02006cam a2200193 4500 133694789 TxAuBib 20130410120000.0 130410s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780982876107 0982876106 TxAuBib Hodgdon, Linda A. Visual Strategies for Improving Communication (Revised & Updated Edition): Practical Supports for Autism Spectrum Disorders. Revised & Updated. Troy, MI : QuirkRoberts Publishing, 2011. This Revised & Updated edition of this bestseller is the most comprehensive book to explain the use of visual strategies to improve communication for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and others who experience moderate to severe communication challenges. It is full of easy to use techniques and strategies that will help these students participate more effectively in social interactions and life routines. This update includes additions in four major areas that have evolved since the original version was published. First, we have even more research that confirms the specific learning challenges common to students with ASD and how visual supports provide benefit for those students. Second, we continue to discover even more ways to use visual tools and supports to help students become successful. This volume will help the reader discover even more possibilities for implementing visual strategies. In this edition you’ll find some updated resources including technology, video and picture options. Since the original edition, the use of visual supports has been met with questions, myths and the sharing of personal experiences. Many of these have been added to this edition to demonstrate how the use of visual tools and supports has matured over time to reach the status of “best practices”, while maintaining the basic principles laid out in the original book. 20130410.