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Peer Play and the Autism Spectrum, Second Edition: The Art of Guiding Children’s Socialization and Imagination
Author: Pamela J. WolfbergPublishing Info: Paperback 286 pages / January 2025Tags: Integrated Play Groups, peer play, relationships with peers, Social Skills.This practical guide offers an introduction to the basic principles, tools and techniques that comprise the Integrated Play Groups model, designed to support children of diverse ages and abilities on the autism spectrum.This practical guide offers an intr
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PEERS® for Young Adults – Social Skills Training for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Social Challenges
Author: Elizabeth A. LaugesonPublishing Info: Paperback 520 pages / January 2017Tags: social challenges, Social Skills, social skills for young adults, UCLA PEERS Program.PEERS® for Young Adults presents the first evidence-based group treatment program for young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder, as well as other neurodevelopmental disorders and social challenges.
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Play Based Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Developmental Disabilities
Author: Robert Jason GrantPublishing Info: Paperback 182 pages / July 2016Tags: anxiety reduction, emotional regulation, play based interventions, Social Skills.Play-Based Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Developmental Disabilities contains a wide selection of play therapy interventions for use with children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders, dysregulation issues, or other neurodevelopmental disorders.
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Preparing for Life: The Complete Handbook of the Transition to Adulthood for Students with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome
Author: Jed Baker, Ph.D.Publishing Info: Paperback 357 pages/ January 2006Tags: assessment, Employment, Social Skills, transition to adulthood, transitioning.A comprehensive resource for students on the autism spectrum preparing for life after high school.
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Ready to Use Social Skills Lessons and Activities for Grades 4 – 6
Author: Ruth Weltmann BegunPublishing Info: Softcover 304 pages / 1998Tags: social behaviors, Social Skills, social skills lesson plans.This unique Library gives teachers and specialists a stimulating, systematic way to develop positive social behaviors in students of all abilities, grades 4-12.
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Ready to Use Social Skills Lessons and Activities for Grades 7 – 12
Author: Ruth Weltmann BegunPublishing Info: Softcover 240 pages / 1995Tags: adolescents and social skills, positive social behaviors, self control, Social Skills.This unique Library gives teachers and specialists a stimulating, systematic way to develop positive social behaviors in students of all abilities, grades 4-12.
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Say Hi When You’re Shy
Author: Gill Hasson; Illustrated by Sarah JenningsPublishing Info: Hardcover 32 pages / July 2020Tags: emotions, managing shyness, positive self-talk, shyness, Social Skills.All kids feel shy at times. They might not know what to do or what to say. Or it might take them a while to warm up to people. This picture book helps children overcome shyness with manageable strategies.
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Should I? or Shouldn’t I? Teen Edition Expansion Pack
Author: Dominique BaudryPublishing Info: Card Game / March 2016Tags: Social Skills, social skills game, Social thinking.Double your playing fun with the Should I? or Shouldn’t I? Teen Edition Expansion Pack! This product is an add-on to the original Should I? or Shouldn’t I? What Would Others Think? Revised Edition for Teens game. In the game, players ages 12-18 rate an action or reaction in a particular context on a scale based on how it makes them feel, and then compare how their perceptions, interpretations, and social responses match (or don’t) those of the other players
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Social Engagement & the Steps to Being Social: A Practical Guide for Teaching Social Skills to Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Author: Kathleen Taylor and Marci LaurelPublishing Info: Paperback 106 pages / December 2016Tags: social development, social engagement, Social Skills, teaching social skills.This user-friendly book defines social engagement in observable language and breaks down social skills into a series of clearly defined steps. Each step is further broken down into pivotal skills that can be taught directly, and matched with evidence- based practices to support teaching and learning. Case studies help illuminate concepts discussed at each step and sample activities are provided to support immediate real-world application.
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Social Rules for Kids-The Top 100 Social Rules Kids Need to Succeed
Author: Susan DiamondPublishing Info: Paperback 131 pages / September 2011Tags: social interactions, social rules, Social Skills.Many parents are not sure of what to say and do to help their children improve their social interactions. “Social Rules for Kids – The Top 100 Social Rules Kids Need to Succeed” helps open the door of communication between parent and child by addressing 100 social rules for home, school, and the community.
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Social Skills and Adaptive Behavior in Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Author: Dr. Peter F. Gerhardt and Daniel Crimmons, EditorsPublishing Info: Paperback 328 pages / 2013Tags: adapative behavior, behavior, Pivotal Response Treatment, Social Skills.Promoting better social skills and behavior is a top priority for anyone who works with learners with autism—but which practices really improve outcomes? Find out in this cutting-edge volume, a reader-friendly synthesis of the latest findings from more than 20 of today’s top researchers in the field.
