Teaching Children with Autism: Strategies to Enhance Communication and Socialization (Health & Life Science) [Paperback]

Kathleen Ann Quill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 8, 1995 | ISBN-10: 0827362692 | ISBN-13: 978-0827362697 | Edition: 1

This text describes teaching strategies and instructional adaptations which promote communication and socialization in children with autism. It offers specific strategies that capitalize on the individual strengths and learning styles of the autistic child.

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About the Author

Kathleen Ann Quill, Ed.D, is the author of numerous articles on autism and language development.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 1 edition (June 8, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0827362692
• ISBN-13: 978-0827362697
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #342,530 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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64 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous book for anyone working with children with autism, March 13, 1999

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This review is from: Teaching Children with Autism: Strategies to Enhance Communication and Socialization (Health & Life Science) (Paperback)

This book is a wonderful resource for learning how to approach children with autism. It is very easy to read and deals with a variety of different methods that can be used to deal with just about any level on the autistic spectrum. As a speech therapist working with variety of children with autism, I continually return to this resource to help plan my assessments and intervention. It is an excellent resource that addresses communication, play, pragmatics, parent desires, and self-control at a variety of levels. The chapters that deal with specific areas, such as enhancing social communicative interactions, often provide you with the necessary paperwork for assessment and/or intervention in the appendix. This is a must buy book! I would highly recommend this book to anyone working with children with autism.

55 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most useful book if you are working with a child with Autism, August 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Teaching Children with Autism: Strategies to Enhance Communication and Socialization (Health & Life Science) (Paperback)

This is the best book to own if you are working with a child with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder(ASD). It is amazing how much the editors fit into this little book. The overall philosophy of the book is towards an eclectic approach to ASD. It presents many different ideas from different people, all of which could be added to a program, method, approach for a particular child. If you are dogmatic about one method, this is not the book for you. The book starts out with several chapters looking into what we know about autism, a Temple Grandin chapter on what it is like to have autism and a Charles Hart chapter on what parents want (required reading for educators!). Then there are chapters on enhancing communication in nonverbal children, echolalic, and verbal children. These chapter are by Prizant, Rydell, Twachtman . Then there are a bunch of chapters on strategies for social stuff. Carol Gray wrote one chapter on social stories. This book is readable, full of ideas. I hope the authors plan to keep the book fresh with a new edition in a few years. As a parent of a child with ASD, I own two copies, and lend out the second to others who work with my son.

49 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy to implement methods for enhancing play skills, February 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Teaching Children with Autism: Strategies to Enhance Communication and Socialization (Health & Life Science) (Paperback)

There are so many books on autism and not all are applicable to our family's situation. I tend to read a library copy before purchasing. When it came time to return this book, I decided that this was one for our personal library. It's easy to read and I will refer to it over and over. Methods are easy to understand and implement. As a parent of an autistic child, it's one of the few books I've felt that will be invaluable.