Visual Supports for People with Autism: A Guide for Parents & Professionals (Topics in Autism) - Tapa blanda

Visual supports—any pictorial, graphic, or scheduling aid—are excellent tools for teaching academic, daily living, and self-help skills to people with autism. This reader-friendly and practical book shows teachers, parents, and service providers how to make low-tech visual supports, and offers strategies for using them. The second edition includes expanded information about using visual supports with the youngest children, advice on fading supports, and updated photo examples of: activity schedules calendars charts checklists & to-do lists color coding flip books graphic organizers mnemonics nametags photo boards Power Cards scripts Social Stories video modeling A new chapter covers high-tech options for visual supports (iPads, smartphones, etc.) and how to choose appropriate ones, and particular features that are good for people with autism.

Marlene J. Cohen is the Director of Adult and Transitional Services at the Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center and a part-time lecturer for the Graduate School of Education, both located at Rutgers University.

Peter Gerhardt is Director of the Upper School of the McCarton School in New York City and serves as Chairman of the Scientific Council for the Organization for Autism Research, Arlington, VA.