The district has a large Autism Library and also here are some resources that may be useful. The district does not endorse or promote any of these products or websites, they are just suggestions for you to research.
Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Step-by-Step Guide for Educators. Edited by Roger Pierangelo and George Giuliani, 2008
Visual Strategies for Improving Communication by Linda Hodgdon, Quirk Roberts, 1995
How Do I Teach this Kid?
By Kimberly A Hernry, 2005
Future Horizons, 2005 ISBN: 1-932565-24-8
Taking Care of Myself: A Healthy Hygiene, Puberty and Personal Curriculum for Young People with Autism
by Mary Wrobel, 2003
Hygiene and Related Behaviors for Children with Adolescents with Autism Spectrum and Related Disorders,
by Kelly J. Maher, 2009
Self-Help Skills for People with Autism
by Stephen R. Anderson, Amy L. Jablonski, Marcus L. Thomeer and Vicki Madaus Knapp, Woodbine House, 2007
Solving Behavior Problems in Autism: Improving Communication with Visual Strategies
by Linda A. Hodgdon Quirk Roberts, 1999
Overcoming Autism,
Lynn Kern Koegel, Ph.D., and Claire Lazebnik, 2004
Asperger's What does It Mean To Me?, Catherine Faherty.
Future Horizons, 2000
ISBN: 1-885477-59-7
Superflex... A Superhero Social Thinking Curriculum,Stephanie Madrigal and Michelle Garcia Winner, 2008
Visual Supports for People with Autism, Marlene J. Cohen, 2007
The Social Skills Picture Book, Jed Baker, 2001
My Soial Stories Book, Carol Gray, 2002
Power Cards:
Using Special Interests to Motivate Children and Youth with Asperger Syndrom and Autism by Elisa Gagnon
Autism Aspergere Publishing Company, 2001
ISBN: 1-931282-01-3
Asperger Syndrome An Owner's Manual,Ellen S. Heller Korin, 2006
The Hidden Curriculum,Brenda Smith Myles, Melissa L. Trautman, Ronda L. Schelvan, 2004
Autism Asperger Publishing Company, 2004
ISBN: 1-931282-60-9
S.O.S. Social Skills in Our Schools, Michelle A. Dunn,2006
A 5 Is Against the Law!
Kari Dunn Buron, 2007
The Incredible 5 Point Scale!Kari Dunn Buron and Mitzi Curtis
Autism Asperger PUblishing Company, 2003
ISBN: 1-931282-52-8
Asperger's Syndrome,
Tony Attwood, 1998
Addressing the Challenging
Behavior of Children with High-Functioning autism/asperger syndrome in
the Classroom by Recca A Moyes
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
2002 ISBN: 1-84310-719-8
Asperger Syndrome and Adolescence: Practical Solutions for School Success
by Brenda Smith Myles and Diane Adreon. Autism Asperger Publishing Company, 2001 ISBN: 0-967
2514-9-4
Asperger Syndrom and Difficult Moments: Practical Solutions for Tantrums, Rage and Meltdowns by Brenda Smith Myles and Jack
Southwick Autism Asperger publishing Company, 2005
ISBN: 1-931282-70-6
Asperger Syndrom and the Elementary School Experience
Practical Solutions for Academic and Social Difficulties by Susan Thompson Moore
Autism Asperger Publishing Company, 2002
ISBN: 1-931282-13-7
Asperger Syndrome and Young Children: Building Skills for the Real World by Teresa Bolick
Fair Winds Press, 2004
ISBN: 1-59233-062-2
Do-Watch-Listen-Say: Social Communcation Interventio for Children with Autism by Kathleen Ann Quill
Paul H Brookes Publishing Coi., 2000
ISBN: 1-55766-453-6
Higher Functioning Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism: A Teachers Guide by Ann Fullerton, Joyce Stratton, Phyllis Coyne and Carol Gray
Pro-Ed, Inc., 1996
ISBN: 0-89079-681-5
I Need Help with School: A Guide for Parents of Children with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome by Rebecca A. Moyes
Future Horizons: 2003
ISBN:1-885477-98-8
Life Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs (Including 190 ready to use lessons with reproducible worksheets to help children develop the basic skills necessary to experience independence in every liveg.) by Darlene Mannix
John Wiley and Sons, 1995
ISBN: 0-7879-6620-7
Social Skills Groups for Children with Asperger's Syndrome: A Step by Step Program by Kim Kiker Painter
Jessica Kingsley PUblishers, 2006 ISBN: 1-84310-821-6
Social Skills Training: For Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome and Social-Communication Problems
Autism Asperger Publishing Company, 2003
ISBN:1-931282-20-X
Specialist Support Approaches to Autism Spectrum Disorder: Students in Mainstream Settings by Sally Hewitt.
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005
ISBN 1-84310-290-0
Teaching by Design: Using your Computer to Create Materials for Students with Learning Differences by Kimberly S. Voss
Woodbine House, 2005.
ISBN: 13-978-1-890627-43-0
Understanding and Working with the Spectrum of Autism: An Insider's View by Wendy Lawson.
