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A 5 Is Against the Law

Social Boundaries: Straight Up!

Kari Dunn

Building on the author's popular 5-Point Scale, this book takes a narrower look at challenging behavior with a particular focus on behaviors that can spell trouble for adolescents and young adults who have difficulty understanding and maintaining social boundaries.
Using a direct and simple style with lots of examples and hands-on activities, the book takes an idea or behavior and breaks it into five parts to make it easier to understand the different degrees of behavior and, eventually, the consequences of one's behavior. A section is also devoted to anxiety and how to cope with this emotion before it begins to escalate, often leading to impulsive and unacceptable behavior.
Throughout the book, the reader is encouraged to think about and create his own behavior and anxiety scale that applies to his particular emotions and situations.

28x21cm

47 pages

$35.00

A is for Autism, F Is for Friend

A Kid's Book on Making Friends with a Child Who Has Autism

Joanna Keating

Provides a unique glimpse of daily life from the perspective of Chelsea, an 11-year-old girl, who has severe autism. Chelsea sees kids on the playground and at the park and wants to get to know them, but social interaction can be tricky for her. She explains some of her behaviors and challenges and compares them with issues that all kids face. By demystifying her autism, she underscores the many things she and her schoolmates have in common.
Chelsea discusses issues of eye contact and explains echolalia. She cheerfully shows us that if we look closely, we are sometimes more similar than different, and she brings a fun and clear voice for children who cannot articulate the challenges that autism presents.

22x15cm

54 pages

$24.95

Friendships: The Aspie Way

Wendy Lawson

People with AS have difficulty with interpersonal relationships, yet are known to be loyal and dependable friends. Wendy was told she 'did friendship rather well' and in this book has set out her analysis of what makes and breaks friendships, exploring what it means to have friends or to be a friend - even a friend to oneself: what happens when times are tough and friends are scarce; whether one can be a 'good friend' without effort; and what other kinds of friendships there are.

14x22cm

174 pages

$34.95

Incredible 5 Point Scale

Assisting Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Understanding Social Interactions and Controlling Their Emotional

Kari Dunn

In this must-have resource, "two teachers from Minnesota" share their successful use of the simple concept of 5-point scales to help students understand and control their emotional reactions to everyday events that might otherwise set in emotion escalating reactions. Whether it is inappropriate touching, obsessions, yelling, hitting or making hurtful statements to classmates, this clearly illustrated book shows how to break down a given behavior and, with the student's active participation, develop a unique scale that identifies the problem and, just as important, suggests alternative, positive behaviors at each level of the scale.

27x19cm

73 pages

$35.00

Playing It Right!

Social Skills Activites for Parents and Teachers of Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Including Asperger and Autism

Rachael Bareket

This collection of practical, hands-on social skills activities are easy for both parents and teachers to carry out with the child. The activities result in a finished product that can serve as a reminder to reinforce skills in addition to practicing reading, writing, fine-motore, etc.

28x22cm

101 pages

$32.00

Preparing For Life

The Complete Guide for Transitioning to Adulthood for Those with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome

Jed Baker

A bestselling author and counselor offers a comprehensive resource for students on the autism spectrum preparing for life after high school. This handbook focuses on "life skills training" on such subjects as nonverbal cues, body language, dealing with anger, and building and maintaining friendships and intimate relationships. Includes assessment tools for parents and analysis of laws that provide accommodations to adults with disabilities

27x21cm

357 pages

$59.95

Red Beast

Controlling Anger in Children with Asperger's Syndrome

Al-Ghani

Deep inside everyone, a red beast lies sleeping. When it is asleep, the red beast is quite small, but when it wakes up, it begins to grow and grow. This is the story of a red beast that was awakened. Rufus is in the school playground when his friend John kicks a ball that hit him in the stomach, and wakes up the sleeping red beast: `I hate you - I'm gonna sort you out!'. The red beast doesn't hear the teacher asking if he's okay. It doesn't see that John is sorry - how can Rufus tame the red beast? This vibrant fully illustrated children's storybook is written for children aged 5+, and is an accessible, fun way to talk about anger, with useful tips about how to 'tame the red beast' and guidance for parents on how anger affects children with Asperger's Syndrome

21x28cm

47 pages

$28.95

Relationship Development Intervention with Children, Adolescents and Adults

Social and Emotional Development Activities for Asperger Syndrome, Autism, PDD and NLD

Steven E Gutstein & Rachelle K Sheely

Remove our emotional bonds with family, colleagues and friends and few of us would want to go on living. Yet establishing and maintaining such bonds is particularly difficult for people on the autism spectrum. This volume contains over 200 enjoyable and stimulating activities and exercises ranging over the entire gamut of social and emotional development, and is applicable to anyone, regardless of diagnosis, but will be particularly valuable for those on the autism spectrum. Activities can be undertaken independently, or with a teacher or therapist, and a full schema for the evaluation of progress and objectives is included. A companion website, free to purchasers provides a wealth of further information and support.

