Career Training and Personal Planning for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
A Practical Resource for Schools
Vicki Lundine and Catherine Smith

This training program for teachers and carers assesses ASD students' strengths and abilities, fears and challenges and helps them acquire the skills necessary for a smooth transition from school to employment.
The authors give guidance on developing life skills for employability and independent living, for example, hygiene, time and money management, communication skills, decision-making and setting and achieving realistic goals. They also clearly define the role of parents, job coaches and employers and stress that students are empowered by appropriate support from collaborative, informed teams.
The career program enables students to find out about and explore career options, know how and where to search for a job and how to understand job advertisements. The sections on career preparation include strategies for writing resumes, filling in application forms, compiling career portfolios and conduct at interviews. The authors also cover topics such as punctuality and appropriate behavior in the workplace itself.

This practical teaching resource is packed with lesson plans, implementation procedures, interactive activities and photocopiable worksheets, and the course can be taught over one year or three years.

Career Training and Personal Planning for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
A Practical Resource for Schools
Vicki Lundine and Catherine Smith
Foreword by Jo-Anne Seip
June 2006
192 pages
ISBN 1 84310 440 7
Paperback
£29.99/US$55.00

Dementia Care Training Manual for Staff Working in Nursing and Residential Settings
Danny Walsh

This accessible, interactive resource book encourages front-line staff working with dementia sufferers in nursing and residential settings to examine their working practice and modify it to where appropriate to meet best practice guidelines.
Packed with photocopiable training exercises, discussion points and questions to prompt care workers to reflect on their style of work, this practical training manual also provides a framework for care work in line with statutory requirements and national training standards. It can be used as a self-training guide by carers, who can work through it at their own pace or under the supervision of a colleague, or by trainers running structured courses on good practice in dementia care. It is also suitable for use as a quick reference in daily practice.
This comprehensive resource will provide useful guidance for all staff working face-to-face with people with dementia, whether in nursing, day-care or residential settings.

Dementia Care Training Manual for Staff Working in Nursing and Residential Settings
Danny Walsh
June 2006
192 pages
ISBN 1 84310 318 4
Paperback
£27.99/US$55.00

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