How to Make School Make Sense

A Parents' Guide to Helping the Child with Asperger Syndrome

Clare Lawrence
Foreword by Tony Attwood

Paperback: £12.99 / $20.95

2008, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 128pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-664-7, BIC 2: JM JMC VFJD

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Every child's education relies on a partnership between parents, professionals and, of course, the child. This book gives parents of children with Asperger syndrome (AS) practical advice on how to make the most of this important partnership and work with schools to ensure their child's needs are being met.

The book explores how parents can prepare their child for school life and how they can work with teachers to improve the classroom environment, as well as the school environment as a whole, for their child and consequently for the benefit of all pupils. Strategies include peer education, the use of visual cues and rules and effective communication between parents, teachers and support staff.

This clear, accessible book will be an invaluable guide for parents of children with AS and will also be of interest to the teachers and educational professionals who work with them.

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Clare Lawrence on Transition, Teaching and Technology

15 January 2010

"One of the great things about current times is that communication is so much easier, if we just use it. [...] A teacher can email a homework assignment home, or send early warning that there will be a different teacher taking a class the next day. AS may involve a communication difficulty, but the technology is there now to help overcome it."

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Author information

• Clare Lawrence

Subject areas

• Asperger Syndrome, Autism and other Syndromes

Keywords

• Asperger syndrome,
• children,
• inclusive classroom,
• parenting,
• special education

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