How to Be a Para Pro: A Comprehensive Training Manual for Paraprofessionals » (PERFECT BOUND)

A comprehensive manual not only for paraprofessionals, but for anyone who works closely with children with autism and related disabilities including teachers, speech language pathologists, psychologists, and parents.

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Part One - Autism Spectrum Disorders "101": A Short Course for People in the Trenches
Chapter 1 - Getting to Know Your Student: The Autism Spectrum Disorders Continuum
Chapter 2 -- Getting to Know Your Student: Atypicalities in Social Understanding and Expression
Chapter 3 -- Getting to Know Your Student: Impairments in Communication and Language
Chapter 4 -- Getting to Know Your Student: Restricted Repertoire of Interests and Activities; Problems with Imagination
Chapter 5 -- Getting to Know Your Student: Abnormal Response to Sensation
Chapter 6 -- Getting to Know Your Student: Theory of Mind; Information Processing; Executive Function
Chapter 7 -- Getting to Know Your Student: High Functioning Autism or Asperger Syndrome: Does it Really Matter?
Part Two - The "Art and Science" of Being a Para Pro
Chapter 8 - General Overview of Paraprofessional Support: A New Breed for a New Century
Chapter 9 - You're in the Trenches Now: The "Science" of Being a Para Pro
Chapter 10 -- You're in the Trenches Now: The "Art" of Being a Para Pro
Chapter 11 - Sample Supports and Accommodations for Students with Special Needs
Chapter 12 - A "Wrap Up" Potpourri: Melding Art with Science
Appendix A
Appendix B
Index