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Ann Palmer - Realizing the College Dream with Autism or Asperger Syndrome: A Parent´s Guide to Student Success - 9781843108016 - V9781843108016
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Realizing the College Dream with Autism or Asperger Syndrome: A Parent´s Guide to Student Success

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Description for Realizing the College Dream with Autism or Asperger Syndrome: A Parent´s Guide to Student Success Paperback. Palmer advises parents and professionals how to prepare the student for the transition from school and home life to a new environment and educational challenge, and how to support them through potential problems such as academic pressure, living away from home, social integration and appropriate levels of participation in college. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MJNA; VFJB; VFXC1; VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 266.

Realizing the College Dream with Autism or Asperger Syndrome is both a practical and a personal account of one ASD student's successful experience of going to college.

This accessible book focuses on how to get there and stay there: deciding to go, how to get in and how to get the most out of it. Ann Palmer advises parents and professionals how to prepare the student for the transition from school and home life to a new environment and educational challenge, and how to support them through potential problems such as academic pressure, living away from home, social integration ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843108016
SKU
V9781843108016
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10

About Ann Palmer
Ann Palmer is married with three children, one of whom, Eric, was diagnosed with autism when he was two years old. He is now 24. She has 13 years' experience working with families of individuals with autism at Division TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication handicapped Children). Ann coordinated a volunteer parent mentor program that provided support ... Read more

Reviews for Realizing the College Dream with Autism or Asperger Syndrome: A Parent´s Guide to Student Success
This is a very comprehensive guide to college preparation, selection and success. The real-life, personal accounts of Ann Palmer and her son concerning his own path toward and through college life are a key and unique component to this work. I would buy this book if only for the excellent appendices!... Our international organization will use this book as a ... Read more

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