Challenging Behaviour and Autism: Making Sense - Making Progress ; a Guide to Preventing and Managing Challenging Behaviour for Parents and Teachers

Philip Whitaker, Helen Joy, David Edwards, Jane Harley

National Autistic Society, 2001 - Autistic children - 125 pages

This book is for parents, teachers and carers of young people with autistic spectrum disorders. Written in a jargon free style, it offers practical strategies for preventing or managing the sorts of challenging behaviour most likely to be encountered. This book is for parents, teachers and carers of youngsters with autistic spectrum disorders. Written in a jargon free style, it offers practical strategies for preventing or managing the sorts of challenging behaviour most likely to be encountered. With detailed case studies and key tips that allow it to be used as a quick reference, it also offers a step-by-step framework that enables readers to devise their own solutions. The book's core message can be summed up in a single sentence: to change a child's behaviour you need to be able to make sense of that behaviour - and making sense of that behaviour means making sense of the child's autism.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Challenging Behaviour and Autism: Making Sense - Making Progress ; a Guide to Preventing and Managing Challenging Behaviour for Parents and Teachers
• Authors: Philip Whitaker, Helen Joy, David Edwards, Jane Harley
• Contributor: National Autistic Society
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: National Autistic Society, 2001
• ISBN: 1899280510, 9781899280513
• Length: 125 pages