The Autism Ambassadors Handbook

<p><strong><em>Sometimes all a student needs to succeed is a friend.</em></strong></p><p>Every day thousands of students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) struggle to stay afloat at school—sometimes bullied often ostracized these students could benefit from a peer who models and reinforces socially appropriate behavior and coaches them through challenging schoolwork. This inspirational new book describes how to set up just such a peer-mentoring organization in your school. Kukoff provides:</p><ul> <li>Steps for organizing and implementing your own Autism Ambassadors program</li> <li>Clear-cut guidelines on what it entails for student “ambassadors”</li> <li>More than a hundred specific interventions any student can employ with students with ASD</li></ul>