A Special Book About Me A Book for Children Diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome
123540
Josie Santomauro

This book offers a fun and accessible introduction for a child diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome (AS).
Intended as a support tool in the initial period after diagnosis, A Special Book About Me is varied and engaging, and addresses questions or concerns that the child might have

2009

Ages: -

$15.35

Asperger Syndrome After the Diagnosis 7 volume set
123538
Josie Santomauro

This series offers a fun and accessible introduction to Asperger Syndrome (AS) for everyone affected by a child's diagnosis. Intended as a support tool in the initial period after diagnosis, each book in the series focuses on a different person - the child, his or her parents, grandparents, siblings, teachers, and friends.

2009

Ages: -

$96.80

Australian Autism HandbookThe essential resource guide for autism spectrum disorders
122805
Benison O'Reilly and Seana Smith

This book is written for all of those who care for or work with children who have an autism spectrum disorder. It has a specific relevance for families whose children have recently been diagnosed. It is first and foremost a useful book, a comprehensive guide to what autism spectrum disorders are and what they aren't. It has chapters on early intervention, useful therapies and schooling.

2008

Ages: -

$42.55

Book of Cool Strategies
121695
ANnette Joosten

Ages: -

$22.77

Can t You See I m Sensational Understanding the way children learn, behave and play
125169
Kate Pascale

Are you puzzled by the behaviour of some of the children you work with Parents, teachers, preschool and child care staff and health professionals each bring a unique and valuable set of skills to a child and his or her family. At times it can be frustrating and tiring to work with children who are fidgety, easily distracted, messy, clumsy and disruptive to others. It can also be difficult to support these children and their families to manage their challenging behaviours at home and in the community. Understanding where to go, who to ask and how to access further advice or support is often complex for professionals and families alike. This resource has been developed to support you in your role, encourage you to think differently about childrens behaviour, and to give you another set of tools for your professional toolbox.

2010

Ages: -

$115.00

ChIPPA Child Initiated Pretend Play Assessment Kit
121532
Dr Karen Stagnitti

Assesses the spontaneous ability of children to organise their play and to pretend in play. Ages 3-7.11. Takes 30 mins for 4-7 year olds, 18 mins for 3 year olds. Kit contains Manual, Scoring CD ROM, Instructional DVD, all test toys and materials. Suitable for children who are developmentally delayed, are at risk of learning problems, have a specific diagnosis such as Downs Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder, or ATtention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. Also suitable for children who have a physical disability and children who have been traumatized/ neglected. Can be used in clinical settings, preschools, schools, early childhood settings and home. ALSO avaialable to order Learn to Play Program Manual to teacah imaginative play skills 120.00 The dev of play Poster 20.00

2007

Ages: 3 - 7

$880.00

Communicate with Confidence
122062
Sue Sloan, Jan Mackey and Sue Chamberlain

Communicate with confidence is a practical guide for anyone wanting to improve or refresh their communication skills.
Written in plan language, communicate with confidence provides information, hints and practical exercises in five key everyday communication skills. Listening. Talking, Greetings and Partings, Manners and extending social networks. Suits adolescnts and adults.

2006

Ages: -

$109.25

Employment Kit
121631
Ylana Bloom and Dolly Bhargava

The manual provides information on how to make the disability employment service standards meaningful and accessible for individuals with disabilities. It outlines how a individual employment plan should be designed.

Ages: -

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Essential Guide to Successful Secondary School: A guide for Teachers & Families of Students with ASD
122068
Sue Larkey, Anna Tullemans

This book, containing reproducible worksheets and proforma, is intended as a guide to secondary schooling for teachers and families of students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Asperger Syndrome.

2005

Ages: 13 - 18

$63.00

Fathering Your Special Child A Book for Fathers or Carers of Children Diagnosed with Asperger Syndro
123542
Josie Santomauro

This book offers a fun and accessible introduction for the father or carer of a child diagnosed with AS. Intended as a support tool in the initial period after diagnosis, Fathering Your Special Child is varied and engaging, and addresses questions or concerns that Dad might have.
Fathering Your Special Child will be essential reading for fathers and carers of children in the initial period after a diagnosis of AS.

Ages: -

$32.00

Friendly Kids Friendly Classrooms
121046

A book for every teacher! Here is the key to a happy classroom:

1991

Ages: 5 - 12

$74.75

Let's Talk Together, The Assessment Manual and CD ROM
6801
Ylana Bloom, Dolly Bhargava

Another resource for people with severe communication impairments and intellectual challenges.This is a comprehensive step by step guide to assist anyone carry out a communication assessment to dtermine approximate AAC.

