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This is the first book focused on providing Irish parents and early years, primary, post-primary and special school teachers with effective strategies for supporting children with autism spectrum difference. It rejects "disorder" in favour of "difference", emphasising the importance of a child-centred approach and the dangers of overgeneralising.

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Autism from the Inside Out is the first book to focus on providing Irish parents, early childhood, primary, post-primary and special school teachers with effective strategies for supporting children with autism spectrum difference at home and in educational settings. Presenting contributions from a range of national and international experts in education and psychology, the volume emerged from an evaluation of education provision commissioned by Ireland´s National Council for Special Education, which clearly identified a need for additional guidance, advice and support for parents and teachers.

The book rejects "disorder" in favour of "difference", emphasizing the importance of a child-centred approach and the dangers of over-generalization. It includes chapters on effective teaching strategies to promote learning; responding to children´s strengths and needs through individualized planning; assessment practices; the role of the Special Needs Assistant; managing transitions; the environment as the third teacher; promoting children´s wellbeing; and effective leadership for inclusion.

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CONTENTS: Margaret Egan: Effective Teaching Strategies to Promote Successful Learning - Lisha O´Sullivan: A Right to Play: Our Responsibility to Include Play in the Curriculum for Children with Autism Spectrum Difference - Sarah Feeney: Addressing Children´s Sensory Differences: Strategies for Practice - Claire Griffin: Supporting Children with Autism Spectrum Difference: The Role of the Special Needs Assistant/Inclusion Support Assistant - Michele Dunleavy-Lavin/Shirley Heaney/Sharon Skehill: Individualized Planning: Bureaucratic Requirement or Critical for Effective Practice? - Marie Ryan: Assessment and Children with Autism Spectrum Difference - Anne O´Byrne: Including Parents Right from the Start - Emer Ring: Harnessing the Reggio Emilia Concept of the Environment as the "Third Teacher" for Children with Autism Spectrum Difference - Patricia Daly: Promoting Children´s Wellbeing - Stella Long: Developing Knowledge and Understanding of Autism Spectrum Difference - Johanna Fitzgerald: Leading Learning for Children with Autism Spectrum Difference - Fionnuala Tynan: Self-Evaluation: The Way Forward.

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