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1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Revised Edition
Author: Ellen Notbohm and Veronica ZyskPublishing Info: Paperback 219 pages / February 2010Tags: behavior, communication, self-care, sensory, Social Skills, special needs strategies.Parents and professionals can now bypass countless hours spent seeking answers to the mystifying day to day challenges of autism…
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A 5 Is Against the Law: Social Boundaries – a Compassionate but Honest Guide for Teens and Young Adults
Author: Kari Dunn BuronPublishing Info: Paperback 52 pages / February 2022Tags: 5 point scale, anxiety, behavior, Social Skills.Kari Dunn Buron has done it again. Building on her popular 5-Point Scale, A 5 Is Against the Law! takes a narrower look at challenging behavior with a particular focus on behaviors that can spell trouble for adolescents and young adults who have difficult
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A Guide to Writing Social Stories – Step-by-Step Guidelines for Parents and Professionals
Author: Chris Williams and Barry WrightPublishing Info: Paperback 144 pages / October 2016Tags: Social Skills, Social Stories, writing social stories.Created with the input of parents and professionals, this step-by-step guide shows exactly how to create effective Social Stories™ for children with an autism spectrum disorder. This book shows how to go from using ready-made stories to writing tailored stories that will improve social understanding, following Carol Gray’s popular guidelines.
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A Smart Girl’s Guide to Manners: The Secrets to Grace, Confidence, and Being Your Best
Learning good manners has never been more fun than with this book filled with full-color illustrations and quizzes.
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Act It Out – Social Skills for Teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Related Disorders
Author: Jeannie Stefonek, M. EdPublishing Info: Paperback 232 pages / August 2016Tags: acting, guided practice, scripting, Social Skills.This innovative social skills curriculum addresses teens’ need to effectively use social skills across settings through motivating scripts, skits, and guided practice. The curriculum is designed for the busy teacher who wants to have fun, constructive lessons, giving students unique opportunities to show their acting skills and experience emotional responses in controlled environments.
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Acting Antics: A Theatrical Approach to Teaching Social Understanding to Kids and Teens with Asperger Syndrome
Author: Cindy B. SchneiderPublishing Info: Paperback 192 pages / 2006Tags: acting, drama, Social Skills, social understanding.This fun and inspiring step-by-step program provides the full set of tools for developing social understanding in children with Asperger Syndrome (AS) through drama.
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Autism Abracadabra – Seven Magic Ingredients to Help Develop Your Child’s Interactive Attention Span
Author: Kate C. WildePublishing Info: Paperback 240 pages / May 2022Tags: building relationships, interests, Social Skills, social skills games.Designed around common special interests enjoyed by autistic people, this book includes over 180 activities for families to do together to help strengthen relationships and develop social skills. Kate shows how seven magic ingredients for optimal game-playing can be applied to a range of themes, from trains and planes to household appliances, the human body to animals and insects, TV and film characters, and what’s more, how you can introduce your loved one’s favorite topics.
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Big Picture Thinking – Using Central Coherence Theory to Support Social Skills
Author: Aileen Zeitz CollucciPublishing Info: Softcover 226 pages / August 2011Tags: big picture thinking, Central Coherence, Social Skills.Many people who have difficulties with social cognition, including those on the autism spectrum, are not able to see the “big picture” of a situation. That is, they tend to focus, or even “hyper-focus,” on the details within the larger whole of a concept, conversation, story, picture or situation, and have difficulty recognizing the main idea, topic or general point.
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Bringing ABA to Home, School, and Play for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Disabilities
Author: Debra LeachPublishing Info: Paperback 200 pages / January 2012Tags: ABA, communication, Social Skills.Ideal for use with children birth to five, this practical, reader-friendly guidebook is the first to combine ABA with natural environment intervention, the widely used, research-supported approach to meeting the needs of children with disabilities.
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Building Bridges Through Sensory Integration: Therapy for Children with Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders – 3rd. Edition
Author: Ellen Yack, Paula Aquilla, Shirley SuttonPublishing Info: Paperback Edition 312 pages / June 2015Tags: behavior, Occupational Therapy, sensory diet, sensory integration, Social Skills.Written by three experienced occupational therapists, this book offers a combination of theory and strategies. It is a perfect tool for those working with young children, but also broad enough to be adapted for older children and adults.
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Comic Strip Conversations
Author: Carol GrayPublishing Info: Paperback 39 pages / June 1994Tags: comic strip conversations, Social Skills.These drawings serve to illustrate an ongoing communication, providing additional support to individuals who struggle to comprehend the quick exchange of information, which occurs in “normal” conversation.
