Teaching pre-employment skills to 14-17-year-olds: the autism works now!(r) method, paperback/joanne lara

Based on the Autism Works Now (R) 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 2-hour weekly sessions over an eight month period, the program is ideal for teaching to groups of students with autism.

It covers essential topics such as organization and time management, interview skills, appropriate workplace attire, and networking.

It advises on how to arrange a field trip to local businesses so students can gain experience of being in the workplace.

Worksheets and questionnaires help to track progress and discover what types of job will be appropriate based on an individuals skills and interests, and the book also includes a template for creating effective resumes.

About the Author: 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.