Working with low-functioning children

One-on-One Book presents structured learning activities, step-by-step, for students who are non-compliant and who have minimal skills. For professionals and parents working with low-functioning children with autism and other developmental disabilities.

Developed by author Marilyn Chassman, this program chronicles a five-year process of homeschooling her son Brian, a child with autism who exhibited very aggressive behaviors and did not communicate. The One-on-One manual provides over 30 structured learning activities, each presented step-by-step. All activities are illustrated and presented in detail so it's easy for you to recreate them at home or in the classroom.

Chassman's approach focuses on breaking down each task to its basic components and then linking them together, one step at a time. Covers dealing with aggression, record keeping, communication, self-help, fine and gross motor skills and sensory toleration. Covered spiralbound book, 116 pgs., 1999.

One-on-One DVD highlights teaching techniques as it follows Chassman working with her son over time. Watch how she breaks skills into small steps and how Brian develops skills and behaviors. DVD, 25 minutes.