Teaching time-management to learners with autism spectrum disorder

Teaching time-management to learners with autism spectrum disorder offers 190 pages of strategies to teach time-management to those on the autism spectrum of any age. The authors, both professors at the East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, point out that teaching time is not the same as teaching time management, and several skills are necessary in combination with each other to successfully manage your time. Time management, the authors say, is a concept that can be taught throughout the lifespan.

The book starts with an overview of time management including its definition and the skills needed to learn and then effectively use the concept. It goes on to describe how time management can be taught throughout the lifespan and covers the different dimensions of time management skills. The fourth chapter specifically highlights some of the characteristics of individuals on the autism spectrum that can be challenges to understanding and learning time management, and the fifth chapter breaks down time management over the span of a day. Low-tech and high-technology strategies are offered as well as thoughts on monitoring progress. The book is full of charts, forms, and case studies, and offers learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter and application activities and discussion questions at the end of each chapter.

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Mobile App Monday - DayCape

"This is an app especially created for supporting children with diagnoses such as autism and other diagnoses. But it’s also a great support for all children with their daily life. Also it’s great support even for adults with need of extra personal assist. It’s based on research, interviews and user testings with families with autistic children, schools that provide special care and other support organizations for autistic children." -iTunes

To learn more about this app, please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1019190323

Dear Diana: Diana's guide to independent living for adolescents and young adults...

Dear Diana: Diana's Guide to Independent Living For Adolescents and Young Adults With Different Learning Styles and Special Needs is a guide for living an independent and meaningful life from a young woman who attended a transitional program in Arizona. It's an outgrowth of a series of emails she sent to relatives and friends about her life and the skills she was learning in the program and was expanded into a helpful collection of advice and support on daily living skills.

Interested? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check it out or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Living independently on the autism spectrum

Living on your own for the first time can be stressful, exciting and nerve-wracking; looking for roommates, interviewing for jobs, managing finances, and creating relationships can all be difficult, especially for someone who's on the autism spectrum. Living independently on the autism spectrum can help. The author draws upon her own experiences to provide the reader with valuable advice on all stages of living independently with autism during the transition to adulthood.

Want to see the book yourself? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check it out from our library or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Been there, done that--try this!: An Aspie's guide to life on earth

In Been there, done that--try this!: An Aspie's guide to life on earth, Temple Grandin, Liane Holliday Willey, Anita Lesko, Stephen M. Shore, and many other Aspie mentors, offer their personal guidance on coping with the daily stressors that Aspies have identified as being the most significant, in order of urgency - anxiety, self-esteem, change, meltdowns, depression, friendship, love, and much, much more. Based on years of personal experience, this book is packed with advice from Aspie mentors who have all been there and done that! -book description

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

The hidden curriculum and other everyday challenges for elementary-age children with high-functioning autism

Looking for simple, no-nonsense advice on how to handle everyday occurrences that can be challenging for children on the autism spectrum?  The hidden curriculum and other everyday challenges for elementary-age children with high-functioning autism is a reader-friendly book that provides social rules that help children with peer relationships, school and everyday activities. New hidden curriculum tips, including tips on Internet safety, provide children essential social rules for succeeding in an ever-changing interactive world. -from the book description

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Chaos to Calm

Book description:
"Chaos to Calm describes how Martha Gabler discovered that effective solutions really did exist for the overwhelming behavior problems of her own non-verbal son with severe autism. Here are some of the things Martha explains in this book:

• How to observe your child
• How to use positive reinforcement to shape simple behaviors
• How to notice even tiny moments of desirable behavior
• How to break behaviors into tiny pieces
• How to add simple behaviors together to build complex behaviors"

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Mobile App Monday - Everyday Skills

Everyday Skills provides self-directed learning sessions for 40 important skills necessary for living independently and accessing the community based on proven content developed by the Attainment Company. Everyday Skills provides an accessible learning tool that is specifically designed to be used directly by individuals with autism, learning or other developmental disabilities at their own pace on the coolest technology platform there is - the iPad! Everyday Skills is powered by Visual Impact, AbleLink's highly effective cognitively accessible learning tool. -iTunes

For more information about this app, please visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/everyday-skills/id403385768?mt=8#

Mobile App Monday - Life Skills Sampler

The Life Skills Sampler application is a complement to The Conover Company's Functional Skills System software. Each application contains all the digital videos contained in their software counterparts. Life Skills Sampler is a part of a series of applications that focus on functional life, literacy, math, social, health, transportation and work skills for both the iPod/iPhone and iPad.

For more information about this app, please visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/life-skills-sampler/id375413881?mt=8#

Mobile App Monday - Living Safely

Looking for an app to teach older teens and young adults about safety? Living Safely provides lessons for 27 important safety skills topics such as bathroom safety, kitchen and dining room safety, strangers, pet safety and much more! "Anyone who needs support with understanding important safety skills necessary for daily living can benefit from the simplicity and self-directed nature of Living Safely.

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Want to learn more about it? Please visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/living-safely/id396774523?mt=8#