Customer Reviews

Making Visual Supports Work in the Home and Community: Strategies for Individuals with Autism and Asperger Syndrome

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This is a small (33 page) ring bound book. It briefly touches on a number of circumstances (common one for children)that might benefit from visual communication offerings. The latter can be diagrams, drawings, or pictures that help the child manage their daily schedule. The idea is that the visual 'artwork' represents the rules for a particular set of circumstances. A wide variety of formats are mentioned and there are abundant pictures which may stir and inspire parents. For most readers that will be enough to justify purchasing the book.

My main reservations about the book are that the outlined methodology is so broad as to make it impossible to separate effective from less effective representational modes. The test-retest reliability question, hanging over all these type of intervention programmes, is never addressed. For instance the authors never explore the results of the use of the Picture Exchange Communication System. On a related point, the authors don't connect their strategies with general speech and language therapy approaches. These are moot points but ones that have to be acknowledged as autism intervention programmes try to formalise their methodologies.

This book is fabulous. It is written for parents and teachers who have little time to read, but who need visual supports for their children. The ideas are practical and easy to implement. In addition, it is priced right!

This wonderful book is jam-packed with ideas. It complements the video on visuals by Jennifer Savner. Together (or separately) they are winners!

I enjoyed the book a quick read with many simple easy ideas. I also
used www.joeschedule.com to create a lot of the visual strategies the author suggests. I recommend the book and http://www.joeschedule.com
FM,

This is a parent-friendly book showing lots of easy-to-make and use visual supports. Includes many photos showing examples. Useful for children with autism spectrum disorders and any child with special needs, developmental disability.

This video shows how visuals can work with children. I learned more in 20 minutes watching this video than I did in trying reading a thick book!

Great book! Easy to use. My kids love it.

my grandchildren love the book. They can't wait to come and visit.