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ISBN: 9780471958888 - Understanding and Teaching Children with Autism
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Understanding and Teaching Children with Autism

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Rita Jordan, Stuart Powell

ISBN: 9780471958888
Format: Hardback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd


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This volume offers practical guidance based on the premise that effective teaching must be rooted in understanding the condition of autism. The book relates current research findings to the needs of both parents and professionals. Emphasis is placed on the roles played by emotion and cognition.

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Relates current research findings to the practical context of home and school. Contains useful guidelines based on the premise that effective teaching must be rooted in understanding. Deals with the fundamental triad of impairments in autism--social development, language and communication, thought and behaviour. Analyzes the manner in which these difficulties manifest themselves in the development of the child. Emphasizes the roles played by emotion and cognition in autism and the ways they affect teaching and learning.
 
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