The Autism Ambassadors Handbook: Peer Support for Learning, Growth, and Success

By Zak Kukoff

Book Overview

Sometimes, all a student needs to succeed is a friend.

Every day, thousands of students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) struggle to stay afloat at school--sometimes bullied, often ostracized, these students could benefit from a peer who models and reinforces socially appropriate behavior and coaches them through challenging schoolwork. This inspirational new book describes how to set up just such a peer-mentoring organization in your school. Kukoff provides:

Steps for organizing and implementing your own Autism Ambassadors program Clear-cut guidelines on what it entails for student "ambassadors" More than a hundred specific interventions any student can employ with students with ASD

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1452235252
• ISBN13: 9781452235257
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Corwin Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.7" x 11.2"