‘Big+Red+Book+of+Ideas’

The //Big Red Book of Ideas// is a teacher and teacher assistant’s resource that provides proven ways of supporting students with Autism and Asperger in the classroom. Written by Anna Tullemans and Sue Larkey, the book covers a wide range of topics,including ‘How to achieve curriculum outcomes using special interests and motivators,’ How to successfully transition between activities’ and ‘how to recogniseand prevent student anxiety?’ This book can be purchased from the following website for $45. []

This book is predominantly targeted at helping students withAutism and Asperger in the classroom; however the strategies and tips can be applied to students with a range of additional needs as well, making it a very good resource to have handy.

This resource would be useful as a guide for teachers and teacher assistants for helping students with additional needs in the classroom.The book has 100s of strategies, tips and situation examples that a teacher could implement to help the student when necessary. If a particular student has difficulty transitioning from one activity to the next, the teacher could read that section in the book that covers that topic and be ready to try out some of the strategies listed next time. Ideally as a teacher I would try to be familiar with the book and its strategies so that I could use them straight away when the situation calls for it, but being able to revisit the book would also be great. This book was designed to help teenage students with Autism and Aspergers, but realistically, if the situation applies to a student the identified strategy could be used with them regardless of age or requirments.

For what the book provides I think it is a great resource for every teacher to have. The strategies have been proven to work with most students and the authors have extensive background knowledge on Autism and Asperger’s in education.

References: Tullmans. A, (n.d) viewed 25th July 2011, []