
The Spellers Guidebook
Practical Advice for Parents and Students
- 168 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
A means by which thousands, and soon millions, of people are being freed from their lives of silence. The Spellers Guidebook is the first of its kind—a comprehensive guidebook that every family should take along for their Spelling journey. From the moment you first learn about spelled communication through working with a practitioner, developing fluency, and everything in between, this book serves as a blueprint to follow while you build the skills to spell openly with your child. The Spellers Guidebook is informative not only for parents and caregivers but for practitioners and professionals as well. It answers questions from the most basic—what to expect during the first spelling session, to more clinical—what is apraxia, and how does it affect my speller? It even discusses the importance of regulation and how the interpersonal dynamic between the speller and their communication partner can impact flow. The journey toward open communication differs for every family, and this handbook is here to help remove any guesswork. Whether your path seems straight and easy to navigate or the road ahead appears winding and twisting, Dana and DM are here to guide you. If you walk away with nothing more than the confidence that you can do this with your nonspeaker (because you CAN), The Spellers Guidebook has done its job!
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Praise for The Spellers Guidebook
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 | Spelling for Communication
- Chapter 2 | For the Agnostics Out There
- Chapter 3 | Reasons You (Might) Think You Can’t Do This
- Chapter 4 | Things You Can Do Right Now
- Chapter 5 | Preparing for Your First Session
- Chapter 6 | What to Do, What Not to Do
- Chapter 7 | Clinical Concepts to Understand
- Chapter 8 | Gross Motor versus Fine Motor Skills
- Chapter 9 | Cognitive versus Motor Continuums
- Chapter 10 | The Four Types of Movement
- Chapter 11 | Sensory Processing and the Sensory-Motor Feedback Loop
- Chapter 12 | Building Intentional Movement
- Chapter 13 | Coaching the Motor
- Chapter 14 | Motor Differences and Motor Loops
- Chapter 15 | Regulation
- Chapter 16 | So, Now What? Life After You Embark
- Chapter 17 | So, What’s Next?
- Chapter 18 | Advice from Fluent Spellers to Your Nonspeaker
- Glossary of Terms
- Bibliography
- Appendix A
- About the Authors
- Index