriculum I......Page 51
Communication Curriculum II......Page 55
Introduction......Page 61
Core thinking skills......Page 62
Thinking Skills Assessment
Record......Page 63
How we use the quantification summary sheet for the thinking
skills assessment record......Page 66
Quantification Summary Sheet
for the Thinking Skills
Assessment Record......Page 67
Introduction......Page 69
Links with other curricula......Page 70
Thinking Skills Curriculum......Page 71
Glossary......Page 77
Further Reading......Page 79
