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Understanding how Asperger children and adolescents think and learn [electronic resource]

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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 understanding and create a supportive learning environment.

Title Understanding how Asperger children and adolescents think and learn [electronic resource] : creating manageable environments for AS students / Paula Jacobsen.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher London : Jessica Kingsley
Creation Date 2005
Notes Includes index.
English
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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
Extent 1 online resource (122 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010707897705171
MARC RECORDS
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