The Sixth Sense II: Sharing Information About Autism Spectrum Disorders with General Education Students

I bought this when my son was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome & ADHD aged 8 in 2007, and I also gave one to his class teacher who very successfully implemented it using the Lesson Plan contained in the book.It made a difference to the attitude of many of my son's peers - they began to realise his behaviour was not just bad but a cry for help. Some children unfortunately briefly taunted my son, but it was far outweighed by the positive response from most of the others in his class. I just explained to my son that sometimes other people need help too, with understanding their fears about people and things that are different from themselves.The book helped me understand my son in a new and coherent way too, since I was trying to absorb his dual diagnosis and learning to recognise what behaviours may be triggered by which situations and why it might be so. It makes a lot of sense and is easy to read.I have since bought further copies for friends, and my childminder borrowed it to help her understand my son when she looked after him sometimes after school.I can recommend this book for it's contents and also for all the links and further reading offered. It is still relevant six years on from when I first bought it and is a very reasonable price. It can certainly be understood by most Key Stage 2 students, and can be adapted for older/younger audiences and with some imagination for other behavioural/hidden disabilities.

A great resource for all of those interested in working or living with children with ASD

I chose this book to use it in classroom and help organize activities that promote awareness on autism! The book met my expectations.Wordbery was great and the book arrived within the timeframe wordbery said!All n all very good book, great services!Thanks!!

This book is a lesson plan for a mainstream classroom to teach mainstream kids about the social impairment in ASD.This was not clear to me. I was expecting more discussion of the sixth (social) sense. To be fair the new cover says on the front that it is a lesson plan etc but here the cover doesn't have this text - if the picture were updated it would be easy to tell what's inside.If you need a lesson plan it's great. The lesson is aimed at 7-12yr olds should take one to two hours and is in 6 segments:1) Introduction2) Review of the 5 senses3) Perspective taking and the Sixth Sense4) What is it like to have a Sixth Sense Impairment?5) How can we help?6) SummaryIt has lots of practical activities:1. acting out the Sally-Ann Test to demonstrate perspective taking and how we make a good guess at what others know; &2. identifying pictures of emotions to demonstrate how we can make a good guess at how someone else is feeling (from their face)Ideas of what is it like to have a Sixth Sense Impairment = student may need help to; talk to others, follow rules, figure out how others feel, know why people do what they do, take part in group games and to make friends.Suggestions on how to help = start conversations for them, write down the rules, stay calm, be friendly and forgive him not understanding, help him find his place and follow directions, ask an adult for help when playing/working with him.Now you know what's in this book, you can decide if you need the lesson plan. There are 4 additional pages of FAQ for parents and teachers etc.

I used this for more information for my role as a learning mentor! Gave a good insight.

Awesome way to teach students about ASD and foster understanding and empathy.

This is an excellent resource for kids learning to accept those with autism. I was and am a little hesitant about using it with the child who has autism present as Gray recommends, but would try it with lots of advanced planning. This seems like it is best for elementary age children but can be modified to use for teens.