Great book for teaching play/games

[Guest guest]

I am the mom of an son with autism. I've never posted before, but have

read often. I wanted to let you all know about a great book for

teaching games and play to children with autism. A Behavior Analyst who

we consult with wrote the book. I hope it is as helpful to you as it

has been to me! I don't benefit in any way financially, I just want to

share this with anyone who wants to learn how to be more effective at

teaching play! If you're interested in checking out this book, it's

available on www.lulu.com <http://www.lulu.com.%c2%a0/>

Here is the description of the book.

What You Need to Know about Motivation and Teaching Games: An in-depth

analysis <http://www.lulu.com/content/4848313> by

Ward <http://www.lulu.com/stores.php?fAcctID=1266698>

" What You Need to Know about Motivation and Teaching Games: An in-depth

analysis " is essential for anyone working with learners with social

delays, including learners with Autism. This book dedicates significant

attention to learner motivation, the ability of teachers to establish

learner motivation, and, most importantly, the ability of teachers to

identify whether their learners are interested. This book describes the

philosophical underpinnings of various methods for teaching learners to

enjoy playing games, and does so in a way that creates thoughtful,

creative teachers. Further, this book provides scripts for teaching 12

specific games. For each game, the author describes: why the game is

valuable, prerequisites, a basic instructional protocol, finer points,

variations, and data. An emphasis is placed, throughout this book, on

teacher responsiveness to student performance. Teachers will learn how

to help their students actually enjoy playing games.

Good luck,

Jill McNeil

[Guest guest]

Hi all I just wanted to add I've been been using this book on a few of the

teams I work with. Really easy to follow guides and great game ideas.

2008/12/23 jillnum7 <jillannmcneil@...>

> I am the mom of an son with autism. I've never posted before, but have

> read often. I wanted to let you all know about a great book for

> teaching games and play to children with autism. A Behavior Analyst who

> we consult with wrote the book. I hope it is as helpful to you as it

> has been to me! I don't benefit in any way financially, I just want to

> share this with anyone who wants to learn how to be more effective at

> teaching play! If you're interested in checking out this book, it's

> available on www.lulu.com <http://www.lulu.com.%c2%a0/>

>

> Here is the description of the book.

>

> What You Need to Know about Motivation and Teaching Games: An in-depth

> analysis <http://www.lulu.com/content/4848313> by

> Ward <http://www.lulu.com/stores.php?fAcctID=1266698>

> " What You Need to Know about Motivation and Teaching Games: An in-depth

> analysis " is essential for anyone working with learners with social

> delays, including learners with Autism. This book dedicates significant

> attention to learner motivation, the ability of teachers to establish

> learner motivation, and, most importantly, the ability of teachers to

> identify whether their learners are interested. This book describes the

> philosophical underpinnings of various methods for teaching learners to

> enjoy playing games, and does so in a way that creates thoughtful,

> creative teachers. Further, this book provides scripts for teaching 12

> specific games. For each game, the author describes: why the game is

> valuable, prerequisites, a basic instructional protocol, finer points,

> variations, and data. An emphasis is placed, throughout this book, on

> teacher responsiveness to student performance. Teachers will learn how

> to help their students actually enjoy playing games.

>

> Good luck,

> Jill McNeil

>

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