Going to College with Autism (eBook)

Tips and Strategies from Successful Voices

Jennifer Butcher, Lori Hepburn, Emily Rutherford (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
106 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-2616-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Many college campuses are diligently working to improve programming for students with Autism on their campuses. Increasing enrollment and demands often leave college professionals with questions about the best ways to support these students. Having a clear understanding of Autism and ways to assist those with Autism can maximize the college experience for both students and college professionals. This book provides students and professionals in higher education with information to better support individuals with Autism. The intended readership for this book includes educators and students in secondary and higher education, high school counselors, and high school transition specialists. At the end of each chapter, stories of success are shared with the reader. All of the voices shared are real-life stories from college students with Autism, providing readers with a rare and unique perspective of what it is like to be a college student with Autism.

Autor

Emily Rutherford, Ed.D. received her Doctor of Education degree from Lamar University. She is currently assistant professor in the West College of Education at Midwestern State University. Dr. Rutherford has spent fourteen years working in public schools as a teacher, educational diagnostician, special education administrator, and as a university professor.Jennifer T. Butcher, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the College of Education Center for Doctoral Studies in Educational Leadership at Lamar University. Dr. Butcher has more than thirty years of experience in the educational arena as a public school teacher, administrator and university professor.Lori S. Hepburn, Ed.D. is currently the ARD Facilitator/504 Coordinator at Nederland High School, and she also serves as the district transition designee in Nederland Independent School District. She has more than twelve years experience in public schools where she has served in multiple capacities including special education teacher, transition specialist, dyslexia specialist, behavior specialist, administrator, and college professor.

Inhalt

ContentsForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1:Defining AutismChapter 2:Learning DifferencesChapter 3: Self-determinationChapter 4: Passing the Baton through Transition PlanningChapter 5: Communication ChallengesChapter 6: Time Management Chapter 7: Developing Relationships Chapter 8:Personal IndependenceChapter 9:Strategies that WorkChapter 10:College PreparationWeblinksResourcesReferencesAbout the Authors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.5.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lernhilfen ► Sekundarstufe I
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
• Schlagworte: Asperger • Asperger's Syndrome • Autism • College • higher education • Special education
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-2616-8 / 1475826168
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-2616-6 / 9781475826166