New Book on the Miller Method®
The Miller Method®: Developing the Capacities of Children on the Autism Spectrum
Dr. Miller with Kristina Chrétien has just published a reader-friendly account of the Miller Method®. Here is what one reviewer wrote about the book:
"Miller's newest book is transforming - helping teachers, therapists and parents to reconsider, restructure and re-connect their essential task of developing these special children.
This is a treasure trove of sensitive and compassionate insights along with clever and creative techniques - a gift to parents and practitioners toiling in the trenches meeting the challenges of children with special needs and a gift as well to developmental psychopathologists seeking to document and refine effective interventions.
Miller's innovativeness and creativity reach a new level of generativity with this volume and we are graced with this passing on of wisdom and passion as we nurture children on the autism spectrum."
Donald Wertlieb, Professor of Child Development, Tufts University
From Ritual to Repertoire
The Millers' groundbreaking work over the last 25 years, distilled in this widely-acclaimed book, provides both the theory and practice for therapists and teachers to guide these children toward breakthroughs in functional action, human contact, communication, reading and writing.
Symbolic Playthings™
The general purpose behind the use of various elevated board structures and devices is to develop increased body awareness, attention to surroundings, problem solving, perceptual motor coordination and the first steps toward meaningful communication.
Sign and Spoken Language™ Program
The development of the training videotapes which compose this program stems from the Millers' research finding that non-verbal children, previously unable to understand spoken language or communicate, could begin to do so after signs, spoken words and their related objects or events were simultaneously presented them.
Symbol Accentuation™ Reading Program
This program, developed by Arnold and Eileen Miller after years of research, is effectively used with exceptional and normal children who can speak or sign 2 and 3 word sentences but have not been able to learn how to read or write. This unique system introduces children to reading by having them "live" the meaning of a group of familiar words.
CDI Video Library
These LCDC videotapes include documentary productions and education workshops edited from workshops conducted at the Language and Cognitive Development Center.
Miller Umwelt Assessment Scale™
The Miller Umwelt Assessment Scale (MUASC), is an effort to sort out the nature of this reality in order to introduce the interventions most helpful in resolving that particular child's reality problems. The MUASC kit manual, forms, videotape introduces those tasks that over the years have been most helpful in this regard.
