An Early Start for Your Child with Autism: Using Everyday Activities to Help Kids Connect, Communicate, and Learn

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Cutting-edge research reveals that parents can play a huge role in helping toddlers and preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) connect with others and live up to their potential. This encouraging guide from the developers of a groundbreaking early intervention program provides doable, practical strategies you can use every day. Nearly all young kids-including those with ASD-have an amazing capacity to learn. Drs. Sally Rogers, Geraldine Dawson, and Laurie Vismara make it surprisingly simple to turn daily routines like breakfast or bath time into fun and rewarding learning experience.;Cover; Front Matter; Contents; Authors' Note; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I -- Getting Started; 1 -- Setting Up Your Child's Early Intervention Program; 2 -- Taking Care of Yourself and Your Family; 3 -- How Your Early Efforts Can Help Your Child Engage with Others and Boost Your Child's Learning; Part II -- Everyday Strategies to Help Your Child Engage, Communicate, and Learn; 4 -- Step into the Spotlight: Capturing Your Child's Attention; 5 -- Find the Smile!: Having Fun with Sensory Social Routines; 6 -- It Takes Two to Tango: Building Back-and-Forth Interactions. Cover Front Matter Contents Authors' Note Acknowledgments Introduction Part I -- Getting Started 1 -- Setting Up Your Child's Early Intervention Program 2 -- Taking Care of Yourself and Your Family 3 -- How Your Early Efforts Can Help Your Child Engage with Others and Boost Your Child's Learning Part II -- Everyday Strategies to Help Your Child Engage, Communicate, and Learn 4 -- Step into the Spotlight: Capturing Your Child's Attention 5 -- Find the Smile!: Having Fun with Sensory Social Routines 6 -- It Takes Two to Tango: Building Back-and-Forth Interactions. 7 -- Talking Bodies: The Importance of Nonverbal Communication8 -- "Do What I Do!": Helping Your Child Learn by Imitating 9 -- Let's Get Technical: How Children Learn 10 -- The Joint Attention Triangle: Sharing Interests with Others 11 -- It's Playtime! 12 -- Let's Pretend! 13 -- Moving into Speech 14 -- Putting It All Together Appendix -- Toys, Materials, and Books for Your Young Child with Autism Resources Index About the Authors.