Description |
vii, 383 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents |
Ch. 1. Setting Out -- Ch. 2. Targeting a Skill -- Ch. 3. Establishing Steps -- Ch. 4. Picking Rewards -- Ch. 5. Setting the Stage -- Ch. 6. Teaching -- Ch. 7. Observing Progress and Troubleshooting -- Ch. 8. Get Ready Skills -- Ch. 9. Self-Help Skills -- Ch. 10. Toilet Training -- Ch. 11. Play Skills -- Ch. 12. Independent Living: Self-Care Skills -- Ch. 13. Independent Living: Home-Care Skills -- Ch. 14. Independent Living: Information Skills -- Ch. 15. Plugging into the Personal Computer Revolution -- Ch. 16. Behavior Problems -- Ch. 17. Initiating a Behavior Management Program -- App. A. Get Ready Skills -- App. B. Self-Help Skills Inventory -- App. C. Self-Help Skills Programs -- App. D. Play Skills Programs -- App. E. Information Skills Programs |
Summary |
Now in its third edition, this popular, step-by-step guide has helped thousands of parents teach essential life skills to their children with disabilities. Updated with additional teaching tips and an expanded section on behavior problem management, this friendly, accessible book brings you sample activities, case examples, skills inventories, and cartoon illustrations to make teaching - and learning - easier. You will also find a chapter devoted to computers that offers advice on using technology to enhance children's learning. Highly acclaimed and widely used, Steps to Independence boosts your children's self-esteem and maturity while helping them reach their full potential |
Notes |
Includes index |
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Originally published as a series of 9 manuals, which are now rev. and combined into one volume |
Bibliography |
Includes index |
Subject |
Children with mental disabilities -- Education.
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Children with mental disabilities -- Life skills guides.
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Parents of children with disabilities.
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Parents of people with mental disabilities
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Special education -- Parent participation.
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Activities of Daily Living.
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Child.
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Infant.
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Child, Exceptional -- education.
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Education, Special.
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Parent-Child Relations.
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Author |
Blacher, Jan.
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Brightman, Alan.
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LC no. |
96026889 |
ISBN |
1557662681 (paperback) |
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