Building Communication and Independence for Children Across the Autism Spectrum: Strategies to Address Minimal Language, Echolalia and Behavior
Expert author Elizabeth Ives Field combines over four decades of working in the autism field to provide functional, in-depth teaching strategies for children on the spectrum who struggle with communication. Incorporating descriptions of composite children at different developmental stages, this book sets out individual goals and therapy approaches for children who may have no speech, moderately functional speech or echolalia, as well as for highly verbal individuals who may not always use appropriate language.

Covering a wide range of interventions that address communication and the related areas of independence and social behavior, the purpose of each goal is to make progress toward the child's maximum potential. This book sets out skills that are developmentally appropriate and that will be immediately useful to help children express themselves more effectively and build relationships with others.

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Building Communication and Independence for Children Across the Autism Spectrum: Strategies to Address Minimal Language, Echolalia and Behavior
Expert author Elizabeth Ives Field combines over four decades of working in the autism field to provide functional, in-depth teaching strategies for children on the spectrum who struggle with communication. Incorporating descriptions of composite children at different developmental stages, this book sets out individual goals and therapy approaches for children who may have no speech, moderately functional speech or echolalia, as well as for highly verbal individuals who may not always use appropriate language.

Covering a wide range of interventions that address communication and the related areas of independence and social behavior, the purpose of each goal is to make progress toward the child's maximum potential. This book sets out skills that are developmentally appropriate and that will be immediately useful to help children express themselves more effectively and build relationships with others.

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Building Communication and Independence for Children Across the Autism Spectrum: Strategies to Address Minimal Language, Echolalia and Behavior

Building Communication and Independence for Children Across the Autism Spectrum: Strategies to Address Minimal Language, Echolalia and Behavior

by Elizabeth Field
Building Communication and Independence for Children Across the Autism Spectrum: Strategies to Address Minimal Language, Echolalia and Behavior

Building Communication and Independence for Children Across the Autism Spectrum: Strategies to Address Minimal Language, Echolalia and Behavior

by Elizabeth Field

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Overview

Expert author Elizabeth Ives Field combines over four decades of working in the autism field to provide functional, in-depth teaching strategies for children on the spectrum who struggle with communication. Incorporating descriptions of composite children at different developmental stages, this book sets out individual goals and therapy approaches for children who may have no speech, moderately functional speech or echolalia, as well as for highly verbal individuals who may not always use appropriate language.

Covering a wide range of interventions that address communication and the related areas of independence and social behavior, the purpose of each goal is to make progress toward the child's maximum potential. This book sets out skills that are developmentally appropriate and that will be immediately useful to help children express themselves more effectively and build relationships with others.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781787755468
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date: 11/19/2020
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 5.91(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Elizabeth Ives Field is a speech/language pathologist with over 40 years of experience providing therapy and consultation for children, families and school teams impacted by autism spectrum disorder. She has worked in schools, community agencies, family homes, a state institution, a university and private practice with a focus on improving communication, social behavior and independence. Many of her clients have had additional complications of blindness, vision impairment or intellectual disability.

Table of Contents

Some Notes 9

Introduction 11

Chapter 1 The People in this Book 17

Part I Pre-Symbolic Communication and Emerging Speech

Chapter 2 Communicating Without Speech: Rebecca 28

Chapter 3 Early Language Comprehension and Expression: Arnie and Darius 39

Chapter 4 Pre-Symbolic Communication and Emerging Speech: Expanded 55

Part II Atypical Language

Chapter 5 Echolalia: Lucas 72

Chapter 6 Echolalia or Not: Seth and Terek 93

Chapter 7 Atypical Language: Expanded 115

Part III Advanced Language with Gaps

Chapter 8 Early Gaps: Mia 138

Chapter 9 Still Some Gaps: Grady and Evan 152

Chapter 10 Advanced Language with Gaps: Expanded 176

Chapter 11 Progress Across the Spectrum 191

References 204

Index 206

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