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The autism spectrum and further education [electronic resource]

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Breakey provides practical advice on teaching young adults successfully, emphasising the development of resources and skills for use specifically in FE colleges. She offers strategies for communicating effectively, helping students to manage transition, and understanding and minimising the causes of ASC behaviours.

Title The autism spectrum and further education [electronic resource] : a guide to good practice / Christine Breakey.
Publisher Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Creation Date 2006
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Cover
The Autism Spectrumand Further Education:A Guide to Good Practice
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1.Breaking Down Barriers
2.Which Approach? Ideology,Theory and Practice
3.Developing an InclusiveSpecialist Team
4.Maintaining an EffectiveSpecialist Team
5.Staff Training
6.'Autistic Thinking' and the Needfor Adjustments
7.The 'Hidden Curriculum'
8.Individual Accounts
References
Index
Extent 1 online resource (210 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010709637605171
MARC RECORDS
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