Authors:Margaret Carter, Josie Santomoura,
Publisher: Autism Asperger Publishing Company
Keywords: social, skills, students, autism, challenges, cognitive, competence, understanding, travelers, interactive, program, developing, space
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2004-10-15
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1931282617
ISBN-13: 9781931282611

This interactive social skills program, developed for students with ASD and other social cognitive challenges, takes students on a journey into space. Here they learn major social skills, including understanding emotions, feelings and thinking patterns, reflective problem solving, stress release, dealing with bullying, goal setting and self-regulation. The space theme is sure to appeal to students in 4-5 grade. An accompanying student manual gives students a permanent record of their accomplishments and allow teachers and parents to review and assess children’s progress.

Author: Scott Bellini
Publisher: Autism Asperger Publishing Company
Keywords: social, autism, adolescents, spectrum, disorders, difficulties, children, interaction, systematic, relationships, approach, teaching, building, skills
Number of Pages: 270
Published: 2006-07-07
List price: $44.95
ISBN-10: 1931282943
ISBN-13: 9781931282949

This comprehensive five-step model addresses the need for social programming for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders by helping children identify the skills they need to form relationships and an intervention plan to help them acquire these skills. Instead of offering a single strategy, this book organizes the myriad social skills strategies and resources currently available to make it easier for parents and educational professionals to teach social skills and design social skills programs for children with ASD.

Author: Kari Dunn Buron
Publisher: Autism Asperger Publishing Company
Keywords: supporting, highly, anxious, students, evaluating, method, lose, control, activity, based, could
Published: 2007-01-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1931282315
ISBN-13: 9781931282314

This hands-on activity helps students who are highly anxious cope with their stress by classifying social and emotional information and analyzing how best to act. Using this interactive process, the student places cards that list highly stressful situations into colorful pockets designating stress levels, ranging from 5-1, as the first step in changing the way he thinks about and responds to emotions such as anxiety, sadness and anger. Picture word cards make the activity suitable for students with communication challenges. The kit also includes suggestions for how to include the process as a

Author: Ellen S. Heller Korin
Publisher: Autism Asperger Publishing Company
Keywords: need, interactive, guide, workbook, teachers, parents, syndrome, owner, manual, asperger
Number of Pages: 62
Published: 2006-03-11
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1931282919
ISBN-13: 9781931282918

An Owner s Manual is an interactive workbook designed for young people grades 5 through 8 for use with guidance from a helping teacher or parent. Written for adolescents, this book describes what Asperger Syndrome is and how it can affect daily life. With the help of an adult, the child completes a series of exercises related to learning style, sensory issues, emotions, relationships, and more, culminating in a written plan for each major area of his life.

Authors:Temple Grandin, Kate Duffy,
Publisher: Autism Asperger Publishing Company
Keywords: functioning, autism, updated, expanded, syndrome, asperger, talents, careers, individuals, developing
Number of Pages: 185
Published: 2008-11-01
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 1934575283
ISBN-13: 9781934575284

This updated and expanded edition considers the continuing dismal employment statistics for individuals with ASD. The authors take an in-depth look at entrepreneurship. Using real-life examples, they point out that many of the unique characteristics of individuals on the autism spectrum lend themselves well to entrepreneurial ventures. The book explores many unnoticed aspects of Vocational Rehabilitation programs that provide job training and placement for people with disabilities, as well as Social Security Administration programs that offer vocational assistance. Employment figures and pr

Author: Jamie Lowell and Tara Tuchel
Publisher: Autism Asperger Publishing Company
Keywords: friend
Number of Pages: 37
Published: 2005-06-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1931282757
ISBN-13: 9781931282758

This stunning black-and-white photo journal chronicles the relationship between 11-year-old neurotypical Jamie and her friend Willie who has autism. The reader enters Willie s world through Jamie s eyes to witness events that unfold at school, at home, and at play. In the process, you will gain a rich understanding and appreciation of Willie s many unique qualities and come to accept that they are all a part of who he is.

Authors:Brenda Smith Myles, Jack Southwick,
Publisher: Autism Asperger Publishing Company
Keywords: tantrums, rage, meltdowns, solutions, practical, syndrome, difficult, moments, asperger
Number of Pages: 158
Published: 2005-03-29
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1931282706
ISBN-13: 9781931282703

This expanded edition of the bestselling AAPC classic offers both parents and professionals tried-and-true solutions to minimize and circumvent the often frightening circumstances that surround the rage cycle not only for the child with Asperger Syndrome but others in the environment as well. In addition to almost doubling the section on interventions, this highly practical and user-friendly resource also focuses on the reactions of the adults around the child. This detailed book takes the reader through the stages of the rage cycle and emphasizes the importance of utilizing the teachable mome