2003

Ages: 0 - Adult

$126.50

Mates Traits Stickers
122607

A set of 32 colourful stickers providing creative and fun ways of show mates traites to the children.
5 sets of 32 stickers (10 full A4 pages (16 per sheet) in total)

Ages: -

$19.49

Mothering Your Special Child A Book for Mothers or Carers of Children Diagnosed with Asperger Syndro
123541
Josie Santomauro

This book offers a fun and accessible introduction for the mother or carer of a child diagnosed with AS. Intended as a support tool in the initial period after diagnosis, Mothering Your Special Child is varied and engaging, and addresses questions or concerns that a mother might have.

2009

Ages: -

$32.00

Motivate to Communicate 300 Games and Activities for your Child with Autism
124814
Simone Griffin and Diane Sandler

This practical resource is brimming with exciting ideas and guidance for motivating children with autism and other communication difficulties. The clear, user-friendly format enables quick access to over 300 practical, fun-filled games and activities for developing your child's communication skills. The book suggests creative ways to use everyday toys and objects. For example, if your child likes to pop bubbles, perhaps he would also enjoy counting bubbles, catching bubbles on a wand, stomping them with his feet or even playing bubble volleyball! The innovative ideas in this book have been developed over 40 years of clinical and educational experience, and are designed to be fun for both the adult and the child. All resources mentioned in this book are readily available and can be used to advance communication skills at all levels, from reaching out for an item, to extending verbal communication. Motivate to Communicate! is perfect for supporting parents, care-givers and professionals in motivating and developing the communication skills of children on the autism spectrum.

2009

Ages: -

$29.95

Multisensory Rooms and Environments
122554
Susan Fowler

This unique, fully photocopiable resource offers guidance and materials to aid those developing multisensory environments - artificially engineered spaces that encourage relaxation, social skills and learning by stimulating the five senses.

2008

Ages: 5 - 99

$63.00

Planning to learn Creating and using a personal Planner with young people on the Autism Spectrum
122066
Keely Harper Hill (australian Author ) and Stephanie Lord

Young people on the Autism Spectrum often appear to act on impulse , seem disorganised, or fail to learn from past experiences. The authors share tried and tested techniques for creating and using a personal planner ... to help develop independence.

Ages: -

$74.75

STOP and THINK Friendship DVD Package
122462
Lindy Petersen, Mark Le Messurier

Mark and Lindy Petersen's 'STOP and THINK Friendship DVD Package,' first released in 2000, has been revised and reprinted due to popular demand from schools. This acclaimed social skills resource is distributed to schools, educators and clinicians throughout Australia, New Zealand and Europe.
In response to the serious concerns about the pervasive effects of poor peer friendships and also the high incidence of social problems in our community, programs specifically designed for training social skills in children have proliferated over the past decades.

Ages: -

$113.85

Schedules Kit
121630
Ylana Bloom and Dolly Bhargava

Schedules can be used to inform the individual of upcoming events it will help them attend, anticipate upcoming events, make transitions, understand abstract concepts such as time in a more concrete and manageable form, develop social interaction skills etc. Examples of a variety of schedules have been provided for various settings (e.g. home, school, group home, community).

Ages: -

$34.44

Secret Girls Business
121664
Fay ANgelo Heather Pritchard Rose Stewart

The book is aimed at girls as young as eight years of age who experience early pubity. The book will also help the important adults in their lives.

2006

Ages: -

$22.99

Sensory Stimulation Sensory Focused Activities for People with Physical & Multiple Disabilities
5918
Susan Fowler

Theory and activity ideas. Provides practical ideas and resources for staff and carers working with people with multiple disabilities.

Ages: 5 - 99

$65.00

Social Skills Empowering Kids Secondary Manual
122447
Sue Berne

Good communication is the most important skill in relating to others and it is a skill that is learned. Listening is connected with communication and is also essential to building good relationships. Assertiveness is a skill that few of us have mastered. Teaching our children to be assertive will encourage them to take personal responsibility.

2001

Ages: 11 - 18

$74.75

Softpics Professional and Fantasticpics
53
Ylana Bloom Dolly Bhargava

An Augmentative Communication Designer 2500 images

2001

Ages: -

$450.00

Stop Think Do Social Skills Training Supplement for Middle Years of Schooling Ages 12-15
120516
Lindy Petersen, Phil Lewis

This manual contains a personal and social skills training program for pre and young adolescents in their middle years of schoooling, transitioning from primary to secondary school. Posters not included with this item

2004

Ages: 12 - 15

$73.95

Stop Think Learning: A teacher's guide to motivating children to learn
120518
Petersen

Individual learning plans for motivating any child, including the child with dyslexia, attention deficit disorder,difficult, personality, asperger syndrome (autism spectrum), the gifted underachiever or the slow learner

1995

Ages: -

$37.89

Talking Photo Album Low Tech Communication Device
125253

Put your favourite Photos in each sleeve and record your voice to learn words with each photo. Turn the page and push the button to produce the voice saying what the photo is or describing what the photo is

Ages: -

$49.00

Teach Me to Play CD-ROM
122297
Heather Durrant & Sue Larkey

This new CD-ROM is designed for both the classroom and home and contains 44 schedules to teach the play process. Each Play Schedule has a sequence that is clear and easy to follow. The CD-ROM also includes over 500 photos to let you make your own schedules.

