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Finding Our Way is an excellent resource for parents of children with HFA/AS. The text provides tips for common problems in the home setting. Both parents and professionals will benefit from the tools described in the book. Highly recommended.
The Comprehensive Autism Planning System (CAPS) for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome, Autism and Related Disabilities
by Shawn Henry and Brenda Smith Myles
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Best Practice is defined as “a superior method or innovative practice that contributes to the improved performance of an organization” (Visitask, n.d.). Shawn Henry and Brenda present a true best practice–the CAPS. The CAPS helps staff to optimize a student’s daily program in a way that incorporates needed supports. It is a critical piece that has been missing for too long. Thanks to CAPS, parents and team members will have the how, what, when, and where of intervention spelled out in a clear and meaningful way. Those who work with students with ASD will find CAPS to be an indispensable tool.
The Comprehensive Autism Planning System (CAPS) is designed to provide an overview of a student ’s daily schedule by time and activity as well as the supports that she needs during each period. Following the development of the student’s IEP, all educational professionals who work with the student develop the CAPS. Thus, the CAPS allows professionals and parents to answer the all-important question for students with an ASD: What supports does the student need for each activity? The CAPS is a list of a student’s daily tasks and activities, the times they occur, along with the all-important delineation of the supports needed to support student success. In addition, the CAPS includes space for making notations about data collection and how skills are to be generalized to others settings.
The Incredible 5 Point Scale
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This book is incredible. A great resource for helping individuals of all ages to understand complex concepts, such as feelings, and to communicate needs. This should be one of the first books in your toolbox.
Navigating the Social World
by Jeanette McAffee
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Navigating the Social World offers a social skills curriculum for parents and professionals. We love how practical the strategies are in this book. It is a great resource for parents, teachers, and service providers.
The ECLIPSE Model
by Sherry Moyer
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A wonderful companion to the Ziggurat and CAPS Models.
If you started out to write just even the 'gems' in The ECLIPSE Model, you woudl end up copying the whole book. Sherry Moyer has a solid understanding of ASD and the global skills that underlie the behaviors and challenges of individuals on the spectrum. The ECLIPSE Model, replete with practical suggestions, provides a tool for helping those with ASD to build these critical global skills. This book is the perfect resource for those involved in education, treatment, or advocacy for individuals with ASD.
Initiations and Interactions
by Teresa Cardone
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This is a needed resource for helping individuals learn to initiate communication. This resource provides step-by-step guidance for parents. Highly recommended!
Out and About
by
Jill Hudson and Amy Bixler Coffin
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This book provides valuable information to parents and caregivers. This guide helps parents and professionals who want to help children with ASD to be successful in the community.
Social Thinking Across the Home and School Day
by
Michelle Garcia Winner
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The Social Thinking series are excellent resources for individuals with ASD. Garcia Winner goes beyond teaching "social skills" by addressing the thinking that underlies social behaviors. A must read resource.
Staying in the Game
by James W. Loomis, Ph.D.
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This book is different - in a great way! In a word - generalization. The author emphasizes how best to utilize the mainstream environment to help students with ASD to generalize skills. This is a needed resource.
Learners on the Autism Spectrum
by Kari Dunn Buron and Pamela Wolfberg
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Learn from the leaders in the field. This textbook is a wonderful resource for those who work with individuals on the spectrum. The book covers a wide range of topics including early intervention, structure teaching, play, transition, and social thinking. This is simply a wonderful book.
Quality Literacy Instruction for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
by Christina Carnahan, Ed.D., and Pam Williamson, Ph.D.
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This amazing book is the first to examine the topic of literacy instruction for individuals with ASD. The book brings together experts in the field that provide invaluable information on this important topic.
This book won the Textbook Excellence Award in 2011.
Perfect Targets
by Rebekah Heinrichs
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This should be required reading for all school administrators. Bullying is too prevalent in our schools. Individuals with ASD are at risk for becomming victims. This resource provides strategies that can help prevent bullying.
Building Social Relationships
by Scott Bellini, Ph.D.
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This wonderful resource has a full curriculum for addressing social needs of individuals with ASD. Highly recommended.
Super Skills
by Judith Coucouvanis, M.A., APRN, B.C.
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This is another must-have resource for anyone working with children on the spectrum. The book includes an invaluable assessment tool that is matched to the curriculum. Highly recommended!
Asperger Syndrome and Difficult Moments
by Brenda Smith Myles and Jack Southwick
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We wish we wrote this book! Extreme behaviors have a significant impact on individuals with ASD and those who care for them. This is an invaluable guide for parents and professionals who want to learn how to address tantrums, rages, and meltdowns.
Social Skills Training
by Jed Baker, Ph.D.
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This is a wonderful resource for those working with adolescents on the spectrum. The book provides a full curriculum to address skills for individuals with a range of needs. Highly recommended.
Ohio's Parent Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorders
Edited by Donna Owens and Katie Bassity
This is an excellent resource for parents. The Ohio parent guide can be downloaded for FREE on OCALI's website. Click on the book to access the website.