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Social Skills Success for Students with Autism / Asperger's

Helping Adolescents on the Spectrum to Fit In
1. Aufl.

von: Fred Frankel, Jeffrey J. Wood
19,99 €
Verlag:	Wiley
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	11.10.2011
ISBN/EAN:	9781118108598
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	256

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Titelbeschreibung

The only evidence-based program available for teaching social skills to adolescents with autism spectrum disorders Two nationally known experts in friendship formation and anxiety management address the social challenges faced by adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The book helps educators instruct youth on conversing with others, displaying appropriate body language, managing anxiety, initiating and participating in get-togethers, and more. The book is filled with helpful information on ASD to aid teachers who have received little training on the topic. Extremely practical, the book includes lesson plans, checklists, and sidebars with helpful advice. <ul> <li>Based on UCLA's acclaimed PEERS program, the only evidence-based approach to teaching social skills to adolescents with ASD</li> <li>Contains best practices for working with parents, which is the key to helping kids learn social skills</li> <li>The authors discuss the pros and cons of teaching students with ASD in educational settings like full inclusion (good for academics but bad for social skills) and pull-out special day classes (where the reverse is true)</li> </ul> Provides a much-needed book for teachers at all levels for helping students develop the skills they need to be successful.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Authors iii Acknowledgments v Introduction 1 Our Approach to Social Skills Training 3 The Knowledge Base Behind This Book 4 Children’s Friendship Training/PEERS 4 Cognitive-Behavioral Strategies for Emotional Self-Regulation 6 The Purpose of This Book 7 How to Use This Book 8 Part I: Basic Information About Teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder 11 Chapter 1: What Is Autism Spectrum Disorder? 13 Challenges Facing Neuro typical Teens 14 Becoming Independent from Parents 14 Preparing for a Vocation or Career 15 Adjusting to the Physical and Psychosexual Changes of Puberty 16 Developing Values and Identity 16 Establishing Effective Relationships with Peers 16 Symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorders 18 Misleading Aspects of Communication 18 Deficits in Expression and Communication 19 Easily Corrected Deficits in Understanding Others 22 Coping with Anxiety-Producing Situations 24 Chapter 2: Making Inclusion More Successful for Students with Autism 27 History of the Inclusion Movement 28 Parent Views About Inclusion 29 Types of Educational Placement 29 Traditional Teacher Roles in Partially and Fully Included Classrooms 32 Research Findings on Inclusion 32 Social Integration into School Life 33 Mainstream Success of Students on the Autism Spectrum 34 Approaches for Social Inclusion with Neuro typical Teens 35 Teen Altruism 37 Chapter 3: Classroom Management and Social Skills Groups 43 Classroom Management for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders 44 Segregated Students 44 Partially Included Students 45 Fully Included Students 46 Consequences for Misbehavior 47 Organizing Social Skills Groups for Tweens and Teens 48 How to Organize Groups at School 49 How to Have Teens Take the Class 49 How to Engage Teens in Class Discussions 50 Have Some Fun Activities 50 Have ‘‘Real-Life’’ Homework 50 Involving Parents in Social Skills Training 51 Part II: Interventions for Basic Social Skills 53 Chapter 4: Helping Students Expand Their Interests 55 Problems in Conversation Versus Problems in Interests 56 Socially Functional Interests 57 Interference Due to Anxiety 58 Building on Current Interests 58 Assessing Student Interests 59 Lessons to Expand Interests 62 Chapter 5: Improving Comprehension of Figurative Language 73 Idioms 74 Irony and Sarcasm 75 Types of Sarcasm 76 Recognizing Sarcasm 76 Teaching Sarcasm and Irony 77 Chapter 6: Improving Conversational Comprehension 87 Goals of Conversations 88 Ensuring Mutual Understanding 89 Conversational Repair Strategies 90 Teaching Better Task-Oriented Conversations, Accuracy Checks, and Repair Statements 91 Chapter 7: Improving Social Conversations 99 Potential Understanding of Conversational Goals 100 Small Talk 101 Parts of Conversations 102 Chapter 8: Helping Students Choose Friends 109 Neurotypical Teen Relationships 110 Friends of Teens with Autism Spectrum Disorders 111 The Internet and Friendships 113 Appropriate Friends for Teens on the Spectrum 113 Common Errors Adults Make in Offering Friendship Help 115 Requiring Inclusion 115 Attempting to Pair Students 116 Assigning Peer Buddies 116 How Educators Can Help Foster Friendships of Teens on the Spectrum 117 Part III: More Intensive Interventions to Help Kids Fit in 121 Chapter 9: Understanding and Assessing Anxiety. 123 How Anxiety Works 124 Clinical Levels of Anxiety 125 How Anxiety Exacerbates Symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder 126 Outbursts and Meltdowns 128 Types of Anxiety in Students with Autism 129 Social Anxiety 130 Generalized Anxiety 132 Separation Anxiety 133 Assessing Anxiety 135 Chapter 10: Interventions to Reduce Anxiety and Outbursts 147 PhaseI: Skill Building 150 Knowing I’m Nervous 150 Irritating Thoughts 151 Calm Thoughts 152 Keep Practicing 153 PhaseII: Practicing the Skills 154 Lesson Plans 155 Chapter 11: Preventing and Dealing with Victimization 187 Types of Victimization 188 Teasing 188 Physical Aggression 189 Bullying 190 Cyberbullying 194 Effective Ways of Handling Bullying 198 Teaching Safety 198 Improving Reputation Among Peers 199 Informal Approaches to Head Off Continuing Bullying 200 Effective Ways of Handling Cyberbullying 205 Chapter 12: Working with Peer Mentors 211 Commonly Used Alternatives to Mentoring 213 Job Description of the Cross-Age Mentor 213 Step 1: Selecting Mentors 214 Step 2: Selecting Mentees 216 Step 3: Mentor Orientation 218 Step 4: Matching Mentor and Mentee 218 Step 5: The Mentorship Term 219 Step 6: Assessment 220 Conclusion: Helping Kids on the Spectrum Find Their Own Place in the World 227 Resources and References 229 Index 239