Jessical Kingsley Publishers, 2001 ISBN: 1-85302-971-8
Understanding Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism by Gary B Mesibov, Victoria Shea and lynn W. Adams
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2001
ISBN:0-306-46627-9
Understanding the Nature of Autism: A Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorders by Janice E Janzen
Therapy Skill Builders, 2003
ISBN:076164126-2
Internet Book Venders that Carry Titles Relating to Autism
http://www.aapcpublishing.
net/
www.autismbookstore.com
www.futurehorizons-autism.com
www.amazon.com
www.half.com
www.barnesandnoble.com
Search Engines for Images and Pictures:
Google.com
Yahoo.com
Altavisata.com
Dogpile.com
Picsearch.com
Ditto.com
Websites that offer
graphics, downloadable materials and teaching suggestions:
www.abcteach.com
www.autism
inspiration.com
www.bry-backmanor.org
www.buildingblox.net
www.cindysautistic
support.com
www.communication
symbols.com
www.enchanted
learning.com
www.kidaccess.com
www.lindaslearninglinks.com
www.members.aol.com/room5
www.preschoolfun.com
www.preschoolprintables.com
www.sandbox-
learning.com
www.seeitsayitwriteit.com
www.senteacher.org
www.setbc.org
www.shoeboxtasks.com
www.speakingofspeech.com
www.symbolworld.org
www.tinsnips.org
www.trainland.tripod.com
www.usevisualstrategies.com
Autism: Interventions and
Strategies for Success by Susan L. Stokes, 2000
A publication including 6 articles regarding autism spectrum disorder available
Great site for explanations on Acronyms
The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders
This site has several training modules that teachers and parents can access for free.
NationalProfessional
DevelopmentCenter on ASD:
File Folder Activities:
EIC-ASD: Enhancing Instructional Contexts for Students with ASD.
Time Timers:
Beacon Ridge:
MemoBoard Contact Paper
iTunes
Video Modeling/ Video Self-Modeling
The student watches a video of others (adult/children) modeling target behaviors (e.g. brushing teeth: getting a book from the library: playing games)
Goal is for the student with ASD to model the behavior from repeated viewing of the video
Video Self-Modeling: Student watches self successfully exhibiting the target behavior
Research to support positive effects of video-modeling./self-modeling (Bellini, 2006,2007;D'Ateno, et al, 2003: Charlop-Christy et al, 2003)
Flip Video Camera (There is a Flip Camera on every Windsor Campus purchased through ARA funds specifically for use with students with autism or any student that is struggling with social skill development or adaptive skill development. Your psych should know where the camera is on your campus)
60-120 minutes of video recording time
4"x 2"
Plugs directly into your computer via USB port
Internal lithium rechargeable ion battery or AA batteries
Resources:
Video Modeling
Seeing is Believing: Video Self-Modeling for People with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities,
by Tom Buggey, 2009
Building Social Relationships: A Systematic Approach to Teaching Social Interaction Skills to Children and Adolescents with social Difficulties, 2006 (Children and adolescents) by Scott Bellini, 2006
A Visual Method for Children with Autism, A guide for Parents and Educators (2nd Edition), by Lisa Neumann, 2004
Video Modeling
·You Tube
Computer Aided Instruction
PowerPoint Presentations: teacher made PowerPoint modules that teach and reinforce specific skills
Individually designed (e.g. washing hand; making a sandwich: etc)
Pre-made web resources (some can also be individualized)
Can be burned to a CD for:
Independent work at school
Take- home CD for "fun work"
Great for SMART Board instruction
Computer Programs for Social Interaction skills Intervention
Mind Reading, by University of Cambridge / Simon Baron-Cohen
Preschool Play time Volumes 1 & 2, by Social skill Builder 9ages 3-7)
Social Skill Curriculum
My community, by Social Skill Builder (ages 5-15)
www.modelmekids.comwww.coultervideocom
PowerPoint Websites
Autism4teacher
Social Stories
http://www.kansasasd.com
Social Stories on Power Point
Character Specific Websites
www.berenstainbears.com
www.dltk-kids.com
www.pbskids.org
Autism Resources
SARRC
UCSB Autism Research and Training Center
Autism Speaks
Resources and materials
www.disneyclipart.com
www.dotolearn.com
www.kidaccess.com
www.teacch.com
http://trainland.tipod.com
www.usevisualstrategies.com
www.tonyattwood.com
www.images.google.com
Autism Resources for Communication and Learning
Do To Learn
Kids Access Eye-cons
The Internet Picture Dictionary: Englishhttp://pdictionary.com/
Picture Symbol Dictionary
Tons of Pictures to download
Picture Recipes
Autism Training Modules
Autism Speaks
Website has social stories, picture supports etc.
