Different Croaks for Different Folks: All About Children With Special Learning Needs

✍ Scribed by Midori Ochiai, Shinya Miyamoto, Hiroko Fujiwara

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 97
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This engaging colour illustrated book explores the difficulties faced by 'frogs with a different croak'. Aimed at children with autism and related spectrum conditions, Teacher Toad's lessons pick up on social and physical difficulties and the kind of behaviours that can get young frogs into trouble. Each lesson gives practical advice on issues covering everything from hard-to-break habits to physical coordination difficulties. Without using 'labels', Midori Ochiai writes about a range of conditions in a child-friendly, non-threatening way that encourages a positive and fun approach to understanding, accepting and accommodating difference. A detailed appendix covers the conditions from a medical perspective. Ideal for reading with children, this book will be helpful to parents and professional.

✦ Table of Contents

Different Croaks
for
Different Folks......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
No. 1
For Children with
Uneven Development......Page 10
No. 2
For Children with
Hard-to-break Habits......Page 18
No. 3
For Children Who Have
Problems Socializing......Page 28
No. 4
For Children Who Are
Easily Distracted......Page 38
No. 5
For Children Who
Get Obsessed with
Their Hobbies......Page 42
No. 6
For Children Who Jump
to Conclusions......Page 48
Let’s put this all together......Page 54
A Message to Children......Page 66
Special needs in general......Page 69
Special learning needs in particular......Page 71
Special ways of interacting......Page 73
Trouble with attention and self-control......Page 78
A few final words......Page 82
What are developmental disorders?......Page 83
“Mild” developmental disorders......Page 84
Pervasive developmental disorders......Page 85
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder......Page 91
Developmental coordination disorder......Page 93
Developmental language disorder......Page 94
Frequently asked questions......Page 95
A few final words......Page 96