Stepping Out: Using Games and Activities to Help Your Child with Special Needs [Paperback]

Sarah Newman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 5, 2009

Parents and carers of children with conditions such as autism, Down's Syndrome or other forms of developmental delay can do much to help encourage their child's development. Stepping Out provides parents and carers with practical advice, and fun games and activities to improve a child's skills in the six areas of development: cognitive; physical; sensory; language; social and emotional. The book also outlines the stages of child development so parents can place their child's progress in context. This book is particularly suitable for primary school children, exploring the standard stages of development in children aged 3 to 11. Sarah Newman tackles many general problems, such as sleep, behaviour and toilet training, which may be encountered by parents of children with any form of disability - physical, learning or sensory. Drawing on her own experience, the author offers advice for parents on coping with the stress of caring for a child with special needs and discusses issues associated with education. This illustrated book offers a wealth of information and imaginative ideas, with a comprehensive resources section.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'This fun title from publishers JKP shows parents and carers of children with conditions such as autism, Down's Syndrome or other forms of developmental delay, that they can do much to help encourage their child's development. Sarah Newman tackles many general problems, such as sleep, behaviour and toilet training, which may be encountered by parents of children with any form of disability - physical, learning or sensory.'-Eden Carers

About the Author

After a degree in History at Oxford University, Sarah Newman worked for ten years as an administrator and fund-raiser in higher education. Her first child was diagnosed as developmentally delayed at the age of one, and as autistic at three. She has two other children and lives in the New Forest, UK. She is the author of Small Steps Forward, winner of the British Medical Association's Popular Medicine Book of the Year 2000, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley; 1 edition (March 5, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1843101106
• ISBN-13: 978-1843101109
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,289,681 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for all children, but especially the learning disabled, April 12, 2005

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Kala'smom (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stepping Out: Using Games and Activities to Help Your Child with Special Needs (Paperback)

This book does a very good job of explaining the different sensory systems, how they apply to learning for all children and how that differs for the disabilitis, and then how to create games and fun activities to facilitate learning/develop the skills learned through those senses. The suggestions are more directed toward autism but they are general enough to apply to all mental disabilities and normally progressing children. My only complaints are that it doesn't apply as well to children under 3 and it doesn't have as much information on speech development techniques as I was hoping for. I highly recommend it for all parents. (P.S. It is written in England English)