学生挑战性行为的预防和矫正

《The Spark: A Mother’s Story of Nurturing, Genius, and Autism》是由Kristine Barnett撰写的一本书，讲述了她的儿子Jacob的故事，Jacob被诊断为自闭症谱系障碍。

这本书主要围绕Kristine Barnett的儿子Jacob展开，Jacob在早期被诊断为自闭症，医生们普遍认为他可能永远无法进行正常的沟通和学习。然而，Kristine Barnett没有接受这个判断，她决心采用自己的方式来教育和培养Jacob，她相信他有潜力成为一个杰出的个体。

在书中，Kristine描述了她是如何通过关注Jacob独特的兴趣和能力，为他创造了一个支持性的环境，让他能够充分发展自己的才能。她介绍了一系列她所采用的方法，包括使用非正式的学习方式，提供大量的自主学习机会，并将Jacob引入更高级的数学和物理学课程。

随着时间的推移，Jacob展现出了惊人的才能和智慧，他在数学和物理学方面表现出非凡的天赋，甚至在年轻的时候就开始参与大学级别的课程。他的故事展示了一个家庭如何通过关爱、理解和支持，帮助一个自闭症儿童发掘自己的潜力，并实现了不可思议的成就。

这本书不仅是一个母亲对自己孩子的真挚叙述，也是对自闭症谱系障碍的认识和教育方法的一种启示。它强调了每个孩子都是独特的，并且每个孩子都有发挥自己潜能的可能性，只要给予足够的支持和理解。

Kristine Barnett’s son Jacob has an IQ higher than Einstein’s, a photographic memory, and he taught himself calculus in two weeks. At 9 he started working on an original theory in astrophysics that experts believe may someday put him in line for a Nobel Prize, and at age 12 he became a paid researcher in quantum physics. But the story of Kristine’s journey with Jake is all the more remarkable because his extraordinary mind was almost lost to autism. At age 2, when Jake was diagnosed, Kristine was told he might never be able to tie his own shoes.

The Spark is a remarkable memoir of mother and son. Surrounded by “experts” at home and in special ed who tried to focus on Jake’s most basic skills and curtail his distracting interests – moving shadows on the wall, stars, plaid patterns on sofa fabric – Jake made no progress, withdrew more and more into his own world, and eventually stopped talking completely. Kristine knew in her heart that she had to make a change. Against the advice of her husband, Michael, and the developmental specialists, Kristine followed her instincts, pulled Jake out of special ed, and began preparing him for mainstream kindergarten on her own.

Relying on the insights she developed at the daycare center she runs out of the garage in her home, Kristine resolved to follow Jacob’s “spark” – his passionate interests. Why concentrate on what he couldn’t do? Why not focus on what he could? This basic philosophy, along with her belief in the power of ordinary childhood experiences (softball, picnics, s’mores around the campfire) and the importance of play, helped Kristine overcome huge odds.

The Barnetts were not wealthy people, and in addition to financial hardship, Kristine herself faced serious health issues. But through hard work and determination on behalf of Jake and his two younger brothers, as well as an undying faith in their community, friends, and family, Kristine and Michael prevailed. The results were beyond anything anyone could have imagined.

Dramatic, inspiring, and transformative, The Spark is about the power of love and courage in the face of overwhelming obstacles, and the dazzling possibilities that can occur when we learn how to tap the true potential that lies within every child, and in all of us.