Description
Foreword. Authors note. Preface. Chapter Overview. How to use this book. 1. Getting Started - Understanding the Clinical Diagnosis. 2. The Methodology of Active Learning. 3. Competency 1: Skills for Life. 4. Competency 2: Skills for School. 5. Competency 3: Skills for Work. 6. Competency 4: Skills for Independent Living. 7. Imparting Ethical Values and Other Kinds of Values. 8. Peer Mediation and Strategies to Resolve Conflicts. 9. Curriculum Integration. 10. Assessing, Evaluation, and Measuring Outcomes. 11. In Their Own Words: Stories from CIP. 12. The Experts Speak! Epilogue.
Dr. Michael P. McManmon is the founder of the College Internship Program (CIP) that serves college-aged students with Learning Differences (LD)and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in six centers across the US. CIPs goal is to prepare young men and young women with skills for life, college, work and independent living. Dr. McManmon was diagnosed with an ASD at fifty-one years of age. He is the author of Made for Good Purpose: What Every Parent Needs to Know to Help Their Adolescent with Aspergers, High Functioning Autism or a Learning Difference Become an Independent Adult and resides in Lanesborough, Massachusetts.