Social and Life Skills MeNu (eBook)

A Skill Building Workbook for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Karra Barber (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2011
336 Seiten
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-85700-433-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This workbook provides strategies to help those with ASD engage with people at home, school, work, and in the community. Using a restaurant menu as a template, it guides readers through each step of a conversation, and encourages students to think through their responses and consider the consequences of what they say and how others might react.

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During adolescence social development and social status among peers is of crucial importance. For teenagers with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) social interaction does not come naturally and often needs to be carefully learned. This workbook provides guided strategies to help those with ASD engage and connect with other people at home, school, work, at social gatherings and in the community.Using a restaurant menu as a template, The Social and Life Skills MeNu guides readers through each step of a conversation with starter statements to initiate conversation, main course topics to convey the purpose of the interaction, and treats that bring the exchange to a close. Packed with questionnaires, discussion logs and hypothetical social scenarios, this workbook encourages students to think through their responses and consider the consequences of what they say and how others might react. By practicing these easy techniques students can improve self-awareness, increase self-confidence and build on their daily life skills.This book will be a life-changing tool for all teenagers and young adults with social cognitive disorders, as well as their parents and the teachers and other professionals who work with them.

Autor

Karra Barber is a full-time mother and advocate for her teenage son who has Asperger's Syndrome. She is the founder and facilitator of a well-established support group for parents of children and teens on the autism spectrum. She is the author of Living Your Best Life with Asperger's Syndrome and is a regular contributor to many autism magazines. Karra Barber resides in Northern California.

Inhalt

Author's Note. Adolescence. What's Inside this Workbook? 1. MeNu Scenarios. Prepare to Communicate Socially. 2. Starter MeNu Topics. Project Your Thoughts, Feelings and Ideas Appropriately. 3. MeNu Practicing Topics. Practice Your Social Exchanges with Others Frequently. 4. Favorites and Special MeNu Topics. Produce an Effective Level of Communication. 5. Adding Combinations, Sides and Treats to Your Conversation MeNu. Prepare – Project – Practice - Produce. 6. Applying Social Skills to Life Skills. MeNu Options.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.8.2011
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Logopädie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: AS • ASC • ASD • Asperger’s Syndrome • Autism spectrum disorder • Conversation • Mental Health • occupational therapy • Social Cognitive Disorders • Social Skills • speech and language therapy • Teenager • Teens • Young adults
• ISBN-10: 0-85700-433-6 / 0857004336
• ISBN-13: 978-0-85700-433-8 / 9780857004338