# You're Going to Love This Kid!

Teaching Autistic Students in the Inclusive Classroom, Third Edition

[Paula Kluth, Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_Contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=1069&Name=Paula+Kluth,Ph.D.)

K-12

Created by Paula Kluth, a former teacher and celebrated inclusion expert who works with teachers and families nationwide, this book gives educators **sensitive new ways to see autistic students** and **instantly useful strategies for teaching and welcoming them** in general education classrooms.

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One of the most popular, practical, and trusted books on inclusive education, this bestselling guide is now in a fully updated third edition—perfect for K–12 educators teaching the growing number of students on the autism spectrum.

Both pre- and in-service educators will find the up-to-date research and ready-to-use tips they need to make schools safe, accessible, and appropriately challenging for learners on the autism spectrum. Drawing on decades of experience, Paula Kluth offers a comprehensive, real-world guide to supporting autistic students—from big-picture guidance on the law, planning, and collaboration to the practical details of classroom arrangement, teaching strategies, and positive behavior supports.

A professional resource and textbook that teachers will keep forever, this new edition of _“You’re Going to Love this Kid!”_ is the ultimate guide to supporting autistic students and meeting each learner’s individual needs in the inclusive classroom.

**WHAT’S NEW**

- All chapters thoroughly updated to reflect the latest research and recommended practices
- More insights from autistic people and their family members
- Engaging new features: learning objectives, bulleted organizers, and all-new discussion questions
- New and updated reproducible materials: includes 20 online forms, student worksheets, planning tools, activities, and checklists
- A new chapter co-author adding expert advice on making classrooms supportive for those with sensory needs
- Identity-first language that reflects the preferences of autistic people
- More graphics, photos, and artwork that illustrate and reinforce key points

**TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE:**

- values and beliefs that support inclusive schooling
- definitions and characteristics of autism
- respectful partnerships with parents and caregivers
- classroom arrangement and sensory supports
- classroom community and social relationships
- communication tools and considerations
- effective literacy instruction
- respectful and effective responses to behavior
- lesson planning
- co-teaching and collaboration with team members
- federal laws related to special education

## Reviews

Kate McGinnity, Co-author of Walk Awhile in My Autism and Lights, Camera, Autism

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.

Mary Falvey, Emeritus Professor, California State University, Los Angeles

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.

Barry M. Prizant, author of Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism

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.

Jennifer Spencer-Adams, Assistant Superintendent, West Linn-Wilsonville School District

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.

Judy Endow

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.

**"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.