28x22cm

432 pages

$47.95

Relationship Development Intervention with Young Children

Social and Emotional Development Activities for Asperger Syndrome, Autism, PDD and NLD

Steven E Gutstein & Rachelle K Sheely

Friendship, even for the most able, requires hard work, and the odds are heavily stacked against those with autism spectrum conditions. Designed for younger children, typically between the ages of two and eight, this comprehensive set of enjoyable activities emphasizes foundation skills such as social referencing, regulating behavior, conversational reciprocity and synchronized actions. The authors include many objectives to plan and evaluate a child's progress, each one related to a specific exercise. Suitable for parental use, the manual is also designed for easy implementation in schools and in therapeutic settings.

21x30cm

331 pages

$41.95

S.O.S. Social Skills in Our Schools

A Social Skills Program for Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Including High-Functioning Autism

Michelle Dunn and Brenda Smith Myles

Despite the often serious deficits children with pervasive developmental disorders exhibit, most schools do not provide social skills intervention through trained therapists to these students. However, simply exposing children with PDD to typically developing children does little to develop their social skills. They do not learn appropriate social interaction by ?osmosis.? The widely tested S.O.S. program addresses this issue head-on. Operating on a schoolwide basis, the S.O.S. program consists of four major components that come together to increase the social skills of children with PDD as well as create tolerance and a sense of fairness among typical children: Pull-out social skills lessons for children with PDD, social skills lessons in the classroom for all children, peer mentoring and parent information.

22x28cm

237 pages

$70.00

Social Skills and Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Lynn Plimley

Individuals with autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs) have difficulty in communicating and socializing. They perceive the world in a very different way to most people, and often find the behaviour of those around them confusing and unfair. This book examines the concerns around inappropriate social behaviour that those living and working with children and adults face on a day-to-day basis. It discusses preventative measures and intervention strategies, and uses real-life case

23x16cm

86 pages

$48.95

Social Skills Picture Book

Teaching Communication, Play and Emotion

Jed Baker

A dynamic teaching tool for children with autism or Asperger's Syndrome, "The Social Skills Picture Book" offers pictures of the right and wrong ways to handle nearly 30 social skills, such as conversation, play, emotion, management, and empathy.

21x28cm

197 pages

$63.00

Social Skills Picture Book - High School

For High School and Beyond

Jed Baker

The Social Skills Picture Book for High School and Beyond offers a visual learning format. Photos of actual students engaging in a wide variety of social situations show, rather than tell, the right (and wrong) ways to interact in different circumstances. They visually illustrate the positive and negative consequences of both ways of interacting. The book also offers instructions for students & families to create their own social skills booklets. The social skills address real-life situations that are important to teens, such as: making new friends, asking someone out on a date, doing difficult schoolwork, interviewing for a job, and much, much more!

22x28cm

177 pages

$63.00

Succeeding with Interventions for Asperger Syndrome Adolescents

A Guide to Communication and Socialization in Interaction Therapy

John Harpur, Maria Lawlor & Michael Fitzgeral

This vital new book presents effective strategies to tackle the specific difficulties in social interaction and communication that are experienced by adolescents with Asperger Syndrome (AS). Focusing on the development of interaction skills through teaching social competence, the authors explain how to design an effective social skills intervention programme whose primary objective is successful peer interaction. They describe the methodology, philosophy and science underpinning their approach and include a template for a sample course currently administered over six months. Guidance is given on what resources to choose from the wide range of available intervention programmes, and many case study examples are also provided. The authors outline session formats, possible problems and solutions, and emphasise the significance of the therapist's attitude and the role of parents in building social confidence.

16x24cm

224 pages

$47.95

What Did You Say? What Do You Mean?

An Illustrated Guide to Understanding Metaphors

Jude Welton, illus Jane Telford

Children with A.S. usually have difficulties understanding metaphors. Using words and illustrations this book sets out to explain the meaning of many of them. Any parent or teacher working with Asperger's will find it beginning to open the doors of imagination for the child in ways that they might not have thought possible. A lovely and practical book, which children and grownups can enjoy - and giggle over - together. There is now a set of cards What Did You Say? What Did You Mean?

25x17cm

128 pages

$31.95

What's That Look on Your Face?

All about faces and feelings

Catherine S Snodgrass

Introduces young readers to a dozen basic feelings using teaching methods found to be especially effective for those who process information visually and/or aurally. Each feeling is illustrated with an exaggerated facial expression spotlighted in full colour while a grey backdrop presents a situation for which a given emotional response is appropriate. In addition, a short poem interlaced with synonyns adds a physical description of the feeling. This unique book helps children connect faces to feelings while building a larger vocabulary of words to identify feelings.

29x22cm

32 pages

$38.00


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