Kala

Thanks everybody for the warm welcome! This is really a fun forum! The social and tutorial club that I run is small and we have a lot of fun together. I am close to all the parents and have known some of their children for a number of years. I use B.F. Skinner's Verbal Behaviour approach (a kind of sub-section of ABA~Applied Behaviour Analysis) when working with the children (not all of them are on the autistic spectrum). My aim is that they all reach their fullest potential and get meaningful jobs! One of my students took his GCSE last year (he learnt German in just 18 months ~ I am from Austria....) and this year he has taken his AS exams They can do it you know, you just have to believe in them and have a picture in your head of what you want to achieve for the individual child.......and of course fight hard when a teacher gets a little 'funny' Unfortunately this means I am not always making friends.........but my students are more important than the noses of those teachers that I have sometimes put out of place! Regards to you all, Kala

Hello everyone, I run a small social and tutorial club in Surrey together with parents and their lovely children (6-16 years). Apart from that I also work in schools and teach some home-schooled children with an ASD. I enjoy my work with my students and love to exchange ideas with others. Love all your posts!! Regards, Kala

Dear Judellie, I run a small social and tutorial club for ASD children in Surrey and have used Peter Vermeulens work book with my students (6-16years). I found it very useful and the children had fun using it. It has a variety of sections and some are useful for 9 year olds. However, the workbook takes you right through a variety of teenage issues. Please look his book below ~ hope you will find this useful. If you have any further questions please do not hesitate in contacting me. Best Regards, Kala I am Special Introducing Children and Young People to their Autistic Spectrum Disorder Peter Vermeulen Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-916-5, 240pp, 2000, �19.99, $31.95 Category: Autism and Asperger Syndrome About Peter Vermeulen: Peter Vermeulen trained as a counsellor and educationalist and has worked for many years with autistic children. At present he is Autism Consultant and Lecturer at Vlaamse Dienst Autisme, where he edits a bi-monthly magazine Autisme, and a freelance lecturer and trainer. He also works freelance at the Department of Psychology and Pedagogical Sciences and the Department of Sociology at the University of Leuven. He has published extensively on autism.