Spring is here!

[Sandy Stevens]

According to the calendar, it's spring, but here in Vermont we know it's really mud season. Even though the winter wasn't real hard, I'm struck with "cabin fever". I can't wait to get my garden ready to plant. And we sure will be glad when we no longer have to get the hats, snowpants, boots,mittens, ect. on all the kids before we go out. Seems like it takes longer to get ready to go out than the actual play time. At least today was Friday and an in service day for us. We spent the morning catching up on paper work, assesment forms and all that good stuff. This afternoon I went to a workshop given by Dr. Teresa Bolick and called "Play as an Essential Tool for Enhancing Communication and Social/Emotoinal Competence". It was really informative. She gave us a list of references that she felt were especially helpful for those who love and work with children with autism spectrum disorders. If anyone is interested I would be more than glad to pass them on. The best part of the workshop was that I ran into someone who had done some work for us last summer. She is just finishing her student teaching and will be looking for a job working with young children in the fall. Just this morning I had learned that one of our teachers was going to be leaving in June. Miracles do happen!
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[MaryL]

Did that include info on Asperger's ? (Form of Autism)

[Sandy Stevens]

Mary,
Yes. Some of the resources she gave us are:
Andron, L. Our Journey through High Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome: A Roadmap.
Attwood, T. Asperger's Syndrome: A guide for parents and professonals.
Bolick, T. Asperger Syndrome and adolescence:Helping Teens and Preteens get ready for the real world.
Cumine, V., Leach, J., & Stevenson, G. Asperger Syndrome: A practical Guide for Teachers.
Cohen, D.J.& Volkmar, F.R. Handbook of Autism and peervasive developmental disorders
Duke, M.P. Teaching your child the social success.
Faheerty, C. Asperger's --What does it mean to me?
McAfee, J. Navigating the Social World: A curriculum for individuals with Asperger's Syndrome, High Functioning Autism, and related disorders.
Hope this helps. Sandy

[Marla]

I would love to get some of the information/resources that you recieved....many of the children that I work with have Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Thanks Sandy,
just4jaz@hotmail.com

[Sandy Stevens]

In addition to the resources I already gave you, here are some more that may help.
Chassman, M. One- on- one
Dawson, G. & Osterling, J. Early Intervention in Autism. In M.J. Guralnick, The Effectivness of Early Interrvention.
Dunlap, G. & Fox, L. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions
Fox, L., Dunlap, G., & Philbrick, L. A. Journal of Early Intervention
Greenspan, S.I. The Challenging Child
Greenspan, S.I. & Wieder, S. The Child with Special Needs.
Hodgdon, L.A. Solving Behavior Problems in Autism
Howlin, P., Baron-Cohen, S., & Hadwin, J. Teaching Children with Autisn to mind read: A Practical Guide
Koegel, R. L., & Koegel, L. K. Teqching Children with Autism
Leaf, R., & McEachin, J. A work in progress
Quill, K.A. Do watch, listen say: Social and Communication intervention for children with Autism.
Quill, K.A. Teaching Children with Autism.
Wetherby, A.M., & Prizant, B.M. Autism Spectrum Disorders
Wolfberg, P.J. Play and imagination in children with autism.