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By Michelle Haney. 2013
As prevalence rates and awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorder ASD increase there is a need for all…
educators to have a basic understanding of the disorder and how to teach affected children Understanding Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Educators Partnering with Families introduces in an accessible manner the significant body of research and theory in the field of autism within the larger context of understanding the unique socio-cultural dimensions of individuals with ASD and their families Engaging and user-friendly Michelle Haney s text provides future educators insight into the complexity and diversity of children with ASD the wide range of interventions and processes for make decisions about choosing interventions teaming with parents to provide optimal educational opportunities and the personal professional growth that is likely to take place during such a journeyBy Michelle Haney. 2013
As prevalence rates and awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorder ASD increase there is a need for all…
educators to have a basic understanding of the disorder and how to teach affected children Understanding Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Educators Partnering with Families introduces in an accessible manner the significant body of research and theory in the field of autism within the larger context of understanding the unique socio-cultural dimensions of individuals with ASD and their families Engaging and user-friendly Michelle Haney s text provides future educators insight into the complexity and diversity of children with ASD the wide range of interventions and processes for make decisions about choosing interventions teaming with parents to provide optimal educational opportunities and the personal professional growth that is likely to take place during such a journeyBy Leda Kamenopoulou. 2018
This edited volume examines inclusive education and disability in the global South Presenting four qualitative research studies conducted in…
Malaysia Bhutan Philippines and Belize the authors examine the implementation of inclusive education and disabled children s participation in the education system contexts on which very little is known Thus this book provides a unique opportunity to access rare context-specific information concerning this region of the world and to reflect on the particular challenges some countries face in the realization of full participation of all children within education Authored by researchers who are also teaching professionals with experience and understanding of the complexities of the real world this book reminds us that researchers and policy makers must listen to all voices and perspectives especially those that have remained silenced and ignoredBy Nirbhay N. Singh, Giulio E. Lancioni. 2014
The familiar image of the disabled tends to emphasize their limitations and reduced quality of life. However, many people with…
cognitive, motor, and other difficulties also have the capacity to enhance their social interactions, leisure pursuits and daily activities with the aid of assistive technology. Assistive devices from the simple to the sophisticated, have become essential to intervention programs for this population. And not surprisingly the numbers of devices available are growing steadily. Assistive Technologies for People with Diverse Abilities offers expert analysis of pertinent issues coupled with practical discussion of solutions for effective support. Its comprehensive literature review describes current and emerging devices and presents evidence-based guidelines for matching promising technologies to individuals. Program outcomes are assessed, as are their potential impact on the future of the field. In addition, chapters provide detailed descriptions of the personal and social needs of the widest range of individuals with congenital and acquired conditions, including: Acquired brain damage. Communication impairment. Attention and learning difficulties (with special focus on college students). Visual impairment and blindness. Autism spectrum disorders. Behavioral and occupational disorders. Alzheimer's disease. Severe, profound and multiple impairments. The scope and depth of coverage makes Assistive Technologies for People with Diverse Abilities an invaluable resource for researchers, professionals and graduate students in developmental psychology, rehabilitation medicine, educational technology, occupational therapy, speech pathology and clinical psychology.By Pradipta Biswas, Patrick Langdon, Luis Almeida, Carlos Duarte. 2015
This book illustrates how Interactive Systems can help elderly and disabled populations engage with the world around them by finding…
methods of overcoming the difficulties these communities face when using such systems by presenting the latest in state-of-the-art technology and providing a vision for accessibility for the near future. The challenges faced by accessibility practitioners are discussed and the different phases of delivering accessible products and services are explored. A collection of eminent researchers from around the world cover topics on developing and standardizing user models for inclusive design, adaptable multimodal system development for digital TV and ubiquitous devices, presenting research on intelligent voice recognition, adaptable pointing, browsing and navigation, and affect and gesture recognition. The research not only focuses on how these can be hugely beneficial to primary users, but often finding useful applications for their able-bodied counterparts. For this new edition, new chapters have been added focusing on the latest developments in games for the visually impaired, inclusive interfaces for the agricultural industry in India and technologies to improve accessibility in broadcasting in Japan. A Multimodal End-2-End Approach to Accessible Computing will be an invaluable resource for both researchers and practitioners alike.Just as autism is a continuum of disorders it is associated with a broad range of neurodevelopmental social…
