Autism Cookbook / Aspergers Cookbook
Coach in the Kitchen is a one-of-a-kind cookbook, designed for those who need extra help in the kitchen. Now in its second edition at $29.95
Is your life touched by Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Coach in the Kitchen Cookbook
Are you a…
- Parent eager to teach your son or daughter important life skills?
- Teacher looking for program materials?
- Sibling looking for activities to share with your brother or sister?
- Job coach teaching employment skills?
- Support worker trying to instil some independence?
- Friend or relative looking for the right gift?
- Group home or supported residence employee teaching healthy eating?
- Service provider running group programs?
- Someone with special needs learning to cook?
- Librarian selecting materials for patrons dealing with disabilities in their own lives or the lives of others?
Then Coach in the Kitchen is ideal for you. And there’s nothing else like it. Anywhere.
290 pages of task-analysed recipes—recipes broken into small steps, in simple, clear terms—make explicit everything that needs doing.
Illustrations accompany written instructions for certain tasks.
The instructions for all recipes have been written for a wide range of learners. Triple-tested by students and their coaches, in the cooking school we’ve run since 2002 for teens and adults with Aspergers and other forms of Autism Spectrum Disorder, these recipes have been designed to be clear and easy to follow.
Specially developed for those with Aspergers and other forms of Autism Spectrum Disorder, this cookbook is perfect for anyone learning to cook—whether or not they have special needs.
Young adults who’ve just left home. Someone living alone for the first time.
We emphasize healthy eating habits. Recipes include standard Nutrition Facts boxes showing nutrients in each serving—calories, fat, cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrates, protein, and vitamins and minerals.
We prefer fresh, rather than processed, ingredients in our recipes—fresh fruit, vegetables, poultry, fish, meats, and whole grains.
Every recipe lists all utensils and appliances needed. Major appliances—oven, stovetop, microwave—are listed, too. You can see at a glance if the utensils and appliances required are ones you want to use.
Ingredients are listed in imperial and metric measure.
Mini Pizza
Recipes are grouped in 3 sections:
- Main Dishes
- Salads, Soups and Side Dishes
- Baked Goods and Desserts
Each section orders recipes from easier to harder.
Twenty-two recipes are gluten free (GF), 23 recipes are casein free (CF), and 15 recipes are GFCF. More recipes can be adapted to fit dietary restrictions by substituting suitable ingredients – for example, by substituting gluten-free hoisin sauce for regular hoisin sauce.
Remove Coach in the Kitchen’s dust jacket to eliminate all cover references to special needs. Comfortably carry this book in public—in school, on the bus, or anywhere else—without worrying about special needs labels.
Coach in the Kitchen includes a 36-page manual and complete toolkit on teaching groups of students with Aspergers and other forms of Autism Spectrum Disorder how to cook.
The manual has guidelines on:
- Selecting and training cooking coaches
- Preparing for cooking school terms
- Choosing the right facility
- Structuring cooking school terms
- Using specific visual teaching tools to develop cooking and social skills
- Incorporating suitable introductory activities in the first class
- Quelling new students’ anxieties
- Teaching healthy eating habits based on documented learning styles of those with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Facilitating social development at mealtime
- Celebrating achievements in the final class
Learn how to teach conversation skills using “The Conversation Menu”—a unique tool that originated in our cooking school.
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