Teaching Pre-Employment Skills to 14-17-Year-Olds: The Autism Works Now!® Method - Softcover

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Joanne Lara, MA teaches the Autism Works Now curriculum, which provides expressive movement therapy and workplace skills to individuals with autism for meaningful employment.

Susan Osborne is Director of Autism Works Now (AWN), and also delivers the AWN curriculum. She was the former programme director at the College Internship Program in Long Beach, California, where she implemented and developed career training and job placement for young adults with autism.

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Based on the Autism Works Now!® Workplace Readiness Workshop, this interactive resource shows how to help students aged 14-17 develop the necessary transition skills for getting and keeping a meaningful job, with accompanying worksheets available to download. Structured around weekly sessions, the program is ideal for teaching to groups of students with autism. It covers essential topics such as organization, interview skills, appropriate workplace attire, networking, and arranging work experience so students can gain direct experience of being in the workplace. Downloadable worksheets help to track progress and discover appropriate careers based on an individual's skills and interests, and the book also includes a template for creating effective resumes.