Product Description

This title is a winner of a 2006 Teachers' Choice Award! Parents and professionals can now bypass countless hours spent seeking answers to the mystifying day-to-day challenges of autism. In a snappy, can-do format, this book offers page after page of try-it-now solutions that have worked for thousands of children grappling with sensory, communication, social, behavioral, and self-care issues. Not only does it provide ideas and activities that can be put into action immediately, but it also explains why these methods work so that adults can better understand the children they are working with. This book is a time-saver and a life-saver!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15126 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 218 pages

Review
"'A friendly voice offering parents and teachers immediate usable ideas that emphasize the practical rather than the technical. Well organised for quick reading with major ideas preceded by helpful introductory text. A great resource that parents and teachers should keep readily available' - Christine Hunt, MS, special education and resource teacher '1001 Great Ideas is just that, a treasure trove of wonderful ideas and activities! This hope-filled book not only connects the reader to the world of Autism Spectrum Disorders but also provides a multitude of practical solutions to the broad range of challenges that parents and professionals face each and every day. 1001 Great Ideas is a resource that both parents and professionals will constantly turn to.' - Scott Tanner, School Psychologist and Director of Clinical Services"

About the Author
Ellen Notbohm is the parent of a child with autism. She is a columnist for the Autism Asperger's Digest and her articles on autism regularly appear in a number of magazines including Exceptional Parent and Children's Voice. Veronica Zysk has been working in the field of autism since 1991. She served as Executive Director of the Autism Society of America from 1991 to 1996.

Customer Reviews

Indispensible, wish I'd found it earlier.
The title of this book might mislead you to think that it is going to be about how to keep your child with autism on some of those rainy days...this is far from the truth.

It is an extremely well-written, readable and informative book which guides you through the maze of helping your child with autism in many different ways - sensory issues and what you can do to help, visual schedules, learning social issues, language and more. It explains why children with autism struggle and really it does the work of a shelf of books.

I could not put it down and it gave me many ideas to help my son.
I believe it is on the reading list for Relationship Development Intervention (a very good reading list indeed put together by the Gutsteins which can be found at their website, Connections Center.)

Ellen Notbahm who is a co-author of this book also penned "10 Things your Child with Autism wishes you knew". There is a particularly good introduction to the sensory dysfunctions people with autism can struggle with.

Altogether a very encouraging and helpful book well worth a look (I will not be parting with it in a hurry!)

Good luck on your journey, may you find many things to help your little one cope and thrive.