and communication deficits For individuals with autism spectrum disorders ASD augmentative and alternative communication AAC has a major impact on their daily lives often reducing the occurrence of challenging behaviors Aided Augmentative Communication for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders is a practical guide to the field offering readers a solid grounding in ASD related complex communication needs CCN and AAC especially visual and computer-based technologies Widely used interventions and tools in AAC are reviewed--not just how they work but why they work--to aid practitioners in choosing those most suited to individual clients or students Issues in evaluation for aided AAC and debates concerning its usability round out the coverage Readers come away with a deeper understanding of the centrality of communication for clients with ASD and the many possibilities for intervention Key areas of coverage include AAC and assessment of people with ASD and CCN Interdisciplinary issues and collaboration in assessment and treatment AAC intervention mediated by natural communication partners Functional communication training with AAC The controversy surrounding facilitated communication Sign language versus AAC Aided Augmentative Communication for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders is an essential resource for clinicians practitioners researchers and graduate students in such fields as child and school psychology speech pathology language education developmental psychology behavior therapy and educational technologyBy Pradipta Biswas, Patrick Langdon, Carlos Duarte. 2015
This book illustrates how Interactive Systems can help elderly and disabled populations engage with the world around them by finding…
methods of overcoming the difficulties these communities face when using such systems by presenting the latest in state-of-the-art technology and providing a vision for accessibility for the near future The challenges faced by accessibility practitioners are discussed and the different phases of delivering accessible products and services are explored A collection of eminent researchers from around the world cover topics on developing and standardizing user models for inclusive design adaptable multimodal system development for digital TV and ubiquitous devices presenting research on intelligent voice recognition adaptable pointing browsing and navigation and affect and gesture recognition The research not only focuses on how these can be hugely beneficial to primary users but often finding useful applications for their able-bodied counterparts For this new edition new chapters have been added focusing on the latest developments in games for the visually impaired inclusive interfaces for the agricultural industry in India and technologies to improve accessibility in broadcasting in Japan A Multimodal End-2-End Approach to Accessible Computing will be an invaluable resource for both researchers and practitioners alikeBy Mary Lou Duffy, James W. Forgan. 2005
How do you avoid the high cost of turnover and retain high-quality special education teachers in such a demanding field…
Special education teachers are leaving the field at twice the rate of general education teachers Why Mentoring New Special Education Teachers will help administrators and other educators develop and sustain effective mentoring programs specifically designed for special education teachers providing practical field-tested activities and resources for both the mentors and the mentees including such critical elements as Effectively identifying recruiting and selecting mentors Action planning Evaluating progress Addressing diminishing support Dealing with burnout and isolation Vignettes of real-life mentoring experiences Figures tables appendices and Web sites A ready-to-use two-day workshop for training mentorsBy Mary Lou Duffy, James W. Forgan. 2005
How do you avoid the high cost of turnover and retain high-quality special education teachers in such a demanding field…
Special education teachers are leaving the field at twice the rate of general education teachers Why Mentoring New Special Education Teachers will help administrators and other educators develop and sustain effective mentoring programs specifically designed for special education teachers providing practical field-tested activities and resources for both the mentors and the mentees including such critical elements as Effectively identifying recruiting and selecting mentors Action planning Evaluating progress Addressing diminishing support Dealing with burnout and isolation Vignettes of real-life mentoring experiences Figures tables appendices and Web sites A ready-to-use two-day workshop for training mentorsBy Patrick Downes, Jessica Kensky. 2018
Rescue thought he'd grow up to be a Seeing Eye dog -- it's the family business, after all. When he…
gets the news that he's better suited to being a service dog, he's worried that he's not up to the task. Then he meets Jessica, a girl whose life is turning out differently than the way she'd imagined it, too. Now Jessica needs Rescue by her side to help her accomplish everyday tasks. And it turns out that Rescue can help Jessica see after all: a way forward, together, one step at a time. An endnote from the authors tells more about the training and extraordinary abilities of service dogs, particularly their real-life best friend and black lab, Rescue. Grades K-3. 2018.By Gina A. Oliva, Linda Risser Lytle. 2014
Both Gina A. Oliva and Linda Risser Lytle know what it is like to be the only deaf student in…
