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Author Guldberg, Karen

Title Developing Excellence in Autism Practice Making a Difference in Education
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (247 p.)
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Key question -- Introduction -- The key questions this book addresses -- Summary -- Recommended reading -- Part I Current evidence and knowledge from different domains in autism studies -- 2 The bio-psycho-social-insider model -- Key question -- Introduction -- Models of disability -- The bio-psycho-social model -- Summary -- Recommended reading -- 3 Contributions from biology and the medical domain -- Key questions -- Introduction -- Diagnostic criteria
Social communication difficulties -- A different way of processing the world -- Sensory processing -- The diagnostic process -- Broader health issues in autism -- Co-morbidities -- Sleep -- Diet -- Intellectual disability and autism -- Mental health issues -- Inter-professionalism -- The strengths and positive aspects of autism -- Summary -- Recommended reading -- 4 Contributions from psychology -- Key question -- Introduction -- Inter-subjectivity theories -- Developmental psychology and psychosocial interventions -- Psychosocial interventions -- Behavioural psychology
Psychosocial interventions and practical approaches -- Core components of effective interventions -- Summary -- Recommended reading -- 5 Learning from autistic perspectives -- Key question -- Introduction -- The neurodiversity movement -- Criticism of the neurodiversity movement -- Implications for education -- Summary -- Recommended reading -- 6 Contributions from the social sciences -- Key question -- Introduction -- The macrosystem -- Policy shifts -- Public awareness, attitudes and culture -- Prevalence -- Exclusion -- Gender -- Cultural and linguistic diversity -- Intersectionality
The microsystem: the family, peers and school experiences -- Summary -- Recommended reading -- 7 Evidence-informed practice -- Key questions -- Introduction -- The evidence base from research studies -- The research-practice gap -- Bridging the gap -- From Evidence-Based to Evidence-Informed Practice -- The need for new methodologies -- A case study of practitioner-based research: the Early Years Autism Project -- Summary -- Recommended reading -- Part II Inclusive practice and distinctive pedagogies for autistic pupils -- 8 Inclusion and inclusive pedagogy -- Key questions
Inclusive education: more than a locational issue -- What does inclusion mean in practice? -- Pedagogy -- Dimensions of pedagogy -- Summary -- Recommended reading -- 9 Inclusive pedagogy for autistic children and young people -- Key questions -- Introduction -- Teaching as interconnection between curriculum (what), pedagogy (how) and rationale (why) -- Current guidelines in autism education -- The distinctive group differences of autistic children -- Implications for the curriculum -- Methods -- Summary -- Recommended reading -- 10 Eight principles of good autism practice in education
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Key question
Subject Autistic children -- Education.
Autism spectrum disorders in children.
Inclusive education.
Teachers of children with disabilities.
Classroom environment.
Mainstreaming in education.
Autism spectrum disorders in children
Autistic children -- Education
Classroom environment
Inclusive education
Mainstreaming in education
Teachers of children with disabilities
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1000070360
9781000070361