FAQ from Autism Source: I am a teacher. How can you help me?

January 24, 2013
By Autism Society

The Autism Society is proud to be the first choice for the educators looking for information! Teachers contact Autism Source(TM) because they are committed to ensuring their student or students with autism receive the best possible education and school experience. Here are some of the Autism Society’s best resources for educators:

Please visit the Autism Society Resource Materials page to download the following informational publications:

Growing Up Together is a helpful pamphlet that teaches the other students how to be a good friend to someone with autism. Another version exists for teens.

Also on the Resource Materials page, you will find the Living with Autism series. These brochures provide the best information and transitioning to preschool, middle
school, across grades, and even into adulthood.

Another nice resource for teachers is the booklet, The Puzzle of Autism, created with the National Education Association. This publication explores many of the characteristics of autism and give strategies for addressing them in the classroom.

A number of Autism Advocate articles are also very helpful for teachers. There are entire editions dedicated to the uses of applied behavior analysis (ABA) and early intervention.

Autism SourceTM has also compiled places teachers can turn for educational materials and activities that are commonly used with individuals on the autism spectrum.

The Attainment Company sells books, videos, and educational materials, assistive technology and specializes in school-to-work transition.

Make picture cards, create stories with picture symbols, print out freetracing sheets and much, much more at Do2Learn.

Different Roads to Learning sells ABA resources.

Learn more about Dr. Carol Gray's Social Stories technique.

Great Ideas for Teaching is a catalog for Speech-Language Pathology and Related Communication Disorders.

Laureate Learning Systems sells special needs software.

Learning Page- chock full of more free resources and worksheets for teachers.

PRO-ED Inc., publisher of standardized tests, books, curricular resources, and therapy materials.

Pyramid Educational Products: The inventors of PECS and Pyramid Approach to Education

Super Duper Publications sells learning tools for special education teachers, K-6th grade teachers, preschool teachers, resource and reading teaching and Speech-Language Pathologists.

Thinking Publications offers a variety of communication-related products.

The following are publishers of books about autism.
 
Autism Asperger Publishing Company
 
Future Horizons Inc.
 
Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Woodbine House