Interventions for disruptive behaviors: Reducing problems and building skills

Interventions for disruptive behaviors: Reducing problems and building skills is a 164-page guide written by a professor of counseling, school, and educational psychology. It offers educators tools for supporting students' positive behavior in school and in social situations. Interventions at the whole-class, targeted, and individual levels are covered as well as parent training programs and strategies for building adaptive skills.

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Stay cool and in control with the keep-calm guru

Stay cool and in control with the keep-calm guru is a 136-page guide for kids ages 7 to 14 years old. This winner of the Mom's Choice Award-Gold Seal offers strategies to guide children in the art of staying cool and in control in the face of overwhelming feelings. It will teach children to recognize and cope with anxiety, anger, frustration, and other difficult emotion using everything from yoga poses and pressure holds, to deep breathing and relaxing coloring activities.

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My new school: A transition book to personalize

My new school: A transition book to personalize: Templates for preschool, kindergarten, and primary grades is a 168-page handbook for developing transition books to individualize for students who need visual supports when transitioning from one task to another. It offers multiple template pages to copy and create specific transition books with each student's needs in mind. Great for both schools and parents, the book can be beneficial as students advance through grade levels.

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How to be a superhero called self-control!: Super Powers to Help Younger Children to Regulate their Emotions and Senses

How to be a superhero called self-control! is a 112-page guide for children to learn strategies for self-regulation. It features a superhero who teaches children how to calm themselves using a number of strategies and techniques such as self-massage, deep pressure, breathing exercises, and activities. Written by a senior occupational therapist, the book has two parts; the first one for kids and the second one for their adults. The book also includes an appendix with super power charts, reinforcers, and reminder tools that can be photocopied to continue training in superhero strategies after the book has been read.

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The power card strategy 2.0: Using special interests to motivate children and youth with autism spectrum disorder

The power card strategy 2.0: Using special interests to motivate children and youth with autism spectrum disorder is a 94-page guide for parents and teachers to help kids on the autism spectrum make sense of social situations, routines, the meaning of language, and the hidden curriculum that surrounds us.

This guide is a second edition of a popular strategy for using special interests or fascinations for teaching and guiding kids. In addition to an introduction of the second edition, there is also an introduction to the first edition at the beginning of the book. The first chapter defines special interests and their power in learning. The second chapter discusses how to develop and use power cards including their use at home and in the community. Chapter three offers examples of power cards used in different situations, and chapter four covers four case studies.

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The BASICS college curriculum

The BASICS College Curriculum is a series of books that  present a hands-on approach to learning essential independence and life skills for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The CeDIR Library has four titles in this series available to check out.

Independence, Social, and Study Strategies for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder focuses on the transition to college, developing key academic skills, navigating campus social life, and living away from home for the first time.

Developing Identity, Strengths, and Self-Perception for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder helps young adults to explore their identity and self-perception and encourages them to consider their personal characteristics and strengths, to help navigate college life more easily and to provide a starting point for thinking about future careers.

Turning Skills and Strengths into Careers for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder helps young adults to translate their strengths and interests into possible careers and develop job-hunting skills that will set them on the road to success.

Developing Workplace Skills for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder helps young adults to develop strategies for successfully managing workplace challenges, both before they enter the workplace and during employment.

Interested in checking out any of these titles? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find them in a library near you.

Raising the Shy Child: A Parent's Guide to Social Anxiety

"Raising the Shy Child: A Parent's Guide to Social Anxiety is a 240-page guide for parents who want to help their children find a path through their fears and social awkwardness. Written by a school psychologist who is also an award-winning author of nonfiction and teen novels, this book offers help and hope for parents.

Social anxiety can be a crippling disorder, but there are strategies that can be used to help overcome it. This book offers the latest research on evidence-based strategies and real-world stories from both adults and children to discuss the disorder. It also covers strategies to address school refusal, bullying, and identity issues.

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

YouCue Feelings: Using Online Videos for Social Learning

YouCue feelings: Using online videos for social learning is a quick 90-page guide to learning about feelings and relationships. Written by a licensed speech/language pathologist with over 30 years of experience in the field, this book offers a program for elementary and middle-schoolers who struggle with social/emotional learning. It includes 25 links to online videos portraying feelings and 50 easy activities to continue the education. The book offers a summary with each link that quickly explains the content of the video.