Great Website for Social Stories: Click on Social Narratives
Fire Safety Book for Autism
Social Stories
Social Story Library
Teacher resource
More Social Stories
Link to "Social Narratives-Social Stories and Power Card Bank"
iPOD, iPhone, iPad support
Apps for Schedules
First Then Visual Schedule
To do
modules/groups/homepagefiles
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Apps for Functional Skills
Functional Skills System Apps by Conover Company(free-$.99
Going Places Model Me Kids (free)
Social Skills ($6.99)
Stories2Learn ($13.99)
Apps for Increasing Receptive Communication skills: Organization and Planning
iPrompts:$49.99 (schedule choices and first then)
First-Then Visual Schedule: $9.99
ToDo: $9.99
Visules:$4.99
iCommunicate:$4.99
Picture Scheduler:$ 2.99
Good Timers for helping with Time Concepts
Time Timers
Time Timer for the Computer/iPhone/iTouch/iPad
Software $24.00
App: $4.99
"iStudiez Pro" App for the iPhone/iTouch ($2.99)
Notable features:
Smart day view that automatically displays summary of current classes and tasks
Detailed schedule planner to break down classes and assignments
Expanded month and week views with colored labels for each course
Specific icons for different types of classes
Pulse Smartpen by
Livescribe ($120-199)
Notable features:
Records and links audio to whatever you've written
High-speed infrared camera with Dot Positioning System (DPS)tracks everything you write, tap or draw on Livescribe Dot Paper
Notes and audio can be uploaded to your computer
Ideas and Apps for writing;
Portable word processor (e.g. AlphaSmart devises-Neo/Dana)
Electronic label maker (e.g., Brother Dymo)
Computer
"iStudiez Pro" App for the iPhone/iTouch ($2.99)
Notable features:
Smart day view that automatically displays summary of current classes and tasks
Detailed schedule planner to break down classes and assignments
Expanded month and week views with colored labels for each course
Specific icons for different types of classes
Readiness Apps for Pre-K (just to name a few)
"ABA" apps from $.99 (these apps were free last April for Autism Awareness month, may be free again this April)
"Toddler Teasers" Apps: $.99
"ABC Phonics" Apps: Free/ $1.99
"ABC Tracer" Apps: Free/$1.99
Shapy Touch: $1.99
Shape Builder: Free/ $.99
Softick Coloring Book: Free
Apps for Academics
Classics: Graphic book reader. Comes with 9 popular books ($2.99)
Graphing Calculator: High resolution graphing calculator ($.99)
Art: Gives a list of wide variety of artists, with their artwork. Also come with quizzes and facts about each artist ($.99)
US Presidents: Facts and pictures of each US president ($1.99)
Formulae: Data base of all scientific and math formulas with each formula categorized such as Algebra or physics ($1.99)
"iHomework" App for the iPhone/iTouch ($.99)
Homework Resources
Chemical Touch: An interactive periodic table ($.99)
US Historical Documents: A large selection of historical documents, categorized by centuries ($.99)
World Wiki: Detailed demographics of almost 250 countries in the world (free)
Shakespeare: Complete works of Shakespeare (free)
Cliffnotes to Go; MacBeth ($.99)
SAT Vocabulary Challenge ($4.99)
Dictionary.com: Dictionary and thesaurus (free)
AlgebraPrep: Factoring ($2.99)
Numerous miscellaneous books and study guides
List assignments by day, week, or the course or when they are due
Grade calculator
Color-coding for assignment types
Duplicate assignments to quickly create similar work items
Reminders
Full-contact integration with teachers via email
Completed assignments list to visit work that has been completed-keeping separate from work in progress.
Apps for Self-Regulation and for reinforcers
Apps for Social Interaction Skills
iPhone/iPod Touch/ iPad for Expressive Communication
"Proloquo2go" from AssistiveWare ($189.99)
Dynamic display voice output system with icon/text-to-speech
Natural sounding voices
SymbolStix vocabulary (News-2-You)
7000 symbols built into program
Personalize by importing photos/graphics
Easy to edit/customize
For all ages!
Additional AAC Apps for the iPhone/iPod Touch/ iPad
SoundingBoard (Ablenet): $49.99
MyTalk: $39.99
Expressionist: $9.99
Look2Learn: $24.99
TapSpeak Button: $9.99
TapSpeak Sequence $9.99
Talking Tom: Free (fun for encouraging vocalization and great motivator)
iConverse: $9.99
Speak it!: $1.99
Locabulary Lite: Free
Tap to Talk: Free app but $99.95 annual subscription for individual customization. Available for Nintenendo for $99.95
“Homework Checklist†hand-out in Asperger’s Syndrome and Adolescence: by Brenda Smith Myles and Diane Adreon
Tony Attwood article on "Homework"
Apps for Self Regulation and Reinforcement
Mood Tracker: $1.99
Bubble Wrap: Free
Relax with Andrew Johnson Deep Relax: $2.999
Koi pond: $.99
Easy Relax Lite: Free
Binaural Beats: Free
Blowfish Poppers: Free
Kid Fireworks: Free
Hidden Curriculum for Adolescents and Adults ($1.99)
Hidden Curriculum for Kids ($1.99)
Presenter Pro ($1.99)
Talk Less Say More (free)
Quizzler Family ($.99)
Ultimate Ice Breaker ($.99)
Interview Buzz Lite (free)
Social skills Sampler (free)
Everyday Social skills ($.99)
Social skills ($6.99)
Stories2Learn ($13.99)