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Children need effective communication skills as a foundation for successful participation in activities at home, school and in the community. Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders are often unable to learn social skills from environmental cues and require direct teaching and lots of practice. This collection of social communication cues will enable parents and professionals to help children with social development difficulties navigate their social world and enjoy interacting with their peers. Each section begins with a simple social rule; the reason why the child may be having difficulty in this area is explained; and easy communication prompts and practice ideas are provided. The younger these skills are practiced, the happier and more self-confident the child. This program is ideal for early intervention as it can be used with children aged 2 and up. This practical guide will be an essential resource for parents, teachers, speech-language pathologists, psychologists and therapists looking for a simple program for teaching social skills to young children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Первой книгой «Детям о звёздах» автор открывает захватывающую серию развивающих сказок для детей 3-7 лет. Строго контролируемый словарь и элементарная грамматика, используемые в этой книге, делают её легкой для чтения и понимания. Параллельные тексты и два словаря в конце книги: англо-русский и русско-английский – позволяют использовать её для обучения маленьких детей обоим языкам. Сказки помогут развить воображение ребёнка и создать атмосферу доброжелательности, которая особенно важна в воспитании детей. Книга представляет интерес для родителей, которые хотят помочь детям освоить русский и английский языки с раннего возраста. By Star Stories for Children the author launches an exciting series of developing tales for young children of 3-7 years old. The book is based on strictly controlled vocabulary and elementary grammar that makes it easy for comprehension. Parallel texts and two vocabularies at the end of the book: English-Russian and Russian-English– make the tales suitable for teaching little children both languages. The tales help unlock the imagination and create an atmosphere of goodwill which is especially valuable in the upbringing of children. The book is of interest to those parents who want to help their children to master both Russian and English languages from the early age.

Although new ventures’ competitive positioning and their founders’ social networks are both recognized as important in the context of transition economies, not much is known about their multiplicative effect on performance. We build on the strategic management literature and social network theory to develop theoretical predictions about the role of competitive strategies and social capital for entrepreneurial performance. These are tested with survey data from Bulgaria. We find that both the venture’s competitive strategic positioning and the founder’s networking positively influence performance. The hypothesized moderating effect of networking for the relationship between differentiation strategy and performance received only tentative support. Contrary to expectations, we find a negative moderating effect of networking for the relationship of cost leadership with performance. These results suggest that the entrepreneur’s network plays a role in shaping how strategies influence performance by possibly upholding differentiation and deemphasizing cost leadership strategy. Implications for managerial practice and public policy are discussed.