Accessing the Curriculum for Learners With Autism Spectrum Disorders ─ Using the TEACCH Programme to Help Inclusion

This brand new edition of Accessing the Curriculum for Learners with Autistic Spectrum Disorders will provide educators with the principles and practices of Structured Teaching and how to apply these to enable learners to access the curriculum.

This unique resource is intended to be essential reading for schools and settings who are keen to implement Structured Teaching as an approach to including learners on the autism spectrum in teaching and learning. With a wide range of helpful advice and support, it will:

• demonstrate how to make use of the approach to address diverse needs, overcome barriers to learning and achieve successful differentiation.

• Use examples that illustrate how the approach is applicable across Early years, Primary and Secondary curriculum

• Provide the physical structure, schedules, work systems and visual information necessary to illustrate use of these components to promote curriculum access, with an emphasis on understanding and meaning.

This new edition is fully updated in line with recent curricula changes and is suitable for use in a range of international educational contexts. It also includes a brand new chapter on blended structured teaching.

Gary Mesibov is a distinguished Psychologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina and is former Director of Division TEACCH. Professor Mesibov continues to lecture, train, teach, and mentor worldwide.

Marie Howley is a Senior Lecturer in SEN and Inclusion (Autism) in the School of Education at the University of Northampton and has experience as a TEACCH trainer in the UK and North Carolina