This book provides practical strategies for teaching key mathematics concepts to children with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental delays. The authors explain how to incorporate a child's special interest into learning in order to help them engage fully with new concepts, and how to incorporate mathematics into daily living skills.
Practical Strategies and Worksheets for Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Focusing on practical integration strategies, this resource provides teachers and TAs with photocopiable worksheets, creative ideas, and comprehensive notes. It specifically addresses methods for assisting children with autism spectrum disorder in enhancing their social skills, literacy, numeracy, play, and overall behavior, ensuring a supportive learning environment for all students.
This book offers a six-step approach to developing a programme to help children cope with sensory input they find overwhelming, and to identify activities they find relaxing or rewarding. Larkey gives over 30 activities using touch, sound, taste, vision and movement, and gives advice on how to use them to improve children's communication skills.