As someone who has written many books on Asperger Syndrome and who has twenty years of full time and part time teaching experience, I decided to put these two areas of expertise together and wrote a book I wish I had owned many years ago. First of all, I wanted a book that a teacher could use without having to read every page. After an exhausting day with a room full of children, there are papers to mark, reports to write and lesson plans to create. Oh, and somewhere in there you have to fit in a social life and remind your family you still exist. What about that one child, in one class, with a specific problem you may never come up against again. Research that? Forget it! I knew that for any book to be useful, it had to be easy to navigate, simple to understand and be filled with tips that are workable in the average classroom. I also hope that little things might stick in the mind of a teacher that will unlock ways to help, encourage and bring a student to his or her full potential. Knowing why a child behaves in a certain way is like a breath of air for a struggling teacher. Likewise to finally understand why a particular student does not respond to ‘tried and true’ strategies is liberating. I have to mention that I was delighted when my daughter, Rebecca Houkamau agreed to do the illustrations. Her quirky mind and quick wit shows on every page.

You can read the first chapter of the book HERE