Teaching social skills to people with autism : best practices in individualizing interventions

Teaching social skills to people with autism Best practices in individualizing interventions

Book - 2013

"Difficulties with social skills are among the biggest challenges for children with autism. This landmark, research-based essay collection is an overview of the best practices for teaching social skills to people with autism. Well known professionals describe what works best for learners with autism: parent training to increase their toddler's engagement & play; combining approaches in small group settings with typically developing peers; targeting core deficits of autism with Pivotal Response Treatment; using conversational scripts, video modeling, and peer-mediated interventions; employing naturalistic teaching strategies. Behavior analysts, teachers, early interventionists, SLPs, graduate students, and anyone who instructs ...other professionals how to teach children with autism can consult this book to find tried-and-true approaches to teaching social skills. Parents, too, may wish to consult this book if they are seeking a more effective approach to helping their child master social skills." -- Publisher's description.

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Subjects
Autistic people > Rehabilitation.
Autistic children > Rehabilitation.
Autistic people > Life skills guides.
Autistic children > Life skills guides.
Social skills > Therapeutic use.
Published
Bethesda, MD : Woodbine House 2013.
Language
English
Other Authors
Andy Bondy (editor of compilation), Mary Jane Weiss
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
xii, 177 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781606130117
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Improving the Social Behavior of Children with Autism
  • Chapter 2. Sunny Starts: DANCE Instruction for Parents and Toddlers with ASD
  • Chapter 3. An Evidence-Based Social Skills Group for Children with Autism
  • Chapter 4. Establishing Repertoires of Pretend Play in Children with Autism Using Video Modeling
  • Chapter 5. Facilitating Social Inclusion of Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Chapter 6. Social Competence: What It Is, Why It Is Important, and How PRT Can Achieve It
  • Chapter 7. Key Components of Social Skills Training
  • Chapter 8. Social Skills: Strategies and Challenges
  • Contributors
  • Index
Review by Library Journal Review

The Diagnostics and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) lists a deficit in social skills as one of the major markers for autism. But what exactly are social skills? More than the exchange of conversation, these interactions encompass the ability to correctly maintain interpersonal space; interpret facial expression, mood, and tone of voice; and manifest appropriate body and verbal language. Behavioral analyst Bondy (codeveloper, Pyramid Educational Consultants, Inc.) and Weiss (coauthor, Reaching Out, Joining In: Teaching Social Skills to Young Children with Autism) have compiled a well-developed collection of writing on recent advancements in social skills teaching methodology that attempts to provide a firm grounding in strategies with evidence-based research on the discussed methods. VERDICT Providing material difficult to come by, this book is designed for use by frontline teaching staff and is a worthy resource for parents and field practitioners. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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