Revealing the Hidden Social Code

Revealing the Hidden Social Code
Author: Marie Howley
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1843102226

This text offers guidance on how to write targeted social stories that will help develop the understanding of social interaction in the autistic spectrum child.

Revealing the Hidden Social Code

Revealing the Hidden Social Code
Author: Marie Howley
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2005-06-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 184642142X

The Social Stories(TM) approach is widely acknowledged as a key technique for teaching social and life skills to children with autistic spectrum disorders. This text, endorsed by the originator of Social Stories(TM), Carol Gray, offers clear and comprehensive guidance for professionals, parents and carers on how to write successful and targeted Social Stories(TM) that will help develop the autistic spectrum child's understanding of social interaction. The book outlines the kinds of social challenges that people with ASD may experience and highlights the importance of learning social skills in meaningful contexts. An extended review of the guidelines for writing Social Stories(TM) will help writers to structure and develop their stories. The authors explain the key elements and highlight the potential difficulties that a writer may encounter, while providing encouragement and guidance through the various stages of what is often a challenging process. They include examples from their own professional experience, and suggest ways in which the Social Stories(TM) approach may enhance other strategies. Helpful advice on presentation and implementation is provided. Revealing the Hidden Social Code is essential reading for any professional, parent, carer or teacher wanting to employ Social Stories(TM) to develop social understanding in people with ASDs.

Virtual Reality Games for Rehabilitation

Virtual Reality Games for Rehabilitation
Author: Eva Brooks
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2023-09-12
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1071633716

This volume focuses on games to manage and facilitate rehabilitation. It emphasizes user practice, attitudes, and experience, and their changing place within developing rehabilitation frameworks. It looks at how users have adopted, integrated, and innovated with games to facilitate rehabilitation. Topics include game technology, game design and accessibility, web-based technologies vs pervasive and mobile technologies, social and collaborative aspects, and rehabilitative outcome. Games for rehabilitation are gaining interest from different communities such as medicine, psychology, and rehabilitation. A distinction can be made between games specifically made for rehabilitative purposes and games made for the general public but that are used in rehabilitation as well. Games have allowed the building of new/complementary forms for rehabilitation and offered new options to produce rehabilitative activities and experiences.

The Social Play Record

The Social Play Record
Author: Chris White
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2006
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1843104008

This is a practical resource for assessing and developing social play in children with autistic spectrum disorders or difficulties with social interaction. It is suitable for assessing children of all learning abilities and stages of development, from early infancy to adolescence, and includes photocopiable assessment and intervention materials.

A Guide to Writing Social StoriesTM

A Guide to Writing Social StoriesTM
Author: Chris Williams
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2016-10-21
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1784503886

Social StoriesTM are a widely used and highly effective intervention for supporting children on the autism spectrum, but it can feel overwhelming to follow all the rules put in place to create personalised stories. Developed with the input of parents and professionals, and informed by new Social Stories research, this is a comprehensive, clear, easy step-by-step guide to writing effective personalised Social StoriesTM that give children social information, creating many benefits for them. The book includes many examples of real Social Stories created for children by parents and teachers working together, and handy downloadable checklists that highlight the essential components of a Social Story, helping to ensure that each story you write achieves the best possible results.

Social Skills for Teenagers and Adults with Asperger Syndrome

Social Skills for Teenagers and Adults with Asperger Syndrome
Author: Nancy Jo Patrick
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2008
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1843108763

This resource provides practical strategies for helping teenagers and adults with Asperger Syndrome to navigate social skills, friendships and relationships at home and in the community. The chapters are structured around real-life scenarios and the challenges they present, followed by step-by-step solutions and suggestions.

Teaching Adolescents with Autism

Teaching Adolescents with Autism
Author: Walter Kaweski
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2014-03-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1629141283

Award-winning educator Walter Kaweski offers secondary teachers practical strategies and heartfelt insights based on his extensive experience as an autism specialist, inclusion coordinator, and father of a son with Asperger syndrome. Students with special needs often require extra support as they adjust to middle and high school and the changes that accompany adolescence. Without support, this time can be overwhelming. Teaching Adolescents with Autism offers hundreds of valuable ideas to help teachers: • Understand the causes and manifestations of autism • Solve adolescent behavior challenges • Support students with diverse needs • Implement academic and behavioral interventions • Help students adjust to social situations • Understand special education policy Each chapter offers numerous personal stories that illustrate and reinforce strategies in a tangible way. Important concepts are augmented with bulleted lists, tables, figures, photographs, and cartoons drawn by a student with autism. This unique book takes the mystery out of teaching adolescents with autism and inspires teachers to appreciate the individuality of each student.

Intervention and Support for Parents and Carers of Children and Young People on the Autism Spectrum

Intervention and Support for Parents and Carers of Children and Young People on the Autism Spectrum
Author: Barry Wright
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2007-07-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1846426693

The needs of parents and carers of children on the autism spectrum are not met by conventional parenting strategies. This resource for trainers and facilitators offers the best available knowledge and theories to help them develop an understanding of how their child perceives the world and ultimately improve their family life. The manual is divided into ten sessions that introduce a topic related to autism and Asperger Syndrome, for example, 'mindblindness' and the social world, and strategies to manage individual behaviour. During each session parents are introduced to a new topic and are invited to participate in exercises and group discussions that serve to reinforce the key messages discussed earlier. Each session closes with recommended reading and 'homework'. This manual is a valuable resource for professionals working with parents of children and young people with autism and Asperger Syndrome and is an effective complement to How to Live with Autism and Asperger Syndrome: Practical Strategies for Parents and Professionals published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, which is referenced throughout the resource.

Learning About Friendship

Learning About Friendship
Author: Kay Al-Ghani
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2011-05-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0857003488

Making friends can be a challenge for all children, but those with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) can struggle more than most. This collection of ten fully-illustrated stories explores friendship issues encountered by children with ASD aged four to eight and looks at how they can be overcome successfully. Key problem areas are addressed, including sharing, taking turns, being a tattletale, obsessions, winning and losing, jealousy, personal space, tact and diplomacy, and defining friendship. The lively and entertaining stories depersonalize issues, allowing children to see situations from the perspective of others and enabling them to recognize themselves in the characters. This opens the door to discussion, which in turn leads to useful insight and strategies they can practise and implement in the future. Each story has a separate introduction for adults which explains the main strategies within it. This book will be a valuable resource for all parents and teachers of children with ASD, along with their friends and families, and anybody else looking to help children on the spectrum to understand, make and maintain friendships.

Modern and Postmodern Social Theorizing

Modern and Postmodern Social Theorizing
Author: Nicos P. Mouzelis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2008-11-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521515858

Examines the conflict between modern and postmodern theories in sociology and attempts to bridge the divide between them.