Keep children with autism safe by teaching them the rules of appropriate touch
Acknowledgements. Introduction. How to Use This Book. Part I: Introductory Lessons. Lesson 1: Understanding Traffic-Signal Colors to Represent Stop, Slow Down, and Go. Lesson 2: Identifying and Listing People According to Groups. Lesson 3: Introduction for the Learner to the Topic of Touch. Part II: Learning about Touch with Different People-Groups. Lesson 4: Physicians, Nurses, Medical Technicians, and Emergency-Helpers. Lesson 5: Close Family Members or Adult Friends Who Are Like Family. Lesson 6: Younger Children. Lesson 7: Peers. Lesson 8: Teachers. Lesson 9: More Distant Family Members and Adult Family Friends. Lesson 10: Community Members and Strangers. Part III: Follow-Up Discussions. A. Protection From Abuse. B. Explanation of Urges to Touch Inappropriately. C. Touching Oneself. D. Proximity When Not Touching. E. Accidental Touches. References.
Abigail Werner James is a Licensed Behaviour Specialist with over 10 years' experience working with young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder for Youth Advocate Programs Inc. She has a BA in Human Development and Family Science and an MA in Human Sciences.
Easy to understand and more importantly to implement, Autism and
Appropriate Touch will be invaluable to anyone struggling to teach
a child on the autism spectrum the hidden curriculum of appropriate
touch.
*Davida Hartman, Senior Educational Psychologist and author of
Sexuality and Relationship Education for Children and Adolescents
with Autism Spectrum Disorders*
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