This book is absolutely essential for anyone planning to educate a child with autism.

Educating Children with Autism provides a comprehensive examination of current scientific knowledge underlying educational practices, programs, and strategies. It presents valuable information for parents, administrators, advocates, researchers, and policy makers. This book is packed with specific recommendations that are essential reading for anyone trying to provide effective state-of-the-art programming for these students.

Children with autism present educators with difficult challenges. Educating Children with Autism addresses the fundamental issues for providing quality programming. It outlines an interdisciplinary approach to education. The book explores what makes education effective for the child with autism and identifies specific characteristics of programs that work.

Information includes:
1) How specific diagnoses should affect educational assessment and planning
2) Features of effective instructional programs and teaching strategies
3) How to better prepare teachers, school staffs, professionals, and parents to educate children with autism
4) How to support families of children with autism

This book does not 'sell' any particular intervention. Rather, it is geared toward thoroughly investigating options, choices and consequences associated with interventions.

This book is a "must have" resource for anyone interested in quality education for students with autism spectrum disorders.

Educating Children with Autism. . . $39.95