2007

Ages: -

$51.75

The Complete guide to Asperger's Syndrome Now in paperback
121888
Tony Attwood

The definitive handbook for anyone effected by Asperger's Syndrome.
A wealth of information on all aspects of the syndrome for children through to Adults. Drawing on case studies and personal accounts from Attwoods extensive clinical experience and from his correspondence with individuals with AS.

2006

Ages: -

$38.95

The Development of Imaginative Play Poster
10438
Karen Stagnitti

Development from 0-5 years, includes play things, social interaction, sequences of imaginative play actions and object use

1998

Ages: 0 - 5

$20.00

The Developmental Management Approach to Classroom Behaviour Individual Needs
124672
Ramon Lewis

This book describes a system of successful classroom behaviour management techniques developed by the author over more than 25 years of teaching practice. It outlines the difficulties confronting teachers trying to manage students misbehaviour in schools and describes four types of student who can be helped to behave responsibly.

2008

Ages: -

$39.95

The Other Country A Father's Journey with Autism AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR
123065
Michael Whelan

The Other Country is Michael Whelan's intimate account of a father's own struggle to accept autism and the effect this has on his work, career and, in particular, his deteriorating performance as a driver on busy roads.

2009

Ages: -

$37.90

The angel who was Accidentally born on Earth (autism) A picture book for Children and Adults
125178
Miwa Stynes

The book describes a Young child with Autism ... accessible to children, but also speaks strongly to Adults. The story gives an explanation about autism. Any text that helps non-autistic children and family members obtain an insight into this developmental disability must be good. It is very positive with an uplifting ending. It also has an interesting twist on angels. The illustrations are bright, child-like and eye-catching.

2010

Ages: -

$16.95

Thematic AAC Communication: Using Visual Connectors and Question Maps in the Classroom
6804
Ylana Bloom, Dolly Bhargava

This manual provides explanations and examples on how to use the two processes of Visual Connectors and Question Maps for identifying AAC systems in the classroom environment.

2004

Ages: 1 - 18

$101.20

Things That Go Bump in the Day A Story about a boy with co-ordination difficulties
6700
Jennifer Reed

BUMP can be used by parents, carers and teachers, occupational therapists, psychologists, speech pathologists and early childhood workers to discuss Co-ordination difficulties in an entertaining and positive way.

2005

Ages: 5 - 12

$19.95

Understanding Autism
120578
Susan M. Dodd

This comprehensive guide to autism has been compiled by Susan Dodd, formerley the manager of EI Services at the Autism Association of NSW. She provides practical suggestions and strategies, incorporating the latest teaching methods, to assist in the understanding and management of autism at home, in educational programs, and in the community. The book discusses the unique learning styles, sensory sensitivities, different motivations and relative strengths in visual processing and rote memory skills of children and adults with autism. The book is also extensively illustrated to demonstrate the communication and learning strategies described.

2005

Ages: 0 - Adult

$46.00

Using AAC Strategies for Positive Behaviour Support to Manage Challanging Behaviour
121145
Ylana Bloom Dolly Bhargava

Many people use behaviour to communicate because their current communication skills are not effective. As communication partners it is our challenge to identify the underlying communication function of the behaviour of concern. This book addresses the issue of challenging behaviour from a positive behaviour support perspective by discussing the possible causes of communication breakdown. Examples of practical augmentative communication strategies are also provided to assist the person to effectively and efficiently communicate a range of messages without having to resort to using the behaviour of concern.

Ages: 2 - Adult

$101.20

Using AAC to Develop Emotions and Problem Solving Skills
6802
Ylana Bloom, Dolly Bhargava

2004

Ages: 0 - Adult

$101.20

Your Special Friend A Book for Peers of Children Diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome
123545
Josie Santomauro

This book offers a fun and accessible introduction for the friend of a child diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome (AS).

2009

Ages: -

$15.50

Your Special Grandchild A Book for Grandparents of Children Diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome
123543
Josie Santomauro

This book offers a fun and accessible introduction for the grandparent of a child diagnosed with AS.
Your Special Grandchild will be essential reading for grandparents of children in the initial period after a diagnosis of AS.

2009

Ages: -

$21.95

Your Special Student A Book for Educators of Children Diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome
123544
Josie Santomauro and Margaret Anne Carter

If one of your pupils has Asperger Syndrome AS you might have noticed that some of their behaviour is a bit different to other students: that they become stressed when faced with change in situations or routines. Children with AS are visual thinkers and learners, and they do not cope well with verbal instructions. Thats why, in order to avoid negative feedback, they can become defiant in their behaviour.

2009

Ages: -

$26.35