Moyes Rebecca A. - Incorporating Social Goals in the Classroom

Incorporating Social Goals
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Incorporating Social Goals
in the Classroom

A Guide for Teachers and Parents
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Rebecca A. Moyes

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Contents

The world has only begun to experience your gifts and talents. You provide everyone who touches your life the treasure of your uniqueness and a chance to learn from it and appreciate it. If I could grant you one wish, it would be that you always find time to swim in your own ocean and be proud that God has made you such a special little boy.

I dedicate this book to my son, Chuckie.

Acknowledgements

Writing this book was probably the most daunting task I have ever attempted! These people deserve a special thank you for all their effort and support on my behalf:

Susan J. Moreno of Maap Services for her dedication in keeping me positive and focused, and for being there when I needed her most.

Dr. Joseph McAllister and Dr. Karleen Preator for believing in our son, committing themselves to making a difference in this field, and providing me with support whenever I have asked.

Dr. Nancy Minshew for all her wonderful help over the years and also with her explanations of brain function for this book.

Dr. Marilyn Hoyson for her assistance and for her special concern for our children.

William Stillman for his sound advice and for making Pennsylvania families realize that the dreams that we dare to dream really do come true.

Diane Catterall, my special friend who assisted me tremendously with ABOARD.

Carrie Buchanan, Phyllis Malone, Rebecca Volaire and Suzanne Zimmerman, for volunteering their time to help with the finer details of this book.

Shirley Mumaw, my mother, for providing me with the gifts of compassion, kindness, understanding and who kept me writing by checking on my progress each day!

William Mumaw, my father, for providing me with character, fortitude and the strength to see a job to the end.

Cindy Martin, my sister and very best friend, and the aunt my children so adore.

Skip Mumaw, my brother, and the most decent man I have ever known.

Grandma, Richie, Freddie, Laurie, Lilly (and kids) for cheering me on when the going got tough!

Kiersten, our beautiful, vibrant, and loving little girl who makes us laugh and see the world in a different light.

To Chuckie, our son, who provided the reason and the purpose (and the computer expertise!).

Charles Moyes, my husband, for putting up with printer noises, keyboard sounds, and fax signals at 2:00 a.m. for the last five years! His love is the foundation for everything I do, for all that I have become, and all that I will be.

All the parents of children with autism who shared with me the many gifts of their stories, love for their children, and hope for their futures over the last several years. I thank you deeply and offer my prayers that your children may obtain all the goals you set for them.

All children with autism for teaching me so many lessons I needed to learn. It is my sincere hope that this book will help their pathways be a little less hard to tread.

And most of all:

God in heaven, who gives me the strength to meet each day with courage, faith, and most of all, hope.

Foreword

As the parent of a young child with autism spectrum challenges, nothing riled me more than hearing pontifications from some expert with a mile-long list of credentials who had never