An Exceptional Children's Guide to Touch
An Exceptional Children's Guide to Touch

Author: McKinley Hunter Manasco

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2012-08-15

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 0857006592

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The rules of physical contact can be tricky to grasp and children with special needs are at a heightened risk of abuse. This friendly picture book explains in simple terms how to tell the difference between acceptable and inappropriate touch, thereby helping the child with special needs stay safe. Each story covers a different type of touch from accidental to friendly to hurtful and will help children understand how boundaries change depending on the context. It explores when and where it is okay to touch other people, when and where other people can touch you, why self touching sometimes needs to be private, and what to do if touch feels inappropriate. This book is an invaluable teaching resource and discussion starter for parents, teachers and carers working with children with special needs.

Autism and Appropriate Touch
Autism and Appropriate Touch

Author: Abigail Werner James

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2015-07-21

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 1784500615

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This is a practical educational resource to help teach the social rules of touch and personal space to children and teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder with the aim of keeping them safe and helping them to understand what are appropriate interactions in family, educational and community situations. The lessons in the book look at different groups of people that the child is likely to encounter such as close family members, teachers, peers, strangers and medical professionals. Through photocopiable worksheets and activities children are taught about different types of touch and in what settings, where on the body, and for how long touch is appropriate with each group. The book also includes discussion on how best to teach the child to recognise if someone touches them inappropriately and what is appropriate when it comes to self-touch.

It's MY Body
It's MY Body

Author: Lory Freeman

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 2019-06-04

Total Pages: 31

ISBN-13: 164160297X

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Designed to help adults talk with toddlers and preschoolers about sexual abuse in a way that reduces embarrassment and fear and emphasizes self-reliance and open communication, It’s MY Body does not contain specific references and stories about sexual abuse, a nod to the tender age of its target audience. It does, however, emphasize how children’s feelings can help them make decisions about sharing their bodies, and how to communicate those decisions to others. The book introduces two “touching codes,” which children can use to protect themselves when they are uncomfortable.

10 Ways to Cope with Boys
10 Ways to Cope with Boys

Author: Caroline Plaisted

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2007-01-09

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1416934766

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Francine is embarrassed by her old bicycle, which was once her father's, but when she makes up a story about the bike being stolen, she finds that it only causes more trouble for her

Raising Twice-Exceptional Children
Raising Twice-Exceptional Children

Author: Emily Kircher-Morris

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022-01-31

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 1000495620

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Just because a child is gifted doesn't mean they don't have other types of neurodivergence, like ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and more. Conversely, even children with one of these diagnoses can be cognitively gifted. Raising Twice-Exceptional Children provides you with a road map to understand the complex make-up of your "gifted-plus," or twice-exceptional, child or teen. The book helps you understand your child's diagnosis, meet their social-emotional needs, build self-regulation skills and goal setting, and teach self-advocacy. It also shows you effective ways to collaborate with teachers and school staff, and it offers advice on finding strengths-based strategies that support development at home. For too long, these kids have fallen through the cracks. This book provides key information on how to best support neurodivergent children by leveraging their strengths while supporting their struggles.

Preschool Favorites
Preschool Favorites

Author: Diane Briggs

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 2007-04-30

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0838909388

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Contains resources for creating thirty-five storytimes for preschoolers, each with book suggestions, fingerplays, poems, music ideas, and crafts.

How to Reach and Teach All Children Through Balanced Literacy
How to Reach and Teach All Children Through Balanced Literacy

Author: Sandra F. Rief

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2007-08-17

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0787988057

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How to Reach and Teach All Children Through Balanced Literacy offers you a handbook for teaching literacy to diverse students in grades 3-8. The balanced literacy method combines the best practices of phonics and other skill-based language instruction with the holistic, literature-based approach in order to help you teach reading, writing, and speaking in a clear and approachable format. This dynamic resource offers an easily accessible research-based approach to balanced literacy that is grounded in the innovative ideas developed by authors Sandra F. Rief and Julie A. Heimburge. The book includes detailed descriptions of what a balanced literacy classroom looks like and shows how to create a program from the ground up or give your existing program a boost. The book can be used across content areas and is filled with reproducible worksheets, activities, and other handy classroom tools. Some topics covered include: Shared book experiences Reading aloud Oral language and vocabulary development Guided reading for comprehension Modeled writing Reading and writing conferences Book clubs Content area reading and writing Ongoing assessments Enhancing literacy through technology

Growing Good Kids
Growing Good Kids

Author: Deb Delisle

Publisher: Free Spirit Pub

Published: 2007-05-15

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 9781575422770

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Created by teachers and classroom-tested, these fun and meaningful enrichment activities build children's skills in problem solving, decision making, cooperative learning, divergent thinking, and communication while promoting self-awareness, tolerance, character development, and service. Kids create books, write stories, resolve to help others, explore their own values, discover why mistakes can sometimes be beneficial, practice patience, and more in projects that combine enjoyment with learning.

The Way to A
The Way to A

Author: Hunter Manasco

Publisher: AAPC Publishing

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781931282871

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Children with ASD are often confused by our world of rules and consequences, including how their behavior impacts another person or situation. The result is often aggressive behavior. The Way to A, designed for children ages 3 to 9 years old, presents a simple, logical, and systematic strategy that clarifies and sequentially teaches the child how to manage his behavior by engaging in forethought and self-analysis before acting out. What sets this strategy apart is that it then goes on to give the child a personal and concrete incentive to use the alternative behavior. Developed with visual learners in mind, the book offers the ultimate in customization ? the laminated pages may be written on and wiped clean as new situations come up. The illustrations are delightful and use the concrete nature of red and green, ?A? and ?B, ? to illustrate correct and incorrect pathways. In addition, thinking bubbles, arrows, and boxes help make the book easy to follow and understand.