Introduction -- Section I: Sensory issues. Teaching basic skills and having high expectations (with accommodations) -- An overview of understanding sensory problems -- How people with autism think -- Learning and therapies -- Sensory problems are often not recognized -- Visual processing problems in autism -- Auditory processing problems and sound oversensitivity in autism -- Incorporating sensory methods into your autism program -- The effect of sensory and perceptual difficulties on learning patterns -- Environmental enrichment therapy for autism -- Section II: Behavior. Teaching good behavior (and differentiating between sensory problems and behavior problems) -- Sensory problems versus just bad behaviors -- My experience with teasing and bullying -- Solving behavior problems -in non-speaking individuals with autism -- Section III: Questions and answers with Temple -- Annotated important further reading -- About the author

"Dr. Temple Grandin draws on her own experience to deliver an essential resource for guiding and nurturing autistic children with sensory and behavior challenges. As always, she gets to the REAL issues of autism--the ones parents, teachers, and those on the spectrum face every day. Most autistic individuals deal with a variety of sensory differences, and in this book Dr. Grandin sheds light on the best ways for them to adapt and thrive. In these helpful pages, Dr. Grandin offers do's and don'ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips, all based on her insider perspective and extensive research"--Page 4 of cover