Teaching Pre-Employment Skills from Age 14 to Young Adulthood
The Autism Works Now!® Method. REVISED AND EXPANDED SECOND EDITION
$57.71
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
20 November 2024
Summary
Based on the Autism Works Now!® Workplace Readiness Workshop, this interactive and updated resource helps individuals with autism from age 14 to adulthood develop the necessary transition skills for getting and keeping a meaningful job, with accompanying downloadable worksheets and templates.
Structured around 2-hour weekly sessions over an eight-month period, the program is ideal for teaching to groups of autistic students. It covers essential topics such as organization and time man…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781805012672 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1805012673 |
| Author: | Susan Osborne, Joanne Lara |
| Publisher: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Imprint: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 20 November 2024 |
| Weight: | 600g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 172mm x 246mm |
| Audience Age: | 14-18 |
Susan Osborne
Susan Osborne
Susan Osborne was the Director of Workplace Readiness at Autism Works Now, where she created the curriculum and facilitated weekly classes for the original Workplace Readiness Workshop. She is the founder of Spectrum Help Coaching Services, which focuses on post-high school transition planning for young adults on the autism spectrum. She is the former program director of a residential and academic support program where she facilitated career training and job placements, as well as executive functioning support for young adults with autism. Susan is the mother of an adult son on the autism spectrum who graduated with a public high school diploma.
Joanne Lara
Joanne Lara, MA, was a professional dancer before becoming a classroom education specialist and university professor. She was the founder of the nonprofit organization Autism Movement Therapy®, based in Los Angeles, California, which certifies, trains, and licenses dancers, educators, parents, and professional service providers in AMT. Joanne was a Core Adjunct Professor at National University in LA, California, and taught weekly Autism Movement Therapy classes in Van Nuys, CA, where she also had a private ABA behavioral consultation practice. She produced the documentary Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the ARTS, was the executive producer of the LA musical event Temple Grandin & Friends: Autism Works Now, and was a columnist for Autism Asperger’s Digest and Sensory World.
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