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Diary of a Social Detective: Real-life tales of mystery, intrigue and interpersonal adventure
Author: Jeffrey E. JessumPublishing Info: Paperback 295 pages / January 2011Tags: social cues, Social Detective, Social Skills.Detective agencies come in many shapes and forms, but never before has there been a one-man social detective agency! Johnny Multony, himself transformed from a social misfit to a socially savvy kid, starts the first-ever social detective agency and is hired on by other students in his school for help with common interpersonal dilemmas such as cliques, dealing with disappointments, bullying, personal space, friends, body language, and much more.
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Everyday Activities to Help Your Young Child with Autism Live Life to the Full
Author: Debra S. Jacobs and Dion E. BettsPublishing Info: Paperback 144 pages / 2011Tags: early intervention, play skills, Social Skills.This book is brimming with simple ideas, activities and exercises to address these daily challenges that young children with autism face. Easy to carry out and to fit into your routines, they will help improve a child’s sense of body awareness, coordination and motor skills, and address key tasks such as eating meals and healthy sleep.
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Evidence Based Practices for Teaching Social Skills
Tags: evidence based asd practices, PEERspective Model, Social Skills, social skills curriculum, teaching social skills, video modeling.Featuring Jennifer M. Schmidt and Megan R. Barrett
There are 27 Evidence Based Practices for students with autism (NCAEP, 2020) and many of these EBP’s are highly effective when teaching social skills to students on the spectrum. Through this webinar you will learn about the 7 EBP’s consistently used in the PEERspective Model. This model was created by Jennifer more than 15 years ago and many districts have adopted it with similar success. Learn about how to implement your own PEERspective Model and/or how to use EBP’s in your setting to successfully teach social skills to students with autism.
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How Rude! The Teenagers’ Guide to Good Manners, Proper Behavior, and Not Grossing People Out- Revised and Updated Edition
Author: Alex Packer, Jeff Tolbert (Illustrator)Publishing Info: Paperback 480 pages / June 2014Tags: etiquette, etiquette encyclopedia, manners, online etiquette, polite behavior, Social Skills.Explaining etiquette from A (“Applause”) to Z (“Zits”), Alex J.Packer blends outrageous humor with sound advice as he guides readers and explains why manners and etiquette are important – because people who know how to handle themselves in social situations come out on top, get what they want, feel good about themselves, and enjoy life to the fullest.
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How to Teach Life Skills to Kids with Autism or Asperger’s
Author: Jennifer McIlwee MyersPublishing Info: Paperback 314 pages / October 2010Tags: Life Skills, manners, Social Skills.In the real world, people on the autism spectrum need the same kinds of day-to-day skills everyone else needs to be functional. No matter how high-functioning children with autism or Asperger’s may be or may become, they function better as adults if they’ve had the chance to learn basic skills such as being on time or good personal hygiene. Many reach adulthood without those skills.
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Hygiene and Related Behaviors: A Fun Curriculum with a Focus on Social Understanding – For Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome, High-Functioning Autism, and Related Disorders
Author: Kelly MahlerPublishing Info: Paperback / March 2009Tags: hygiene, hygiene curriculum, Life Skills, Social Skills.This innovative curriculum teaches important hygiene skills and associated social understanding using a fun approach that targets the core characteristics and learning styles of children and adolescents on the autism spectrum.
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I Can’t Believe You Said That – Activity Guide for Teachers: Classroom Ideas for Teaching Students to Use Their Social Filters
Author: Julia CookPublishing Info: Paperback 32 pages / February 2015Tags: social filter, Social Skills.It’s confusing for children to understand why we tell them to be honest or to speak up in one setting, then tell them to keep their thoughts to themselves in another. Author Julia Cook worked with expert Jill Kuzma to identify more than 20 activities designed to help students visualize what a social filter is, and then practice using their social filters in a safe setting. Reproducible activity sheets included on the enclosed CD.
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Learning the Hidden Curriculum: The Odyssey of One Autistic Adult
Author: Judy EndowPublishing Info: Paperback 250 pages / February 2012Tags: hidden curriculum, Social Skills.Drawing from her personal experiences, Judy Endow, author of the 2010 and 2011 Hidden Curriculum Calendars, provides lots of hidden curriculum items that pertain to most areas of adult life. In relating how she personally has learned to more successfully maneuver social interactions, she also presents a framework for developing the ability to more quickly assess a situation and take steps to avoid making social blunders BEFORE they have been committed.
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Liam Says “Hi”: Learning to Greet a Friend
Author: Jane Whelan BanksPublishing Info: Hardcover 32 pages / December 2008Tags: friendship skills, greetings, saying hi, Social Skills.Introductions can be awkward for many children. For some, however, making eye contact, and acknowledging another person by simply saying ‘hi’ can be a constant challenge.
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