Title Solving executive function challenges : simple ways to get kids with autism unstuck and on target / by Lauren Kenworthy, Ph. D., Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., Laura Gutermuth Anthony, Ph. D., Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., Katie C. Alexander, M.S., OTR, the Ivymount School, Rockville, Maryland, Monica Adler Werner, M.A., the Ivymount School, Rockville, Maryland, Lynn M. Cannon, M. Ed., the Ivymount School, Rockville, Maryland and Lisa Greenman, J.D

Published Baltimore, Maryland : Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., [2014] ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 165 pages) : illustrations Contents Cover; Book Title; Contents; About the Reproducible Materials; About the Authors; Foreword; References; Acknowledgments; Introduction and How to Use This Manual; For Whom Is This Book Written?; How to Use This Manual; Making Unstuck and on Target! a Way of Life; What Is Executive Function, How Is It Impaired in Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Two Ways to Help; What Is Executive Function?; How Is Executive Function Impaired in Autism Spectrum Disorder?; Two Ways to Help: Change the Environment and Teach New Skills; Chapter 2: Overview of the Unstuck and on Target! Intervention Three Executive Function SkillsHow Do You Make It Happen? Four Teaching Methods; Chapter 3: Unstuck: Teaching a Child to Be Flexible; What Is Cognitive Flexibility, and Why Is Being Flexible Important?; What Are the Key Words and Scripts or Phrases?; Teach by Doing: How to Model Being Flexible/Unstuck; How to Make It Fun; Key Visual and Technological Supports; Chapter 4: On Target: Planning to Achieve Your Goals; What Are Goal Setting and Planning, and Why Are They Important?; What Are the Key Words and Scripts or Phrases?; Teach by Doing: How to Model Goal, Plan, Do, Check How to Make It FunKey Visual and Technological Supports; Chapter 5: Target Goal; What Is a Target Goal, and Why Is It Important?; What Are the Key Words and Scripts or Phrases?; Teach by Doing: How to Model Staying on Target; How to Make It Fun; Key Visual and Technological Supports; Chapter 6: Troubleshooting: Changing the Environment to Solve Everyday Problems; Why Keep It Positive?; How to Keep It Positive; Why Avoid Overload?; How to Avoid Overload; Why Break Things Down (When This Child Is So Smart)?; How to Break Things Down and Help a Child Build up to Mastering New Skills Why Talk Less, Write More (When This Child Has a Bigger Vocabulary than I Do)?How to Talk Less, Write More; Why Should I Take Care of Myself (When It's My Child Who Is Having Difficulty)?; How to Take Care of Yourself; Why Have Coping Strategies Ready?; How to Have Coping Strategies Ready; Why Think "Can't, Not Won't"?; How to Think "Can't, Not Won't"; Why Make Technology My Ally?; How to Make Technology Your Ally; Endnotes; Appendix A: Sample Goal, Plan, Do, Checks; Appendix B:; General Best Practice Principles When Writing Executive Function Individualized Education Program Goals Sample GoalsSample Accommodations for Sam; Index; Unstuck & On Target!: Introduction Summary "An extension of Brookes's 2011 school curriculum Unstuck and On Target! An Executive Function Curriculum to Improve Flexibility for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Research Edition. Helps children with autism spectrum disorder understand and improve flexibility by hearing the same vocabulary and encountering the same expectations at home and school"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-130) and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (ebrary platform, viewed September 24, 2014) Subject Autism in children -- Treatment Autism in children -- Rehabilitation Autistic Disorder -- therapy FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Children with Special Needs. MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics. Autism in children -- Treatment Form Electronic book Author Anthony, Laura Gutermuth, author Alexander, Katie C., author Werner, Monica Adler, author Cannon, Lynn (Lynn M.), author. Greenman, Lisa, author LC no. 2013051096 ISBN 9781598578515 1598578510 9781598578508 1598578502

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