Can you suggest activities and resources when trying to integrate children on the spectrum with their typical peers on public school sites?
• The work of Dr. Pamlea Wolfberg is worth exploring http://www.wolfberg.com/IPGModel.html . Dr. Wolfberg is the co-founder of the Autism Institute on Peer Relations and Play-Center and adjunct faculty at San Francisco State University. Her books Play & Imagination in Children with Autism and Peer Play and the Autism Spectrum are worth reviewing for ideas. These books can be obtained at www.asperger.net./amazon.com • Two wonderful books to use when helping typical peers accept their special friends are The Autism Acceptance book by Ellen Sabin published by www.wateringcanpress.com or Amazon.com and My Friend with Autism by Beverly Bishop obtained at www.FutureHorizons-autism.com or www.amazon.com • It is always helpful to have older children read biographies written by people on the spectrum. Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin can be purchased at www.FutureHorizons-autism.com or www.amazon.com Songs of the Gorilla nation by Dawn Prince-Huges can be obtained through www.crownpublish