Voted "Teacher of the Year" by ASA, Toni Flowers invites readers to learn from, tweak, and refine the strategies she's used during her quarter-century of teaching children with autism. Chock-full of great ideas, this book tackles some of the thorniest problems (runners, homework, screamers, setting limits, aggression, etc.) facing teachers and parents. It will quickly become a go-to book in your library!

Helpful chapters include:

• Challenges and Expectations: The Child with Autism Can Learn
• So Many Words? So Little Time: Change Your Way of Communicating
• I Never Met a Person with Autism I Didn't Like: The Importance of Teacher/Student Bonding
• The Classroom: Designing a Place to Learn
• Schedules: Making Sense of the Day
• The Fine Art of Cueing
• To Self-Stim?
• Or Not to Self-Stim
• School and Beyond: Homework
• Activities: The Daily Grind