Teaching at Home

A New Approach to Tutoring Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome

Olga Holland

Paperback: £13.99 / $24.95

2005, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 128pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-787-3, BIC 2: JNS JMC VFJD VFX

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Introduction. Prologue. PART I: The Journey to the Aristotle School. 1. Billy grows up. 2. Face to face with autism. 3. Making the decision. 4. The deal with the district. 5. Setting up a school at home. 6. Homework. PART II: Adjusting to a Non-Typical World. 7. In the debris of two minds. 8. Where are you, Billy? 9. Are you with me? 10. Minding the "D" words. 11. Eye language. 12. Body language. 13. Attention! PART III: A Teacher's Strategies. 14. Connecting the world. 15. On acquiring knowledge. 16. Remember? 17. The five-senses approach. 18. English as a step-language. 19. Every person has a story. PART IV: Afterthoughts and Milestones. 20. In search of humor. 21. Why Aristotle? 22. Milestones. Epilogue.

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Author information

• Olga Holland

Subject areas

• Education
• Parenting
• Asperger Syndrome, Autism and other Syndromes

Keywords

• ADD,
• ADHD,
• Asperger syndrome,
• autism,
• challenging behaviour,
• children,
• education,
• families,
• gifted and talented,
• giftedness,
• high functioning autism,
• homeschooling,
• parenting,
• special education

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