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Uniquely human: A different way of seeing autism

Uniquely human: A different way of seeing autism is a 272-page guide to using a different approach to understanding individuals on the autism spectrum. Written by a world-renowned leader in the autism field, this book seeks to discover what is behind an individual’s behaviors rather than trying to just “fix” the person.

The book is written in two parts; the first part looks at understanding autism while the second part highlights aspects of living with autism. An extensive introduction discusses Prizant’s background work with individuals on the spectrum and his approach to understanding them. Suggestions are offered throughout the book about focusing on an individual’s strengths and abilities and how to support and enhance the person rather than trying to change behaviors.

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

Parties, dorms and social norms: A crash course in safe living for young adults on the autism spectrum

Parties, dorms and social norms: A crash course in safe living for young adults on the autism spectrum is a 288-page guide on growing up for teens on the autism spectrum. Written by professionals in the autism field, this book is broken out into three parts. Part one covers the social aspects of adult life including realtionships and sex in addition to practicing safe surfing online. Part two focuses on health concerns in adulthood including drinking, drugs, and managing stress. Part three discusses aspects of independent living including roommates, household safety and finances.

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Life, animated: A story of sidekicks, heroes, and autism

Life, animated: A story of sidekicks, heroes, and autism is a 384-page memoir of life with a child who for many years was nonverbal. Deeply entrenched in Disney movies, the author’s son could not communicate with the family. This story is about learning how to connect with him. As with most children, Owen was a happy spirited toddler until about two and a half years old. Something changed at that time, and he regressed.

The book works through Owen’s stages of development from the beginning when he was a typically-developing young child to the “growing backward” stage, the doctors and their tests, to Owen’s fascinations. Disney movies played prominently throughout his life and became the connection the family finally discovered that could reach Owen.

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Autplay therapy for children and adolescents on the autism spectrum

Autplay therapy for children and adolescents on the autism spectrum: A behavioral play-based approach is a 236-page guide to using a play-based treatment approach with children and adolescents on the autism spectrum or with other developmental disabilities. Written by a licensed professional counselor who is also a certified autism specialist, this book offers a thorough understanding of autism spectrum disorders including practical treatment that includes parent training to continue treatment in the home.

The book begins with an overview of autism and developmental disabilities including statistics, early detection, and characteristics followed by a discussion of the foundations of AutPlay Therapy. The therapy is then laid out in detail covering target areas, treatment phases, and parent training. Research and case studies are included as well as specific interventions. Additional resources such as intake guides, parent guides, toys and materials list, and forms are available at the back of the book.

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

Something different about dad: How to live with your amazing Asperger parent

Something different about dad: How to live with your amazing Asperger parent is a 152-page book written for children ages 7 to 15 years who have a parent on the autism spectrum. Written in a fun comic-book style, Sophie tells the story of her dad, Mark, and the journey their family took in order to understand Mark's differences better. Mark has some quirks. He does not like noisy family gatherings, gets upset when his family is late for dinner, and REALLY prefers things to be neat and clean. But he also has some really good quirks, too. Mark is always on time to pick Sophie and her brother, Daniel, up from school, he has a vast knowledge of engines and how they work, and then there is his obsession with buses.

In between the chapters of Sophie's story, the author and illustrator of the book explain to Sophie the aspects of asperger syndrome that make Mark different and offer ways to begin to understand situations when tempers may flare and what to do to remedy the situation.

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Act it out!: Social skills for teens with autism spectrum disorder and related disorders

Act it out!: Social skills for teens with autism spectrum disorder and related disorders is a 232-page guide to social skills lessons for teens in secondary schools. Written for parents, teachers, speech-language pathologists, and other professionals by a special educator and autism consultant, the book offers unique lessons that will break down complex social behaviors into steps that can be more easily managed.

The book begins with an extensive introduction covering some of the research and best practices on teaching social skills in addition to the components of the book and the way the units are structured. There are 16 units that are comprised of several different activities including warm-ups, explanations, quizzes, skits, discussions, and review. The units cover basic social skills such as self-introduction, conversation skills, apologies, negotiation, response to teasing, and more. After every two units, it is suggested to give students an opportunity to get out in the community to practice the skills that were learned. and after every four units is a review section to help reinforce what was covered.

