In this innovative book, Dr. Temple Grandin gets down to the REAL issues of autism, the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day. Temple offers helpful do’s and don’ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips, all based on her “insider” perspective and a great deal of research.
These are just
some of the specific topics Temple delves into:
- How and Why People with Autism Think Differently
- Economical Early Intervention Programs that Work
- How Sensory Sensitivities Affect Learning
- Behaviors Caused by a Disability vs. Just Bad Behaviors
- Teaching People with Autism to Live in an Unpredictable World
- Alternative Medicine vs. Conventional Medicine
- Employment Ideas for Adults with Autism
- And many more!
This
revised and expanded edition contains revisions based on
the most current autism research, as well as
14 additional articles including:
- The Role of Genetics and Environmental Factors in Causing Autism
- Understanding the Mind of a Nonverbal Person with Autism
- Finding Mentors and Appropriate Colleges
- And many more!
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 339
SPECIAL OFFER: With our new Temple Grandin Library package, you can have all of Temple’s great resources and save over $62! Click on it in the Related Products section below to learn more. As a child, Temple Grandin could not speak. Her silent existence was broken only by rhythmic rocking and occasional fits of screaming and thrashing. Diagnosed with autism, Temple’s many caregivers eventually helped her contradict her doctors’ morbid predictions and go on to become one of the autism community’s most beloved success stories. Temple Grandin, PhD, is a popular international lecturer on autism and the author of Emergence: Labeled Autistic, Thinking in Pictures, Animals in Translation, and Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships. One of the world’s leading experts in livestock facility design, over half of the cattle in North America are handled in facilities designed by her. She credits her visual thinking and her systemizing mind, both characteristics of autism, for her ability to be “the woman who thinks like a cow.” Temple continues to be an inspiration and role model to millions.
"This book is insightful, helpful, and hopeful—just like the woman who wrote it! It is a 'how-to' guide that I am confident will leave any reader feeling both informed and inspired.”
Emily Gerson Saines, Executive Producer of the HBO movie Temple Grandin
“Every library, large or small, needs this book on its shelves. Every school, large or small, with the responsibility of educating children with autism or Asperger’s needs the guidance this book offers. . . . Last, and certainly not least, every parent will find within these pages golden nuggets of advice, encouragement, and hope to fuel their day-to-day journey through their child’s autism. . . . The wisdom she offers through this book and its personal reflections on autism will, I’m sure, ring true for many more decades to come.”
Ruth Christ Sullivan, first elected president of the Autism Society of America
Foreword by Emily Gerson Saines
Foreword to the First Edition by Dr. Ruth Sullivan
For Readers New to Autism
Tony & Temple: Face to Face
Introduction
Chapter 1: Diagnosis and Early Intervention
Do Not Get Hung Up on Labels
Economical Quality Programs for Young Children with ASD
Different Types of Thinking in Autism
Higher Expectations Yield Results
Chapter 2: Teaching and Education
Finding a Child's Area of Strength
Teaching How to Generalize
The Importance of Developing Talent
Teaching People with Autism/Asperger’s to be More Flexible
Teaching Concepts to Children with Autism
Bottom-Up Thinking and Learning Rules
Motivating Students
Getting Kids Turned on to Reading
Turning Video Game Obsession into Learning
Service Dogs and Autism
The Importance of Practical Problem-Solving Skills
Learning to Do Assignments Other People Will Appreciate
Learning Never Stops
Chapter 3: Sensory Issues
Visual Processing Problems in Autism
Auditory Problems in Autism
Incorporating Sensory Integration into Your Autism Program
The Effect of Sensory Perceptual Difficulties on Learning Styles
Chapter 4: Understanding Nonverbal Autism
You Asked Me!
Tito Lives in a World of Sensory Scrambling
Understanding the Mind of a Nonverbal Person with Autism
Solving Behavior Problems in Nonverbal Individuals with Autism
Whole-Task Teaching for Individuals with Severe Autism
Chapter 5: Behavior Issues
Disability versus Just Bad Behaviors
Innovative Methods for Handling Hitting, Biting, and Kicking
My Experience with Teasing and Bullying
Rudeness is Inexcusable
The Need to Be Perfect
Autism & Religion: Teach Goodness
Chapter 6: Social Functioning
Insights into Autistic Social Problems
Learning Social Rules
Emotional Differences Among Individuals with Autism or Asperger’s
Healthy Self-Esteem
Four Cornerstones of Social Awareness
Chapter 7: Medications and Biomedical Therapy
Alternative versus Conventional Medicine
Hidden Medical Problems Can Cause Behavior Problems
Evaluating Treatments
Medication Usages: Risk versus Benefit Decisions
My Treatment for Ringing in the Ears
Chapter 8: Cognition and Brain Research
Lose the Social Skills, Gain Savant Skills?
People on the Spectrum Focus on Details
The Extreme Male Theory of Autism
Detect Babies at Risk for Developing Autism with Head Measurements
Thinking in Details
A Look Inside the Visual-Thinking Brain
Brain Cortex Structure Similar in Brilliant Scientists and Autism
The Role of Genetics and Environmental Factors in Causing Autism
Chapter 9: Adult Issues and Employment
Employment Advice: Tips on Getting and Holding a Job
Happy People on the Autism Spectrum Have Satisfying Jobs or Hobbies
Inside or Outside? The Autism/Asperger’s Culture
Going to College: Tips for People with Autism & Asperger’s
Finding Mentors and Appropriate Colleges
Reasonable Accommodation for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum
Can My Adolescent Drive a Car?
Wall Street Journal Social Stories
Innovative Thinking Paves the Way for AS Career Success
The Link Between Autism Genetics and Genius
My Sense of Self-Identity
Afterword by Veronica Zysk
Bibliography
Index
