Free books online. Educating with autism

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This came from a local autism support group. I looked at the site itself and they offer 3000 entire books online for free.

This is a book called Educating Children with Autism. Their focus is ages 0 to 8. But the overall methodologies are the same for older kids.

http://www.nap.edu/books/0309072697/html/

[upallnight]

Wow, I'm going to try this website from my computer at school. I can't get to it from home, it's blocked. I work with autistic kids. K- 3rd grade, all diff. academic levels, some are on functional levels only, one is a a savant! PECS, and personal computers (their WORDS!) are what we use to communicate! I'm always interested in learning new things on the subject.-Alyssa

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Well you're just the kind of teacher we love! My PDD kid finally has a teacher who understands and the difference is amazing. I got blessed with a wonderful teacher for him this year after 2 years with a horrible one. The first is in a spec ed mixed disability class but has a dau with autism. The latter is in an autism class. Now while this should be mixed the population is such that mine was the only one with any language at all, who could read, write and do math. I'm guessing that you're in a public school. An autism school would have them separated by current capability.

And being a public school I assume you're using ABA? My kid didn't respond to ABA at all. But did fabulous in a Miller Method school. If you don't have Miller's book try to borrow one, it's fabulous. Very academic but has more specific recomendations than anything ABA. While I know there are lots of issues to getting a Miller setup in a school that doesn't have one, you won't believe the difference, how much faster kids progress. If you have a day off some day take a drive to a Miller School (last I heard I think there were 4 in NJ) and watch what goes on.

Teaching autistic kids IMHO is one of the most rewarding jobs there is, if you're willing to take the longer view rather than the immediate view. They may not seem to progress day to day but one day it all comes together. And seeing one who came to you with no language and who 4 years later is reading, writing, arithmetic, and able to express enough to make himself very clear... it's just amazing! It happened to mine and I never cease to wonder at how it happened.

[wheredidmylittleguygo]

Wow, thanks for the great website.