Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are complex. The numbers of children with these conditions seem to be increasing and staff in early years settings are being faced with the difficulties of helping these children learn and develop. This book will provide you with a practical understanding to help you achieve this. Although aimed at all those working in early years settings, this will also be helpful to parents of young children with an ASD. Sections include:

• diagnoses;

• understanding ASDs;

• educational goals and specialist approaches;

• working with parents;

• building communication;

• developing social understanding and enabling play;

• managing behaviour.

The main areas of concern are addressed in a clear and readable style, always with a practical focus, and short examples, on what needs to be done and the principles to guide your practice.

Word problems are perhaps one of the least popular aspects of primary mathematics that children encounter. Often children can do the calculations – the mechanical aspect – but put the problem into a written context and you will frequently hear, ‘Is it an add or a take away?'

This book takes a structured and varied approach to teaching the skills of solving word problems. The earlier part of the book uses a pictorial approach and often involves a practical activity e.g. cutting and pasting the relevant word sentences to match the word problem. Later pages are intended for older children and extend the introduction of simple writing frames. This book, packed with activities, can be completed individually or in pairs by children working together. Suitable for Key Stages 1 and 2.

See sample pages.

The Accelerating Babies' Communication (ABC) programme — a fun way for carers to learn how to introduce baby signing and create the optimum communication environment for infants. The programme runs over four sessions and combines two excellent approaches:

teaching babies British Sign Language (BSL) based on Joseph Garcia's Sign with your Baby programme; and
teaching strategies from Tania Allen's Time to Talk, preverbal communication programme.

The ABC programme can be used with parents interested in teaching their babies to sign, as a preventative tool where infants may be at risk of language delay or as a remedial tool where infants are already displaying a delay in their communication.

The pack contains all you need to run the ABC programme and includes:
four session plans;
presenter's guidelines for each session;
attractive, colour transparencies (OHTs);
ready-prepared handouts for copying;
tips to help you make the programme a success;
 

Also available is Joseph Garcia's new Complete Guide to Baby Signing (see below). This includes a comprehensive book and DVD dictionary with live-action video clips. Unlike the previous version, this has been written especially for British readers, using British Sign Language throughout.

Babies have control over their hands long before they develop the fine motor skills required for speech. By teaching their infants to sign, starting as early as eight months, more and more parents, grandparents and carers are recognising the benefits of this early communication.

This book provides detailed instruction and a wealth of illustrations to show you how and when to use the various signs. There is also a DVD dictionary with live-action video clips to make it even easier.

Written especially for British readers, it uses British Sign Language (BSL) throughout.