a mainstream school. Though they became successful educators, they recognize the need to research the same isolation experienced by other deaf and hard of hearing persons. In this way, they hope to improve education for current and future deaf students. Their efforts have culminated in Turning the Tide: Making Life Better for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Schoolchildren. Turning the Tide presents a qualitative study of deaf and hard of hearing students who attended mainstream schools. The authors conducted three focus groups in different regions in the country, enlisting six to eight participants with diverse backgrounds for each session. They also gathered information from 113 online respondents who answered the same questions used in the focus groups. The respondents discussed many issues, including the difficulties of finding friends and social access, the struggle to establish an identity, the challenges of K-12 interpreting and class placement, and the vast potential of summer and weekend programs for deaf students. Their empowering stories clearly demonstrate that no deaf or hard of hearing student should be educated alone. The authors also elicited comments on other changes that parents, advocates, and other allies could work toward to improve further the educational environment of deaf children.By Donna McDonald. 2014
Concerned about aspects of her romantic relationships Donna McDonald consulted with a psychologist who asked …
Your hearing loss must have had a big impact on you At age 45 with a successful career in social work policy McDonald took umbrage at the question Then she realized that she never had addressed the personal barrier she had constructed between her deaf-self and her hearing persona In The Art of Being Deaf she describes her long arduous pursuit of finding out exactly who she was Born in 1950s Australia McDonald was placed in an oral deaf school when she was five There she was trained to communicate only in spoken English Afterwards she attended mainstream schools where she excelled with speechreading and hard work Her determination led to achievements that proved her to be the deaf girl that had made good Yet despite her constant focus on fitting in the hearing world McDonald soon realized that she missed her deaf schoolmates and desired to explore her closed-off feelings about being deaf When she reconnected with her friends one urged her to write about her experiences to tell all about the Forgotten Generation the orally-raised deaf kids that no one wants to talk about In writing her memoir McDonald did learn to reconcile her deaf-self with her hearing-deaf persona and she realized that the art of being deaf is the art of life the art of loveBy Gina Oliva, Linda Lytle. 2014
Both Gina A. Oliva and Linda Risser Lytle know what it is like to be the only deaf student in…
a mainstream school. Though they became successful educators, they recognize the need to research the same isolation experienced by other deaf and hard of hearing persons. In this way, they hope to improve education for current and future deaf students. Their efforts have culminated in Turning the Tide: Making Life Better for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Schoolchildren. Turning the Tide presents a qualitative study of deaf and hard of hearing students who attended mainstream schools. The authors conducted three focus groups in different regions in the country, enlisting six to eight participants with diverse backgrounds for each session. They also gathered information from 113 online respondents who answered the same questions used in the focus groups. The respondents discussed many issues, including the difficulties of finding friends and social access, the struggle to establish an identity, the challenges of K-12 interpreting and class placement, and the vast potential of summer and weekend programs for deaf students. Their empowering stories clearly demonstrate that no deaf or hard of hearing student should be educated alone. The authors also elicited comments on other changes that parents, advocates, and other allies could work toward to improve further the educational environment of deaf children.By Kristen C. Harmon, Kate M. Farlow. 2018
Silent Life and Silent Language presents a fictionalized account of life at a Midwestern residential school for deaf students in…
the years following the Civil War Based on the experiences of the author who became deaf at the age of nine and entered a residential school when she was twelve this historical work is remarkable and rare because it focuses on signing deaf women s lives One of only a few accounts written by deaf women in the 19th century Silent Life and Silent Language gives a detailed description of daily life and learning at the Indiana Asylum for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb Kate M Farlow wrote this book with the goal of giving hearing parents hope that their deaf children would be able to lead happy and productive lives She sought to raise awareness of the benefits of deaf schools and was an early advocate for the use of American Sign Language and of bilingual education The Christian influence on the school and on the author is strongly present in her writing and reflects an important component of deaf education at the time Descriptions of specific signs games ASL story nights and other aspects of the signing community during the 1870s will be of interest to modern students and researchers in linguistics deaf education Deaf studies and Deaf history Farlow s work reveals a sophisticated early understanding of the importance of access to language education and community for deaf individualsBy Jessica Long. 2018
The top Paralympic swimmer in the world, Jessica Long delivers an inspirational photographic memoir. Born in Siberia with fibular hemimelia,…
