The author offers eight guiding principles that can be used to advance an inclusive pedagogy. These principles permit teachers to both acknowledge and draw from the conditions within which they work, even as they uphold their commitments to equitable schooling for students from historically marginalized groups, particularly students with disabilities.

With the SCERTSr Easy-Score CD-ROM, the system you already trust gives you faster, more accurate results so you have more time to spend helping children with autism spectrum disorders. You'll get Automated scoring and summary calculation. Save up to 30 minutes per assessment with fast automated scoring for all the SCERTS Assessment Process (SAP)-Observation forms and SAP Summary forms for all 3 communication stages, plus automated tabulation of the SCERTS Profile summary and Social-Emotional Growth Indicators. The forms also help you avoid errors with automatic data population, see and track progress over time, and easily export assessment scores into spreadsheets. Printable forms. No more photocopying Now you'll have easy-to-print PDFs* of the SCERTSr forms, including the SAP-REPORT Form, SAP-Observation and Summary Forms, SAP Activity Planning Form, and all the worksheets for all 3 communication stages. Forms are now clustered by communication stage, so you can print forms for an entire communication stage all at once, in the right order. Side-by-side view of up to four assessments for a child, so you can easily track a child's progress over time. A new Spanish translation of the SAP Report, to help you collect accurate information from Spanish-speaking families and/or teachers. With this convenient, time-saving CD-ROM, you'll make the most of your SCERTSr system and ensure better outcomes for children with autism.

This series of wordless picture books aims to help children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) to develop their expressive sentence and narrative skills, through learning to tell each story. There are 10 stories that will be separated into two levels, geared towards advancing the child from simple to intermediate and complex sentences. The stories are written in the style of a film scroll and contain familiar events to ensure the story is understandable. The general formula of each story will be a disruption (often humorous) in familiar routines followed by resolutions. The accompanying guide will have strategies on how to teach and progress the child through each level and stage, and will have an additional skills section. Although this resource is primarily for SLCN, they could also be used for early years and reception.

As awareness and diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome (AS) increases across the globe, it is essential that every teacher in every classroom has a familiarity with the condition and understands how best to support AS students at their school. This fully revised and expanded second edition is the ideal resource to point teachers in the right direction. Concise and instantly accessible, this book gives a clear summary of up-to-date information on Asperger Syndrome, describing the common characteristics to look out for, and offering simple strategies for adapting to the educational needs of students with AS. Packed with useful tips and practical advice, this guide answers key questions such as 'Am I qualified to teach this child?' and 'How can I help the pupil with AS to learn?' New material includes information for teaching older children and adolescents with AS, tips on what to do when problems arise, as well as suggestions for a whole-school approach to helping students with AS. This book is the perfect go-to guide for teachers, teaching assistants and those in school management who want to know more about Asperger Syndrome in the mainstream inclusive classroom.

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) often demonstrate significant deficiencies in social interaction and social communication skills, so it is critical to understand and develop interventions which directly address these needs. This book explores the core areas of ASD development and related deficits, and introduces a practical program to assess and remediate these social competency issues. This book addresses the primary issues of social development in children with ASD by emphasizing the underlying theoretical and pragmatic considerations. Dr. Cotugno employs concepts and theories of group therapy and cognitive-development and integrates them with skill-based instructional approaches to develop the comprehensive Social Competence Enhancement Program (SCEP). This peer-based, group-focused program is explained in detail, including a step-by-step guide to its implementation and a full range of tasks and activities that can be used by practitioners at each stage of the process. This book will be a valuable resource for teachers, clinicians and all other professionals working with children with ASD who are interested in using group interventions as a means to improve social competency and treat social skills deficits.