2nd Edition

Accessing the Curriculum for Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorders Using the TEACCH programme to help inclusion

By Gary Mesibov, Marie Howley, Signe Naftel Copyright 2016
168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

This brand new edition of Accessing the Curriculum for Learners with Autistic Spectrum Disorders will provide educators with the principles and practices of Structured Teaching and how to apply these to enable learners to access the curriculum, whatever that curriculum may be. This unique resource is intended to be essential reading for schools and settings who are keen to implement... Read more

Preface  1. Overview of the Autism Spectrum  2. Structured Teaching as a foundation for educational programmes  3. Challenges to curriculum access for learners with autism spectrum disorders  4. Physical structure: making sense out of the classroom 5. Visual schedules: what’s going on?  6. Work systems: getting organised  7. Visual information: adding meaning  8. Tying it all together  9. Increasing Curriculum Access by Blending Structured Teaching with other Strategies  Bibliography  Index

Biography

Gary Mesibov is a distinguished psychologist and professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina and is former director of Division TEACCH. Professor Mesibov continues to lecture, train, teach and mentor worldwide.

Marie Howley is a senior lecturer in SEN and Inclusion (Autism) in the School of Education at the University of Northampton and has experience as a TEACCH trainer in the UK and North Carolina