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Social Skills Games and Activities for Kids with Autism
Author: Wendy Ashcroft, Angie Delloso and Anne QuinnPublishing Info: Paperback 150 pages / 2013Tags: ABA, nonverbal communication, Social Problem Solving, Social Skills.Social Skills Games and Activities for Kids With Autism provides complete instructions for using fun, engaging games and activities to teach social skills to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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Socially Curious and Curiously Social: A Social Thinking Guidebook for Bright Teens and Young Adults
Author: Michelle Garcia Winner and Pamela CrookePublishing Info: Paperback 210 pages / 2021Tags: Social behavior, Social Skills, Social thinking, social understanding.This anime-illustrated guidebook is for teens and young adults to read themselves to learn how the social mind is expected to work for us to effectively relate to others at school, at work, in the community and even at home. Since there is relatively little information on how to talk about social information, this book redefines what it means to “be social” and it is likely not what you were thinking!
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Supporting Social Learning in Autism – An Autobiographical Memory Program to Promote Communication & Connection
Author: Tiffany L. Hutchins, Ph.D., Ashley R. Brien, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Patricia A. Prelock, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-CLPublishing Info: Paperback 272 pages / 2023Tags: autobiographical memory, social communication, social learning, Social Skills, strengths-based approach.Autobiographical memory (ABM)—the type of long-term memory that holds information about ourselves and our past experiences—is key to social learning and social communication. This groundbreaking guide shows professionals how to support ABM in children and adolescents on the autism spectrum, leading to lasting enhancements to critical social skills.
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Teaching Asperger’s Students Social Skills Through Acting: All Their World Is a Stage!
Author: Amelia Davies, Foreword by Jeanette McAfeePublishing Info: Paperback 191 pages/ December 2004Tags: acting, drama, Social Skills, theater games.To teach “the fine art of fitting in,” Amelia Davies instructs anyone who has a sense of humor and the desire to give their kids “a healthy dose of self-esteem” how to utilize the dramatic arts to build social skills.
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The Asperger Children’s Toolkit
Author: Francis MusgravePublishing Info: Paperback 72 pages / May 2012Tags: Asperger Syndrome, Social Skills.Growing up with Asperger Syndrome (AS) can throw up all sorts of challenges, but never fear, The Brain Guru, The Sensory Detective and The Social Scientist are here to help!
These likeable characters guide children with AS through some of the trickiest, stickiest conundrums known to humankind: from anxiety and negative thinking, to sensory overload, emotions, friendship and trust and social situations.
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The Asperkid’s Game Plan: Extraordinary Minds, Purposeful Play…Ordinary Stuff
Author: Jennifer Cook O'ToolePublishing Info: Paperback 248 pages / 2014Tags: Montessori, motor skills, playskills and Asperger Syndrome, Social Skills.Showing how just about anything can be turned into an opportunity for learning and growth, the book is full of go-to ideas for making simple play equipment in the home or classroom and using it to develop core skills that Asperkids struggle with, from fine motor and social skills, to planning and organization. Whether it’s origami math, fried marbles, or a bug’s eye view scavenger hunt, every game, project, and idea in the book is explained with clear directions and learning objectives and illustrated with color photographs.
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The FRIEND® Program for Creating Supportive Peer Networks for Students with Social Challenges, including Autism
Publishing Info: Paperback 224 pages / October 2019Tags: peer play, social challenges, Social Skills, social skills at school.With an emphasis on peer sensitivity and supportive environments, the FRIEND manual provides teachers with a wide variety of strategies to help school-aged children with social difficulties – such as attention deficit, anxiety, emotional or autism spectrum disorders – to successfully navigate social situations.
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The Hidden Curriculum of Getting and Keeping a Job: Navigating the Social Landscape of Employment
Author: Brenda Smith Myles. Judy Endow, Malcolm MayfieldPublishing Info: Paperback / November 2012Tags: Employment, hidden curriculum, Social Skills.When teenagers or adults with autism spectrum disorders are ready to enter the working world, they may find themselves confused by all the new unwritten rules. How do they learn to make eye contact during interviews or keep small talk confined to the break room?
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The Hidden Curriculum, 25th Anniversary Edition: Understanding Unstated Rules in Social Situations
Author: Brenda Smith Myles, Melissa Trautman, and Ronda SchelvanPublishing Info: Paperback 168 pages / March 2024Tags: hidden curriculum, social lessons, Social Skills.The world around us is a complicated place filled with expectations, rules, assumptions, guidelines, regulations, and policies. This “hidden curriculum” exists across environments, places, people and cultures. Although rules and mandates, in themselves, can be complex, most of us take comfort in them—often unconsciously—because they help us to know what to do in most everyday situations. Most of us like rules if they are consistent. It is when they are unclear, or are unstated that we can become upset, indignant, or confused. Some people seem to learn the hidden curriculum and its impact almost automatically. Others learn the hidden curriculum only by direct instruction. That is the purpose of this book.
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