New Books & Products
Recently added titles to Autism Awareness Centre’s growing book catalogue.
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Video Modeling: Visual-Based Strategies to Help People on the Autism Spectrum
Help your child to learn new skills and overcome existing barriers quickly and independently, regardless of age or ability. Video modeling is an effective method of teaching that uses recorded videos and technology.
$13.95Product Details »3 in stock
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Sensorimotor Interventions: Using Movement to Improve Overall Body Function
This book provides education about using movement to improve overall function, including instruction and pictures for fun-based movement activities. A “menu” of activities for therapists is easily accessible by thumbing through the book; by organizing and categorizing activities by target area, therapists will enjoy choosing fun and easily duplicated therapeutic games.
$20.95Product Details »1 in stock
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Temple Grandin: The Stories I Tell My Friends
In these pages, witness the moments that made her laugh (and cry!), meet those closest to her, and even take a glimpse into her seventieth birthday party and her recent visit to NASA! Discover Temple’s “big message” and her ideas about what makes the biggest difference for children with autism. Lesko has created a truly personal, unique look into the mind and life of Temple Grandin.
$26.95Product Details »3 in stock
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All About Me – A Step-by-Step Guide to Telling Children and Young People on the Autism Spectrum about Their Diagnosis
All About Me is based on a program designed to introduce individual children to their autism diagnosis in the context of their overall personal attributes. Includes practical guidance and tools for parents and professionals on how to approach the subject of a child’s autism diagnosis with downloadable templates and sample lesson plans.
$39.95Product Details »3 in stock
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Understanding OCD – A Guide for Parents and Professionals
This book provides essential information and guidance to help parents and professionals to understand the diagnosis, treatment and management of childhood obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
$22.95Product Details »1 in stock
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A Practical Guide to Happiness in Children and Teens on the Autism Spectrum
Give a young person with autism the tools to grow up healthy and happy, with this practical guide to emotional well-being. Informed by positive psychology (also known as the science of happiness) and filled with activities, this is a refreshing resource for helping young people build lasting foundations for resilience, self-worth and happiness.
$33.95Product Details »3 in stock
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Helping Children to Improve Their Gross Motor Skills – The Stepping Stones Curriculum
This step-by-step program enables children and young people with motor coordination difficulties to master basic skills and develop their sporting ability.
$49.95Product Details »3 in stock
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The Data Collection Toolkit – Everything You Need to Organize, Manage, and Monitor Classroom Data
Take the worry and stress out of data collection with this ultra-practical resource, packed with the tools you need to organize, manage, and monitor critical information on your students’ progress. You’ll discover proven, stress-free data collection techniques used by real teachers, with strategies and shortcuts developed through the author’s extensive teaching and consulting work.
$55.95Product Details »2 in stock
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Why Didn’t They Just Say That? PEERspective – A Complete Curriculum
“Let’s create a class instead of the typical social skills programs!” With this statement began the development of this innovative evidence-based curriculum for secondary students with ASD and their neurotypical (NT) peers.
$34.95Product Details »3 in stock
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Get Organized Without Losing It – Revised and Updated Edition
Get Organized Without Losing It provides friendly, entertaining help for kids who want to manage their tasks, time, and stuff—without going overboard or being totally obsessed.
$14.99Product Details »4 in stock
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An Adult with an Autism Diagnosis – A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed
Through the personal experiences of an adult diagnosed with autism, this book will inform on the social challenges of life on the spectrum along with sensible advice for practical situations. Includes an informed introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorder along with helpful resources and strategies for moving forward following a diagnosis.
$17.95Product Details »2 in stock
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Behavioral Challenges in Children with Autism and Other Special Needs
This book offers a comprehensive view of behavioral challenges for a child with autism or other special needs from a developmental perspective based on the DIRFloortime® framework.
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The ASD Feel Better Book – A Visual Guide to Help Brain and Body for Children on the Autism Spectrum
Learn to build individual strengths and work through problems with this picture-based guide for children with ASD aged 7-14. The use of simple images and photocopiable worksheets creates a fun and engaging resource for identifying different emotions and how to manage and deal with personal challenges.
$28.95Product Details »2 in stock
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The Cartoon and Script Curriculum for Teaching Social Behavior and Communication
This easy-to-use book is designed to help children with ASD find friends, become better communicators, increase their flexibility, and live lives that are less stressful. Skills are presented in the form of cartoons, scripts and role play – all evidence-based practices – that address a wide range of developmental levels
$27.95Product Details »2 in stock
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Teaching Pre-Employment Skills to 14–17-Year-Olds
Teaching young people with autism workplace skills while they are still school-aged is essential for helping them get jobs once they are ready to enter employment. This ready-made curriculum does exactly that, with a structured program for teaching groups of students aged 14-17 vital pre-employment skills, from interviewing to networking.
$37.95Product Details »2 in stock
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We’re Amazing 1,2,3! A Story About Friendship and Autism
We’re Amazing 1,2,3! is the first Sesame Street storybook to focus on autism, which, according to the most recent US government survey, may, in some form, affect as many as one in forty-five children. It’s part of Sesame Street’s autism initiative that has expanded to include a new character with autism.
$14.99Product Details »3 in stock