A Valuable New Tool for Teachers and Therapists

The authors of the popular Tasks Galore book series have developed an exciting new information-gathering tool that is now available for sale through our bookstore.

Titled Listen and Collaborate: Creating a Parent/Professional Partnership, this is a questionnaire set that is designed to help educators, therapists, and other professionals create targeted educational and therapeutic programs for students with autism and related developmental disorders. It is the authors’ view that a collaboration between professionals and parents is essential, and this tool allows professionals to obtain key information from parents and other caregivers in 8 major areas, ranging from expressive communication and social development to routines and self-help skills. The parent/caregiver questionnaire provides important information about each student, and it can be used to document a student’s progress over time. The completed questionnaire offers specific information that can help teachers formulate Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals for the student, and it also provides parents with valuable documentation about their child to share with other professionals, if they need to do so. A two-page student questionnaire is also included as part of the set.

Two versions of the questionnaires are available for purchase. Version 1 is designed for use with preschool and elementary learners, and it is also available in Spanish. Version 2 can be used with middle school, high school, and adult learners, and is available in Spanish as well.

Teachers and therapists who are trained in Structured Teaching methodology will be particularly interested in this valuable tool. The authors (Laurie Eckenrode, Pat Fennell, and Kathy Hearsey) are award-winning Division TEACCH-affiliated professionals who have provided extensive training in Structured Teaching to parents and educators for many years.