You're Going to Love This Kid!

Paula Kluth’s superb book is a must for every professional, family member, and individual with autism. Current, thoughtful, sensitive, and creative beyond imagining with practical, time-saving resources. Paula is helping us to change the world for the better: one student, one classroom at a time.

If you are looking for resources on how to successfully include students on the autism spectrum, this book is your guide, full of practical strategies that are well researched. Throughout this text, the voices of autistic people are heard; they lend important credibility to the content and offer a more personal and authentic perspective. The planning worksheets and forms are very useful and practical; they will assist educators, administrators, and parents to successfully include autistic students in general education classrooms and school. A must read for all educators and parents.

Dr. Paula Kluth has long been a champion for respectful, effective, and student-centered educational approaches in inclusive settings. She has the gift to think out of the box and urges educators, clinicians, and families to push back against ‘deficit-checklist’ approaches to celebrate the great potential for every student to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. In this edition of her landmark book, she brings in new strategies and partners with gifted collaborators…Paula once again is energizing the paradigm shift that enhances the important work of professionals and improves quality for families and so many children.

A must read for all educators. Centering in strengths is a true game changer. Paula Kluth provides practical strategies to use in the classroom tomorrow, while building the case for inclusion and belonging for each and every student. This book builds capacity and inspires.

The practical helpfulness—from the big, broad, complicated idea of explaining ramifications of the law to the everyday nuts and bolts of setting up an accessible classroom to provide inclusive access—is quite evident. What is most helpful is something Kluth has always done well—understanding and starting with who autistic people are and how that impacts all of everything for autistic people. Because of this starting point and focus throughout, Kluth leads us all down the path so that a truly inclusive experience where everyone involved thrives can be had by all.

“If books in the field of education were eligible for the Pulitzer Prize, this one would be a winner. Dr. Kluth uses the voices of people with autism to inform every topic in this book. Reading it will transform your thinking as an educator or parent as well as change the lives of your students. The chapter on behavior made me cry with joy thinking about how this radical and humane perspective will enhance students’ self-worth, self-determination, belonging, and learning.“

"You're going to Love This Kid" is undoubtedly the book I recommend MOST often to educators lucky enough to be supporting an Autistic student. This groundbreaking book positions Autistic people and their voices and inclusive classrooms at the non-negotiable center of the book. This book asks educators to presume competence of students, as it simultaneously presumes the competence of educators.

If you are lucky enough to be supporting a student with Autism in an inclusive class (or plan to) you NEED this book on your desk! The practical nature of this human centered masterpiece by Paula Kluth is unmatched by any expert in the field of Autism.

• New organization discussion questions and advanced organizers
• New illustrations – because we love a visual support
• New voices of autistic people- new perspectives to consider
• Innovative ways to think about individual identities and family identities
• New collaborations and new ideas!
• AND SO much more!"

Paula Kluth does it again! Just when you think it couldn’t get better, Paula gives us even more inclusive strategies, tips, resources, and insight into supporting autistic students in the classroom. A must-have for every teacher!