Visual Strategies For Improving Communication

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Details: NEW 3rd Edition

Price : $39.95

NEW 3rd EDITION
Autistic students and many others who have communication challenges benefit greatly from using visual strategies to help them understand communication better, focus their attention, organize their thinking and many other skills to help them gain success in their communication world.

Visual strategies provide practical support to help students with autism or related communication challenges gain communication success. It does not matter if students have verbal language. Visual supports help them understand better and manage their communication attempts with greater success.

This book is packed with examples of visual supports to enhance communication interactions for students with autism. Visual strategies can help students at school, at home and out in the community.

This is a "how-to" book, designed to assist teachers, Speech-Language Pathologists, parents and other communication partners in creating solutions to student communication and self-management challenges.

Visual Strategies for Improving Communication is full of sample visual tools that capitalize on the visual strengths and learning style of these students.

Visual strategies are easy to use but they can make a significant difference in how students are able to manage their life routines.

The book, Visual Strategies for Improving Communication, is considered an essential in the autism community. It's a "classic" and a "must have" for your autism library.

This Revised & Updated 3rd edition of this bestseller is the most comprehensive book to explain the use of visual strategies to improve communication for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders, other neurodivergent students or those with many diagnoses who experience moderate to severe communication challenges.

It's full of easy to use techniques and strategies that will help these students participate more effectively in social interactions and life routines.

This update includes additions in major areas that have evolved since the original version was published.

First, we have even more research that confirms the specific learning challenges common to students with ASD and how visual supports provide benefit for those students.

Second, we continue to discover even more ways to use visual tools and supports to help students become successful. This volume will help the reader discover even more possibilities for implementing visual strategies.

In this edition you’ll find some updated resources including technology, video and picture options.

Who is this book for?

Teachers, Speech-Language Pathologists, parents and other people who work and live with students with Autism Spectrum Disorders or related communication challenges. The strategies in this book have application for students with a variety of special learning needs.

Which students benefit from using visuals supports? Most students can benefit from visuals, including :

Autism

ADHD

Behavior Disorders

Learning Disabilities

Hearing Impairment

Lanaguage Disorders

Bilingual

Down Syndrome

Mental Impairment

Reviews:

“. . an excellent resource. . .it has been exactly what we needed . . . the specific examples assisted us to develop some very creative systems that have been highly effective for many of our students. The information and specifics can be used by a beginner or a more experienced service provider. . . .This is a resource that should be on every Speech-Language Pathologist’s shelf.”
ASHA Leader

“. . .Students with autism or similar problems . . . .may learn differently from other people, and a much overlooked means of communicating to these students is through a highly visual system. . .Visual Strategies for Improving Communication takes over where other education books leave off, by explaining in detail the importance of visual communication for people with learning, sensory, and processing difficulties. . . .This is a book that was needed yesterday, and is a must have for anyone who works with people who have learning and developmental disabilities. . . . .”
Horizons

“Visual Strategies for Improving Communication is an essential resource. It is unique in its clarity, practicality and creativity. As a researcher and clinician who has focused on understanding the unique learning and communication styles of students with autism, I enthusiastically recommend this book to professionals and parents at every opportunity. Through this volume, Linda Hodgdon has made a significant difference for children and their families.”
Barry M. Prizant, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Author: Uniquely Human

“Firmly grounded in theory and research, Hodgdon’s book is unique in the sheer volume of intervention strategies, examples and illustrations it contains. It is well organized, easy to follow, and reader friendly. . . This book is a ‘must have’. . .”
Kathleen S. Pistono, Ph.D., Speech & Language Consultant