Preface. 1. True Colours. 2. Colour coded symbols. 3. Visual Timetable. 4. Time Trackers. 5. Colour Categories. 6. Social and Emotional Colours. 7. Sporting Colours. 8. Colour Codes in Lessons. 9. Colours to Encourage Creativity. 10. Defining Space through Colour. 11. Colour Coded Planning and Classroom Management. 12. Traffic Lights. 13. Dealing with `Different` Days. 14. Perception. 15. Coloured Lightbulbs, Overlays and Lenses. (Scotopic Sensitivity and Irlen Syndrome). 16. Synesthesia and Autism (How many learners with autism have Synesthesia?) 17. Colouring a Brighter Future. Final Thoughts and Infinite Possibilities. List of Resources on the CD.
This book explains how colour coding can assist with communication, coping with change, understanding emotions, diversifying diet and reducing anxiety by helping children with autism to generalise lessons already learnt and creating clear visual categories. The CD-ROM provides printable resources to enable colour coding in the classroom and home.
in English
978-1-84905-441-6
Autistic children--Education Autistic youth--Education Color--Therapeutic use Teaching--Aids and devices Synaesthesia