Autorenportrait

Fred Frankel, Ph.D., is a professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the director of the UCLA Parent Training and Children's Friendship Programs. A coauthor of UCLA's acclaimed PEERS social skills training program and the author of Friends Forever: How Parents Can Help Their Kids Make and Keep Good Friends, he speaks regularly on the topic of autism and social skills to professionals and parents alike. More information is available at http://www.semel.ucla.edu/socialskills. Jeffrey J. Wood, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Education and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA, and is a licensed clinical psychologist. He is the coauthor of Child Anxiety Disorders and is researching cognitive-behavioral interventions for students with autism and Asperger's syndrome, childhood anxiety, and the development of children's close friendships.

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Written by Fred Frankel and Jeffrey Wood, two nationally known experts in friendship formation and anxiety management, this book draws from the only evidence-based program addressing the social challenges faced by adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). This valuable resource shows how to teach social etiquette as a series of simple rules to follow. Using this approach, teachers can offer adolescents with ASD an easy way to understand how to fit in with peers, based on social context. The book also contains best practices for working with parents—the key to helping kids learn social skills. Frankel and Wood offer down-to-earth suggestions designed for teaching youth on the spectrum how to converse with others, display appropriate body language, manage anxiety, initiate and participate in get-togethers, and more. They also discuss the pros and cons of teaching students with ASD in educational settings like full inclusion (good for academics but bad for social skills) and pull-out special day classes (where the reverse is true). Social Skills Success for Students with Autism/Asperger's is filled with practical information on ASD to aid teachers who have received little training on the topic and contains classroom-tested lesson plans, checklists, and sidebars offering helpful advice.