book was an overview of how to go about writing a Behavior Support Plan a
component of an IEP for a student on the spectrum, which is not what I was expecting.
There was a good discussion of each step in the process, but there wasn't much that I hadn't already known as a firstyear special education teacher, Still, I may use this book as a reference when writing BSPs, I imagine that this would be an excellent book for parents who are navigating the special education system,
One thing that irritated me was that the author was dismissive of behaviorist approaches as not looking at the reasons for behavior, This is not how I understand behaviorism, and in fact the process that the author describes in the book sounds like a behaviorist approach because of its focus on observation and data collection.
How do teachers and parents of children with autism address a child's social skills And what do they do about problem behaviors This book provides possible explanations for these behaviours, and a wealth of practical help for both teachers and parents to address them.
Teachers learn how to create environmental supports and how to incorporate specific teaching strategies, Students with autism learn the new skills they might need, and ways of making their behavior more acceptable, This book is full of practical tips on how to tackle different kinds of challenging behaviors both in the classroom and outside it, .