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This practical resource is brimming with exciting ideas and guidance for motivating children with autism and other communication difficulties. The clear, user-friendly format enables quick access to over 300 practical, fun-filled games and activities for developing your child's communication skills.
The book suggests creative ways to use everyday toys and objects. For example, if your child likes to pop bubbles, perhaps he would also enjoy counting bubbles, catching bubbles on a wand, stomping them with his feet or even playing bubble volleyball! The innovative ideas in this book have been developed over 40 years of clinical and educational experience, and are designed to be fun for both the adult and the child. All resources mentioned in this book are readily available and can be used to advance communication skills at all levels, from reaching out for an item, to extending verbal communication.
Motivate to Communicate! is perfect for supporting parents, care-givers and professionals in motivating and developing the communication skills of children on the autism spectrum.
Author Notes
Simone Griffin is a speech and language therapist, and has worked with children with autism for the past ten years in Australia, UK and Canada.
Dianne Sandler is currently working as a specialist teacher in the UK. She has worked with children of all ages with autism and people with complex needs for the past 30 years. Dianne has also designed a number of toys which are commercially available for children with special needs.
Reviews (1)
Library Journal Review
Children with autism are not always motivated to use verbal language or other forms of communication, and this guide explains ways to get them to do so through play. Griffin, a speech and language pathologist of ten years, and Sandler, a teacher who has worked with children and adults with autism and other special needs for 30 years, have coauthored this guide to games and activities that will set up opportunities for the child with autism to communicate in his or her own way. Offered is a general strategy for getting the child to communicate by creating situations where he or she needs assistance from the caregiver. The work is then divided into chapters according to type of activity and offers hundreds of specific scenarios with actual toys, food, or objects to create such opportunities. Games involve some specific toys (with web site information on how to obtain them) but also everyday household objects that are readily available. Verdict This book is like having a behavioral consultant and speech therapist in the home or school preparing activities for engagement with the child. Highly recommended as a useful resource for parents and teachers of children with autism at all levels.-Terry Lamperski, Carnegie Lib. of Pittsburgh (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. 9 |
| Introduction | p. 11 |
| Why motivate? | p. 12 |
| Who is this book for? | p. 13 |
| Your child and autism | p. 13 |
| Your child's sensory preferences | p. 14 |
| Creating communication opportunities across the day | p. 17 |
| How to use this book | p. 22 |
| So I'm ready to goà Where do I search? | p. 25 |
| And finally | p. 31 |
| 1 Motivate Me with Food | p. 33 |
| Bread and toast | p. 36 |
| Big/little | p. 40 |
| Shapes | p. 44 |
| Utensils | p. 47 |
| Messy play with food | p. 50 |
| Food games | p. 54 |
| Cooking ideas | p. 57 |
| 2 Motivate Me with 'Party Toys' | p. 61 |
| Bubbles | p. 64 |
| Balloons | p. 68 |
| Slinkys | p. 74 |
| Lots of balls | p. 78 |
| Cars | p. 82 |
| Wind-up toys | p. 85 |
| Magnetic toys | p. 88 |
| Spinning toys | p. 92 |
| Vibrating toys | p. 95 |
| Light-up toys | p. 98 |
| Stretchy and squishy toys | p. 102 |
| 3 Motivate Me with Social Games | p. 105 |
| Musical toys | p. 107 |
| Movement games | p. 110 |
| Hide 'n' seek | p. 114 |
| Fun with material | p. 116 |
| Fun with Lycra | p. 120 |
| Party games | p. 123 |
| 'I spy' | p. 128 |
| Singing | p. 130 |
| Tickles and giggles | p. 132 |
| 4 Motivate Me with Outside Games | p. 137 |
| Garden games | p. 139 |
| Water play/swimming | p. 143 |
| Hide 'n' seek | p. 148 |
| Playground toys and equipment | p. 151 |
| Sand and snow play | p. 155 |
| Messy play (non-food items) | p. 159 |
| 5 Motivate Me at Home and School | p. 163 |
| Ramps, runs and rolling toys | p. 165 |
| Mr. Potato Head™ | p. 168 |
| Books | p. 172 |
| Puzzles and shapes sorters | p. 176 |
| Drawing and writing | p. 179 |
| Computer and electronic games | p. 183 |
| Appendix 1 Record Sheets | p. 189 |
| Appendix 2 Tried and Tested Resources | p. 193 |
| Useful Reading | p. 195 |
| Autism Organizations and Useful Websites | p. 199 |
| Index | p. 203 |
