Understanding how Asperger children and adolescents think and learn creating manageable environments for AS students

Jacobsen provides an inside view of how AS pupils perceive and understand what goes on in the classroom, and how they are perceived by fellow pupils and teachers. She adopts a pragmatic approach to improving communication in the classroom and offers practical strategies to increase mutual understand...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jacobsen, Paula (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Jessica Kingsley 2005.
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798056206719
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Understanding How Asperger Children and Adolescents Think and Learn:Creating Manageable Environments for AS Students; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; Part One:Understanding AspergerThinking and Communication; 1.Introduction to ConsideringAsperger Perspectives; 2.Learning Who the Child Is; 3.The Asperger Mind; 4.Learning the Child's Perspective; 5.Pragmatic Communicationand the Asperger Mind; Part 2:Addressing and Supporting Lifeand Learning During theSchool Years; 6.An Introduction to Addressing Specific Issues; 7.Behavior; 8.Academics, Schoolwork,and the Asperger Mind
  • 9.The Education Team10.Lessons Learned from and withAsperger Children; 11.Afterword: What Lies Ahead; APPENDIX 1: INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR AN AS CHILD: dISCOVERING THE CHILD'S PERSPECTIVE; APPENDIX 2: EDUCATING PEERS ABOUT AN ASPERGER CHILD; APPENDIX 3: AN OBSERVATION AT A SPECIALIZED SCHOOL FOR ASPERGER STUDENTS; REFERENCES; INDEX