Introduction
I. Getting Started
1. Setting Up Your Childs Early Intervention Program
2. Taking Care of Yourself and Your Family
3. How Your Early Efforts Can Help Your Child Engage with Others and Boost Your Childs Learning
II. Everyday Strategies to Help Your Child Engage, Communicate, and Learn
4. Step into the Spotlight: Capturing Your Childs Attention
5. Find the Smile!: Having Fun with Sensory Social Routines
6. It Takes Two to Tango: Building Back-and-Forth Interactions
7. Talking Bodies: The Importance of Nonverbal Communication
8. “Do What I Do!”: Helping Your Child Learn by Imitating
9. Lets Get Technical: How Children Learn
10. The Joint Attention Triangle: Sharing Interests with Others
11. Its Playtime!
12. Lets Pretend!
13. Moving into Speech
14. Putting It All Together
Appendix.
Toys and Books for Your Young Child with Autism Resources
Cutting-edge research reveals that parents can play a huge role in helping toddlers and preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) connect with others and live up to their potential. This encouraging guide from the developers of a groundbreaking early intervention program provides doable, practical strategies you can use every day. Nearly all young kids-including those with ASD-have an amazing capacity to learn. Drs. Sally Rogers, Geraldine Dawson, and Laurie Vismara make it surprisingly simple to turn daily routines like breakfast or bath time into fun and rewarding learning experiences that target crucial developmental skills. Vivid examples illustrate proven techniques for promoting play, language, and engagement. Get an early start-and give your child the tools to explore and enjoy the world. Winner--American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award Mental health professionals, see also the authors related intervention manual, Early Start Denver Model for Young Children with Autism, as well as the Early Start Denver Model Curriculum Checklist for Young Children with Autism (sold in sets of 15).