The Hidden Curriculum

Practical Solutions for Understanding Unstated Rules in Social Situations by Brenda Smith Myles, Melissa Trautman, and Ronda Schelvan. Foreward by Michelle Garcia Winner.

This book offers practical suggestions and advice for how to teach and learn those subtle messages that most people pick up almost automatically but that have to be directly taught to individuals with social-cognitive challenges, including those on the autism spectrum. Given the serious consequences that can befall a person who violates a social rule, the strategies and detailed lists of curriculum items make this a much-needed resource.

Michelle says: Learning how we adapt our behavior according to the many different situations (hidden curriculums) we encounter across a day is key to helping our students learn about the ever-changing expectations. The Hidden Curriculum is very important for teachers to recognize while helping their students to more clearly learn the related social expectations.

Autism Asperger Publishing Company, 2004
Paperback, 96 pages
The Hidden Curriculum
ISBN-10: 1931282609
ISBN-13: 978-1931282604