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FBA to Z: Functional behavior and intervention plans for individuals with ASD

FBA to Z: Functional behavior and intervention plans for individuals with ASD offers 114 pages of guidance on developing behavior and intervention plans for teachers and practitioners who work with individuals on the autism spectrum. Written by autism specialists with decades of combined experience in the field, this book seeks to inform readers about the underlying characteristics of autism and to enhance their understanding of behavior as it relates to those on the spectrum.

The book begins with a quick introduction that includes the authors' viewpoint on using Functional Behavior Analysis (FBA) and sets the tone for the remaining chapters. An overview of the traditional FBA assessment process is conducted using a single case study as an example of a satisfactory assessment. That case study is then used to look at the individual as a whole person identifying her needs in order to understand her behavior and then create a behavior intervention plan. The book offers sample plans for the case study and concludes with a list for further reading.

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Teaching behavior: Managing classrooms through effective teaching

Teaching behavior: Managing classrooms through effective teaching offers 296 pages of guidance for teachers who want to do more than just react to behaviors. Written by a professor in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Louisville, the book includes thoughts on why instruction is the foundation for all student behavior. It offers tools for managing all types of students and classrooms including self-assessment checklists and discussion questions and more.

The book is written in three sections: Behavior and Instruction, The Daily Grind, and Individualized Strategies. In the first section, best practices for effective instruction are covered along with thoughts on behavior and its purposes. The second section covers classroom arrangements and planning for and presenting instruction along with providing consequences for behavior while the third section offers strategies for monitoring behavior and for handling students with more serious behavior issues. Each chapter begins with discussion questions to set the tone and content. Within each chapter, the author offers short lists of further readings for follow-up research after important points.

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Big Red and the Little Bitty Wolf: A Story about Bullying

Big Red and the Little Bitty Wolf is for children in preschool through 3rd grade and is appropriate for bullying awareness. It is written by a licensed professional counselor and published by Magination Press, an imprint of the American Psychology Association and is beautifully illustrated by an Indiana University alumna. The illustrations fill most of the pages to keep young ones’ interest in the story.

The book starts off by talking about how Little Bitty Wolf used to love taking the path through the forest to go to school until Big Red moved into the neighborhood. Big Red began to terrorize Little Bitty by teasing and taunting him and pulling his tail. His teacher noticed Little Bitty’s sadness and asked him to go talk to the school counselor who gave him a different suggestion to use with Big Red. Life for Little Bitty got a whole lot better after that. A note to parents and caregivers at the end of the book discusses ways to use the book and common warning signs to look for when a child is being bullied. It also points out warning signs for when a child may be the bully.

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Autism Intervention Every Day!

Autism intervention every day! is 144 pages of interventions for very young children (birth to three) who may be exhibiting early signs of having an autism spectrum disorder. Written by an occupational therapist and a speech-language pathologist, both of whom are board certified behavior analysts, this book offers early intervention providers a host of interventions that can be done within everyday activities such as dressing and diapering, during meals and play time, and more. It is meant to teach providers how to coach parents in helping their children develop critical skills and manage their behavior.

The book starts with an overview of autism and the way in which young children are diagnosed along with a discussion of what might constitute a "red flag" as a potential characteristic of autism. Information on connecting families with services is covered along with specific teaching strategies and why they work for children on the spectrum. Critical skills along with research findings are presented along with suggestions for monitoring progress. The book also includes a Reinforcer Survey that is able to be photocopied but also is downloadable, depending on your preference.

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High-functioning autism and difficult moments

High-Functioning Autism and Difficult Moments is a 110-page guide to understanding and managing the meltdowns that sometimes occur when working with an individual on the autism spectrum. Written for parents, educators, and professionals, the book offers strategies to use when meltdowns occur to help reduce their frequency and severity and possibly begin to avoid them.

Understanding what is happening in the brain when a meltdown is triggered can go a long way toward mitigating them, so the book starts with neurological research and the brain. It covers the topics of self-regulation, sensory issues, reinforcement and more. It then goes on to analyze the cycle of meltdowns from the early stages to the last moments. A chapter on functional behavior assessment is included that discusses the iceberg metaphor and the underlying characteristics of autism. More than 40 pages of strategies are offered, and these are broken out into topical areas including instruction, interpretation, coaching, and obstacle removal.

Case studies, tables, and charts are used throughout the book to highlight specific ideas and there is a short summary at the end of each chapter that reiterates the message.

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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.

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