Activity Schedules for Children with Autism: Teaching Independent Behavior"Activity Schedules for Children with Autism" offers parents and professionals a detailed overview and instructions for developing activity schedules -- a set of pictures or words that cues a child to engage in a sequence of activities. Once mastered, these simple yet revolutionary teaching tools enable children with autism to accomplish activities and expand social skills at home and in school with greatly reduced adult supervision. This book illustrates how to assess a child's readiness to use activity schedules, prepare a first photographic schedule, and progress to more varied and sophisticated schedules. |
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Activity Schedules for Children with Autism: Teaching Independent Behavior Lynn E. McClannahan,Patricia J. Krantz No preview available - 2010 |
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adults Applied Behavior Analysis appointment books begin behavior Berenstain Bears Blank data sheets Chapter children with autism choice board color components correctly completed cookies correct responses cues Date/Time Date/Time display Edmark engage example family members five seconds graduated guidance graph homework Identifying Picture versus included independence initiate instruction interac Krantz Language Master cards learn to follow Lego Lite Brite manual guidance manually guide Matching Identical Objects materials McClannahan Mounds candy number of components pennies Perfection game photographic activity schedule pick Picture versus Background picture-object correspondence skills play popcorn Potato Head preschooler prompting procedure puzzle rewards sched schedule book schedule following schedule-following skills scheduled activities scored sequence shadowing shelf spatial fading stereotypy tantrums task teach children teaching procedures teaching session three-ring binder tickle timer Tinker Toys to-do token system touch the sticker turn Velcro words worksheet written activity schedules written schedules young youngsters with autism