Autism Books

New and Published Books

1. Educating Children and Young People with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

   Constructing Personalised Pathways to Learning

   By Carolyn Blackburn, Barry Carpenter, Jo Egerton

   The range of learning difficulties associated with children and young people who have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) has been highlighted as an emerging but little understood area of Special Educational Needs. This engaging, timely and highly practical book will raise awareness about FASD...

   Published May 6th 2012 by Routledge
2. Educating Special Children

   An introduction to provision for pupils with disabilities and disorders, 2nd Edition

   By Michael Farrell

   Educating Special Children is the definitive guide to evidence-based practice and professionally informed approaches in provision for special children. Now in its second edition, this book outlines ideas of best practice that relate to various disabilities and disorders and helpfully discusses what...

   Published April 29th 2012 by Routledge
3. Play-Based Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders

   Edited by Loretta Gallo-Lopez, Lawrence C. Rubin

   Play-Based Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders explores the most recognized, researched, and practical methods for using play therapy with the increasing number of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs), and shows clincians how to integrate...

   Published February 2nd 2012 by Routledge
4. The Effective Teacher's Guide to Autism and Communication Difficulties

   Practical strategies, 2nd Edition

   By Michael Farrell

   Series: The Effective Teacher's Guides

   In this welcome second edition of The Effective Teacher’s Guide to Autism and Communication Difficulties, best-selling author Michael Farrell addresses how teachers and others can develop provision for students with autism and students that have difficulties with speech, grammar, meaning, use of...

   Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge
5. Using Playful Practice to Communicate with Special Children

   By Margaret Corke

   Series: David Fulton / Nasen

   Playfulness is important; it creates an alternative space where emotional, cognitive and social dimensions can be explored and tested. This highly practical book explores the endless possibilities of using playful, creative and interactive activities to meaningfully engage with children with...

   Published November 17th 2011 by Routledge
6. Autism and Learning (Classic Edition)

   A guide to good practice

   Edited by Stuart Powell, Rita Jordan

   Series: Routledge Education Classic Edition Series

   Autism is a complex and often puzzling disorder in which pinning down a set of rules surrounding the teaching of children with it is almost impossible to do. Many theories and approaches claim to have the solution to teaching, yet few provide the answers when an autistic child goes against the...

   Published October 20th 2011 by Routledge
7. Nadia Revisited

   A Longitudinal Study of an Autistic Savant

   By Lorna Selfe

   This book re-examines the case of Nadia, discovered as a child aged six, who had been drawing with phenomenal skill and visual realism from the age of three, despite having autism and severe learning difficulties. The original research was published in 1977 and caused great international interest....

   Published June 15th 2011 by Psychology Press
8. What's the Buzz?

   A Social Skills Enrichment Programme for Primary Students

   By Mark Le Messurier, Madhavi Nawana Parker

   Some children, for all manner of reasons, struggle to make friends and fit in socially. What’s the Buzz? is a unique sixteen-lesson social skills enrichment programme designed to explicitly teach children how to think and relate to others in social situations. This lively, highly practical...

   Published March 22nd 2011 by Routledge
9. Effective Programs for Treating Autism Spectrum Disorder

   Applied Behavior Analysis Models

   By Betty Fry Williams, Randy Lee Williams

   Effective Programs for Treating Autism Spectrum Disorder is written for teachers, parents, and the many service providers who work with individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Part one reviews the characteristics of ASD, summarizes major theories and research findings regarding cause(...

   Published July 29th 2010 by Routledge
10. Social Skills for Teenagers with Developmental and Autism Spectrum Disorders

    The PEERS Treatment Manual

    By Elizabeth A. Laugeson, Fred Frankel

    This book is essential reading for any clinician or researcher working with teens with autism spectrum disorders. This parent-assisted intervention for teens is based on a comprehensive, evidence-based, 14-week program at UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, the manualization...

    Published May 19th 2010 by Routledge