Jessica Long was adopted from a Russian orphanage at thirteen months old and has since become the second most decorated U.S. Paralympic athlete of all time. Now, Jessica shares all the moments in her life—big and small, heartbreaking and uplifting—that led to her domination in the Paralympic swimming world. This photographic memoir, filled with photographs, sidebars, quotes, and more, will thrill her fans and inspire those who are hearing her story for the first time.By Lisa Gungor. 2018
Lisa Gungor thought she knew her own story small-town girl meets boy in college and they blissfully walk down…
the aisle into happily ever after Their Christian faith was their lens and foundation for everything their marriage their music their dreams for the future But as their dreams began to come true she began to wonder if her religion was really representative of the good news she had been taught She never expected the questions to lead as far as they did when her husband told her he no longer believed in God The death of a friend the unraveling of relationships and career the loss of a worldview and the birth of a baby girl with two heart defects all led Lisa to a tumultuous place one of depression and despair And it was there that her perspective on everything changed The Most Beautiful Thing I ve Seen tells the story of what can happen when you dare to let go of what you think to be true to shift the kaleidoscope and see new colors and dimension by way of broken pieces Lisa s eloquent soul-stirring memoir brings you to a music stage before thousands of fans and a front porch where two people whisper words that scare them to the core It is the story of how doubt can spark the beginning of deeper faith how a baby born with a broken heart can bring love and healing to the hearts of many and ultimately how the hardest experience in life often ends up saving usBy Margaret Golding, Jill Stacey, Carole Kevan, Edith Betty Morales, Irene Anne Constantinou, Isabel Bayonas, Jackie Ceonzo, Joan Curtis, Liz Lawrence, Mary Moeketsi, Merry Barua, Petra Dillmann, Samira Al-Saad, Shubhangi Vaidya, Stephanie Lord, Thando Makapela. 2018
Raising an autistic child comes with its own unique set of challenges, not least of which is dealing with the…
constant scrutiny of your parenting. This collection of stories from all corners of the globe celebrates the love, commitment and heroism of mothers of autistic people. These intimate accounts reveal both the differences in cultural attitudes, and the universality of the autism experience. Mothers from different cultural and socio-economic backgrounds speak out about the highs and lows of raising autistic children, and the shift in attitudes to autism as they watch their children enter adult life. Putting to bed the belief that autism is a result of poor parenting, this book not only lets parents know they are part of a supportive global community, it also highlights the positive aspects of autism and champions neurodiversity.By V Durand, Susan Timmer, Katelyn Guastaferro, John Lutzker, Robert Koegel, Shelley Clarke, Julia Strauss, Melissa Mello, Kristina Lopez, Brandi Hawk, Lee Steel, Kelly Bryce. 2018
This book provides a comprehensive outline of the major parent training programs for parents of children with intellectual or developmental…
disabilities IDD including Autism Spectrum Disorder Parents or primary caregivers spend the most time with a child and training them in behaviour management and intervention strategies is critical to improving a child s behaviour to helping them to learn new skills and to reduce parental stress Authored by eminent specialists in the field and written for researchers and clinicians supporting or treating families each chapter focuses on one of the key evidence-based parent training programs - from Incredible Years and Positive Family Intervention through to Pivotal Response Treatment and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Each chapter provides a breakdown that features an introduction to the model evidence for the model a full description of the model a discussion of implementation and dissemination efforts and concluding comments Grounded in research this definitive overview provides the evidence and guidance required for anyone considering investing in or running a parenting programBy Fiona Fisher Bullivant. 2018
This guide shows how clinicians can help girls and young women with ASC to reach their full potential by…
adopting more relationship-based individualised approaches With contributions from young women about their experiences in clinical settings the book reflects on what clinicians have done right and wrong to date why girls and women with ASC are too often misunderstood and how the culture of how clinicians work with them needs to change in order to achieve better results In a concise and practical way it covers how to better understand clients needs and foster strong relationships through diagnosis understanding comorbidities sensory issues self-harm emotional regulation assessments interventions and strategiesBy Liz Lawrence, Stephanie Lord, Shubhangi Vaidya, Margaret Golding, Jill Stacey, Carole Kevan, Edith Morales, Irene Constantinou, Isabel Bayonas, Jackie Ceonzo, Joan Curtis, Mary Moeketsi, Merry Barua, Petra Dillmann, Samira Al, Thando Makapela. 2018
Raising an autistic child comes with its own unique set of challenges, not least of which is dealing with the…
constant scrutiny of your parenting. This collection of stories from all corners of the globe celebrates the love, commitment and heroism of mothers of autistic people. These intimate accounts reveal both the differences in cultural attitudes, and the universality of the autism experience. Mothers from different cultural and socio-economic backgrounds speak out about the highs and lows of raising autistic children, and the shift in attitudes to autism as they watch their children enter adult life. Putting to bed the belief that autism is a result of poor parenting, this book not only lets parents know they are part of a supportive global community, it also highlights the positive aspects of autism and champions neurodiversity.