A Land We Can Share: Teaching Literacy for Students with Autism - Softcover

Kluth, Paula; Chandler-Oicott, Kelly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557668558 ISBN 13: 9781557668554

Publisher: Brookes Publishing Co., 2008

Synopsis

In a Nutshell - This book helps in-service and pre-service teachers understand how students with mild to significant autism can be perceived as literate and then supported to participate in literacy activities both in and out of school.Synopsis - In addition to discussing reading and writing within the formal academic curricula, this practical volume considers how students with autism may use literacy to enhance other areas of their lives (e.g., to research and understand their own disability, to pursue social relationships online). Drawing upon classroom and school observations, the authors' own experiences as elementary and high school teachers, autobiographies of people with autism spectrum disorders, and recent research in the areas of significant disabilities and education, the book explores why students with these labels are often excluded and offers ideas for planning lessons, creating curricular adaptations, and designing a classroom environment that promotes literacy learning for students with autism.

About this title

Review:

"Respects the competence of students with autism and the teachers who work with them." -- Curt Dudley-Marling, Ph.D.

"Provide[s] educators with inspiring, practical, strengths-based instructional recommendations." -- Kelly Whalon, Ph.D.

"One of the most important books in autism education I have ever had the pleasure of reading." -- Liane Holliday Willey, Ed.D.

"An accessible, well-researched text that respects the competence of students with autism and the teachers who work with them."--Curt Dudley-Marling"Professor of Education, Lynch School of Education, Boston College" (07/31/2007)

Not only a treatise describing literate possibility for all students, but also a powerful meditation on rethinking the very nature of autism . . . will dramatically impact classroom instructional practices and the underlying educational theory.--Chris Kliewer, Ph.D."Professor of Special Education, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA" (07/31/2007)

"Literacy is such an important, and often neglected, area for children with autism. This book is filled with great ideas and suggestions for making literacy a reality for children with autism."--Lynn Koegel, Ph.D., CCC-SLP"Clinical Director, Koegel Autism Center, University of California, Santa Barbara" (07/31/2007)

"Finally! An entire book on autism and literacy. [This] is one of the most important books in autism education I have ever had the pleasure of reading."--Liane Holliday Willey, Ed.D."author of Pretending to be Normal: Living with Asperger's Syndrome & Asperger Syndrome in the Family: Redefining Normal" (08/01/2007)

"A dynamic text filled with practical examples that will motivate and inspire readers to view all individuals as capable, successful literacy learners."--Monica E. Delano, Ph.D."University of Louisville" (08/06/2007)

"Literacy is a right of every individual in our society. Through creativity, accommodation, respect, and unconventionality, Kluth and Chandler-Olcott demonstrate how to enable that right."--Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Ph.D."Vilas Research Professor and Sir Frederick Bartlett Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison" (08/06/2007)

Jam-packed with easy to implement and practical solutions for addressing some of the most challenging situations facing those teaching literacy to students on the autism spectrum at all levels.--Stephen M. Shore"author and consultant on matters pertaining to the autism spectrum; Board of Directors for the Autism Society of America, the Asperger's Association of New England, and MAAP Services" (08/07/2007)

About the Author:

Paula Kluth, Ph.D., is one of today's most popular and respected experts on autism and inclusive education. Through her work as an independent consultant and the high-energy presentations she gives to professionals across the country, Dr. Kluth helps educators and families create responsive, engaging schooling experiences for students with disabilities and their peers, too. An internationally respected scholar and author, Dr. Kluth has written or cowritten several books for Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., including "You're Going to Love This Kid!": Teaching Students with Autism in the Inclusive Classroom, Second Edition (2010); Pedro's Whale (2010); From Tutor Scripts to Talking Sticks: 100 Ways to Differentiate Instruction in K-12 Classrooms (2010); "A Is for All Aboard!" (2010); "A Land We Can Share": Teaching Literacy to Students with Autism (2008); and "Just Give Him the Whale!": 20 Ways to Use Fascinations, Areas of Expertise, and Strengths to Support Students with Autism (2008). Kelly Chandler-Olcott, Ed.D., is an associate professor in Syracuse Universitya (TM)s Reading and Language Arts Center, where she directs the English Education program. Aformer secondary English and social studies teacher, she now teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in content literacy, English methods, literacy and technology, and writing for professional publication. She was awarded a Meredith Recognition Award for excellence in university teaching in 2000. Dr. Chandler-Olcotta (TM)s research interests include adolescentsa (TM) technologymediated literacy practices, classroom-based inquiry by teachers, content literacy, and inclusive approaches to literacy instruction. With funding from the National Science Foundation, she and several colleagues recently completed data collection for a multiyear study of the literacy demands that reform-based mathematics curricula present for students in urban secondary classrooms. Her newest research project is a literacy intervention situated in an inclusive humanities class in an urban middle school. Dr. Chandler-Olcotta (TM)s work has been published by such journals as English Education, Journal of Teacher Education, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, and Reading Research Quarterly. She has also co-authored four books, the most recent being Spelling Inquiry: How One Elementary School Caught the Mnenomic Plague (Stenhouse, 1999), with the Mapleton Teacher-Research Group; and Tutoring Adolescent Literacy Learners: A Guide for Volunteers (Guilford, 2005), with Kathleen Hinchman.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brookes Publishing Co.
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1557668558
• ISBN 13: 9781557668554
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248