"Understanding How Asperger Children and Adolescents Think and Learn" helps educators appreciate the learning process and improve its effectiveness for students with Asperger Syndrome. The author provides a compelling inside view of how AS pupils perceive and understand what goes on in the classroom, and how they, in turn, are perceived by fellow pupils and teachers. She adopts a pragmatic approach to improving communications in the classroom and offers practical intervention strategies to increase mutual understanding and create a rewarding and supportive learning environment. The book also includes many examples of behavior commonly observed in AS children, and illuminating accounts of specific children's experiences, which help to understand the learning process and avoid misunderstandings. This accessible book is a key resource for educators and parents of AS children and provides invaluable guidance and strategies for professionals who need to understand how AS pupils learn and communicate.
Author(s): Paula Jacobsen
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 120
Cover......Page 1
Understanding How Asperger Children and Adolescents Think and Learn:
Creating Manageable Environments for AS Students......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
......Page 9
PREFACE
......Page 11
Part One:
Understanding Asperger
Thinking and Communication......Page 13
1.
Introduction to Considering
Asperger Perspectives......Page 15
2.
Learning Who the Child Is......Page 17
3.
The Asperger Mind......Page 23
4.
Learning the Child’s Perspective......Page 39
5.
Pragmatic Communication
and the Asperger Mind......Page 45
Part 2:
Addressing and Supporting Life
and Learning During the
School Years......Page 51
6.
An Introduction to Addressing Specific Issues......Page 53
7.
Behavior......Page 57
8.
Academics, Schoolwork,
and the Asperger Mind......Page 65
9.
The Education Team......Page 77
10.
Lessons Learned from and with
Asperger Children......Page 93
11.
Afterword: What Lies Ahead......Page 101
APPENDIX 1: INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR AN AS CHILD: dISCOVERING THE CHILD'S PERSPECTIVE
......Page 107
APPENDIX 2: EDUCATING PEERS ABOUT AN ASPERGER CHILD
......Page 109
APPENDIX 3: AN OBSERVATION AT A SPECIALIZED SCHOOL FOR ASPERGER STUDENTS
......Page 113
REFERENCES
......Page 117
INDEX
......Page 119
