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Welcome to the Help for Asperger’s Online Store. These are some items and books that I have found to be helpful in understanding, teaching, parenting and helping to develop a child with Asperger Syndrome, High Functioning Autism, or Autism. I value your input as parents and educators, so please let me know if you have found any of these products or books to be helpful to you.
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Randi’s Recommendations....
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 The V-Tech Whiz Kid is one of my favorite electronic learning systems! Becoming a whiz kid is a breeze with this innovative teaching system. This learning board works with cartridge-based content to challenge kids while also making it enjoyable. Simply slide an activity page into the learning board and Whiz Kid knows which activities to play. With the included Wondertown CD, there's over 100 fun and fact-filled games. If you lose a sheet, it's no problem because you can print out another one from the CD. Whiz Kid even prints out a progress report, so you can be proud of your child's progress. Features a touch-sensitive screen and stylus. You can also connect Whiz Kid to your PC (cable included) for more challenges. Includes system and one CD. Expand play with Whiz Kid Learning System CDs, sold separately. Requires 4 "AA" batteries, included. Measures 13" x 16" x 3.5". My primary students absolutely love this program and don't even realize they are learning!
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 Sand Play Therapy is fun for kids of many ages! Here is a Sand Tray large enough for full play activities, yet light enough to move around. Can be used on the floor or tabletop. Spacious storage area will keep sand tools and play sets handy for daily use. The 2 1/4" platform around the top helps keep the sand in and adds to the play value. Sand and sand tools sold separately.
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 Sammons Neon Urchin Sensory Balls are 4" (10cm) in diameter. Soft and flowing like the edge of the tide on a soft summer night. Your kids absolutely will not be able to put this one down. It has assorted colors.
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 Buy this product and any accessories you'll need for it! This Multi Purpose Slant Board provides an adjustable working surface for many early learning activities. It is designed specifically for children with visual deficits. A 400 ft paper roll is included. This multi purpose, therapist friendly slant board can adjust to any desired angle-not just two or three positions like other slant boards. It features a felt story board, reversible chalk-magnetic dry erase board and a clear plexi tracing surface. This unit also includes easel-type activities. It folds closed into a compact, briefcase size, take-along unit!
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 These templates are wonderful for fine motor skills! The complete set of writing templates includes: Basic Strokes (2 pieces), Simple Patterns (2 pieces), Advanced Patterns (2 pieces), Upper Case Alphabet (3 pieces), Lower Case Alphabet (3 pieces), Numbers (1 piece), Felt Underlay (1 piece), Sandpaper Underlay (1 piece), Motor Prewrite Patterns (3 pieces), Reversible Chalk Write & Wipe Board (1 piece) and Alphabet-Number-Pattern Worksheets (set of 15). This set can be used with the Writing Skills Table or the Writing Skills Table Top Only.
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 I use the Traffic signs not only as an Auto Play Center, but I use them in small group instruction or in 1:1 instruction. When in small peer groups, the group is given the set of signs. The group members take turns presenting the signs, one at a time, to other participants.
They should:
1. Show the sign. Ask "What is the sign?" and "Where is this sign in your community?"
2. Show the sign again. Ask, "What does this sign mean?"
3. Show the card. Ask "What does this picture symbol mean?"
4. Show the card. Ask "What word or words are on this card?"
Teacher as Facilitator- Same as small groups, except that the teacher asks the questions instead of the peer group members. Also, the teacher can use this time to relate each survival sign to the community (e.g. ask them times they or someone they know has used the signs.
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 TAG's Toddler Entertainment Center keeps it all organized with plenty of shelf space for books of many sizes and four spacious drawers that are a perfect fit for videos, DVD's, games, sensory toys and the like. This unit is a very attractive, space-spacing storage option for your child's room. Display items not included. Oversize shipping applies.
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 The 40 high quality laminated photo cards with question sequences on the back are a MUST for every classroom and home! Children understand the value of Wh questions when events are broken down into structured questions. These question sequences helps the child to answer questions in context. Each question sequence contains a "Where, Why, What, Who and When" question. "Where do you see a movie?" "In a movie theater", is just a piece of arbitrary information. Putting questions into sequence gives meaning to the questions and helps the child understand an event. You can see a movie in a movie theater, you go to the concession stand to buy snacks, you can buy popcorn, you give your ticket to the usher before you see the movie, and you sit in a chair to watch the movie. These question sequences help a child make sense of their world. This pack has question sequences about all the things a child does for entertainment. Some examples include a restaurant, the beach, the petting zoo, the circus, the aquarium, the playground, the amusement park and the movie theater.
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 This fun number puzzle is highly recommended by special education teachers and occupational therapists! It introduces the shape of numbers from 0 to 9 and provides an opportunity for the child to examine and trace the numbers at a 3-dimensional level. This puzzle combines a 3-dimensional, tactile exploration of a number with the 2-dimensional reproduction of its symbol. The giant number puzzle with brightly colored pieces are raised above the surface of the puzzle board for easy removal and fitting. The surface of each number and shape is made of a durable plastic laminate that readily accepts chalk and erases easily. Children can trace the shapes with a finger and with chalk guided by the dot pattern - over and over again!
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Tag Toys are designed for all children from one to six years of age, with the clearly defined goal of stimulating the development of sensory motor skills and thinking abilities. Virtually all scientific and educational research recognizes that these early years are the most critical to the development of intelligence.
TAG Toys are proudly designed and manufactured in the United States of America. They are lead-free products. Their apporach is to blend time-tested, made-by-hand techniques with modern automation and to base designs on learning theory and educational research. This results in a quality, truly educational product at a reasonable price.
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