Social Skills Groups for Children and Adolescents with Asperger's Syndrome
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-84310-821-4 (ISBN)
Social Skills Groups for Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome is an empirically-grounded, ready-to-use curriculum for clinicians, teachers and other professionals wishing to lead social skills groups for children and adolescents with AS.
It provides an introduction to AS and issues surrounding social skills, including diagnostic and assessment issues, the importance of good social skills, and treatment approaches. At the heart of the resource is a practical, user-friendly, fully photocopiable program, consisting of 10 core sessions and 13 supplementary sessions, which covers topics such as greetings, emotions, facial expressions, conversational skills and more. Each session contains an outline of the aims, the empirical basis of the skill being taught, step-by-step instructions for group leaders, and parent and teacher handouts.
A comprehensive and practical social skills group program, this will be an invaluable and unique resource for clinicians, teachers, parents and professionals working with children and adolescents with AS social skills
Kim Kiker Painter, PhD, specializes in working with children, adolescents, and families. She has extensive professional experience of assessing and treating individuals with autism spectrum disorders, and has a brother with autism who has greatly influenced her interest in this area. She is currently continuing her clinical work with children and adolescents at Silber Solutions, P.A.
Kim Kiker Painter, PhD, specializes in working with children, adolescents, and families. She has extensive professional experience of assessing and treating individuals with autism spectrum disorders, and has a brother with autism who has greatly influenced her interest in this area. She is currently continuing her clinical work with children and adolescents at Silber Solutions, P.A.
Part I: Asperger Syndrome and Social Skills. Chapter 1. Overview of AS. Chapter 2. Diagnostic and Assessment Issues. Chapter 3. The Importance of Social Skills. Chapter 4. Treatment Approaches. Chapter 5. Introduction to the Model Program. Chapter 6. `Summing Up'. Part II: The Program. Chapter 7. The Model Program. Session 1: Greeting and Getting to Know You. Session 2: Identifying Emotions. Session 3: Identifying Facial Expressions. Session 4: Continuum of Emotions. Session 5: Tone of Voice. Session 6: Initiating Conversations. Session 7: Maintaining Conversations - Basic Conversational Skills. Session 8: Maintaining Conversations - Responding to the Emotions of Others. Session 9: Conversational Skills - Phone Skills. Session 10: Manners and Dinner Outing. Chapter 8.Supplemental Sessions. Part III: Further Reading. Appendix: Theoretical Background to this Resource. References. Subject index. Author index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.6.2006 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 199 x 295 mm |
| Gewicht | 474 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84310-821-6 / 1843108216 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84310-821-4 / 9781843108214 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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