Understanding How Asperger Children And Adolescents Think And Learn: Creating Manageable Environments for AS Students

Cover......Page 1
Understanding How Asperger Children and Adolescents Think and Learn:\rCreating Manageable Environments for AS Students......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS\r......Page 9
PREFACE\r......Page 11
Part One:\rUnderstanding Asperger\rThinking and Communication......Page 13
1.\rIntroduction to Considering\rAsperger Perspectives......Page 15
2.\rLearning Who the Child Is......Page 17
3.\rThe Asperger Mind......Page 23
4.\rLearning the Child’s Perspective......Page 39
5.\rPragmatic Communication\rand the Asperger Mind......Page 45
Part 2:\rAddressing and Supporting Life\rand Learning During the\rSchool Years......Page 51
6.\rAn Introduction to Addressing Specific Issues......Page 53
7.\rBehavior......Page 57
8.\rAcademics, Schoolwork,\rand the Asperger Mind......Page 65
9.\rThe Education Team......Page 77
10.\rLessons Learned from and with\rAsperger Children......Page 93
11.\rAfterword: What Lies Ahead......Page 101
APPENDIX 1: INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR AN AS CHILD: dISCOVERING THE CHILD\'S PERSPECTIVE\r......Page 107
APPENDIX 2: EDUCATING PEERS ABOUT AN ASPERGER CHILD\r......Page 109
APPENDIX 3: AN OBSERVATION AT A SPECIALIZED SCHOOL FOR ASPERGER STUDENTS\r......Page 113
REFERENCES\r......Page 117
INDEX\r......Page 119