The National Strategies Early Years

The National Strategies ½ Early Years

Inclusion Development Programme

Publications

Attfield, E. and Morgan, H. (2006) Living with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Sage/Paul Chapman Publishing, London

Cumine, V. et al. (2000) Autism in the Early Years. A practical guide, David Fulton, London

Drifte, C. (2008) Encouraging positive behaviour in the Early Years, Sage, London

Drifte, C. (2005) Manual for the Early Years SENCO, Sage, London

Hanbury, M. (2005) Educating Pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorders: A practical guide, Paul Chapman Publishing, London

Medical Research Council (2001) Review of autism research: epidemiology and causes, London MRC at www.mrc.ac.uk: www.mrc.ac.uk/OurResearch/ResearchFocus/Autism/ResearchStrategy/MRC001954

National Initiative for Autism: Screening and Assessment (NIASA) (2003) National Autism Plan for Children. NAP-C: Plan for the identification, assessment and diagnosis of children with ASDs, National Autistic Society, London

Pittman, M. (2007) Helping Pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorders to Learn, Sage/Paul Chapman Publishing, London

Plimley, L. A. and Bowen, M. (2007) Autistic Spectrum Disorders in the Early Years, Sage/Paul Chapman Publishing, London

Seach, D. (2006) Interactive Play for Children with Autism, Routledge, London

Wall, K. (2004) Autism and Early Years Practice, Paul Chapman Publishing, London

White, C. (2006) The Social Play Record, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London

Websites

Useful associations

Autism Cymru – www.awares.org

Autism Initiatives – www.autisminitiatives.org

Autism Northern Ireland – www.autismni.org

National Autistic Society – www.nas.org.uk

Scottish Society for Autism – www.autism-in-scotland.org.uk

Organisations

Department for Children, Schools and Families (2004) Every Child Matters: Change for children – www.everychildmatters.gov.uk

www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/earlyyears

www.nch.org.uk

www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/sen

www.dcsf.gov.uk/curriculum_pre-entry

www.inclusion.org.uk

www.autismconnect.org

www.firstsigns.org

www.nationalstrategies.org.uk

First person/support group websites

www.autastics.org

www.melissa.net.au

www.kandi.org

www.aspiesforfreedom.com

www.aspie.com

www.donnawilliams.net

www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/7138/laurence.htm

http://ani.autistics.org/jane.html

Parent partnerships

Contact a family – www.cafamily.org.uk

Pre-school learning alliance – www.pre-school.org.uk

General teaching and learning resources

Writing with symbols – www.widgit.com/products/wws2000/index.htm

Elklan training materials available from Elklan, 156 High Street, Holywood, County Down

Visual communication ‘Ispeek freebie’ resources – www.ispeek.co.uk

Visual communication and other teaching aids – www.sparklebox.co.uk

Visual timetable cards – www.tes.co.uk/resources

Talking Point has a range of information and resources for parents/carers and professionals – www.talkingpoint.org.uk

Immersive Education produce a software package based on comic strip cartoons called Kar2ouche Social Communication. It is aimed at Key Stage 3 and allows pupils with social communication issues (including ASD) and behaviour issues, to produce comics, storyboards and animations. Pupils use the package to understand social situations, express their thoughts and see others’ point of view – www.immersiveeducation.com

Boardmaker resources – www.mayer-johnson.com

Learning Language and Loving It – a guide for promoting children’s social, language and literacy development in early childhood settings – www.winslow-cat.com

The Transporters DVD-ROM – a child-friendly way of learning about emotional states using caricatures based on Thomas the Tank Engine – www.cultureonline.gov.uk

How do you feel, Thomas? Egmont Books, ISBN 978 1 40522 3911. A board book using characters from Thomas the Tank Engine to illustrate different emotional states. Thomas the Tank is a very popular character with many children with ASDs and his iconic image is used to get across information about emotions.