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Early Intervention and Education

• Enhancing Early Intervention for Parents of Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Information, Strategies, and Resources
  
  Enhancing Early Intervention for Parents of Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Information, Strategies, & Resources is a teaching tool that provides the knowledge and skills caregivers need to work with young children with autism. Using straightforward language, real-life examples, and practical skill building exercises, this workbook helps caregivers put into use a wide range of scientifically based information and strategies. 
  
  2007. 88 pages. Print copies no longer available. View the guide in PDF format

• Keeping It Real: How to Get the Supports You Need for the Life You Want

Keeping It Real is a curriculum written to teach high school students with disabilities how to get, evaluate, and manage the supports they need. The curriculum is intended to help students have a better understanding of who they are, what they want to do as an adult, what supports will help them achieve their goals, and how to effectively advocate for those supports. 2005. 167 pages.

The companion Parents' Module was written to help parents have a better understanding of what their child needs to know to reach his/her adult goals.

A Spanish version of the Parent's Module is also available. 2005. 42 pages.

The companion Teacher's Guide was developed to help teachers understand how the curriculum can be modified for different learning styles, abilities and interests. Connections to New Jersey 's Core Curriculum Content Standards are included. 2006. 45 pages.

Keeping it Real (in English and Spanish), the Parent's Module (in English and Spanish), the Teacher's Guide, and Budgeting Basics (a companion guide to teach students basic money management skills) are only available as PDF files for free downloading and printing through The Boggs Center. Hard copies of these products are no longer available.

Download Keeping it Real curriculum files

*A limited number of hard copies of the Parents' Module (English only) are still available. Please contact Kathy Roberson at (732) 235-9317 or kathy.roberson@umdnj.edu for more information.