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Safety Skills for Asperger Women, How to Save a Perfectly Good Female Life

Author: 
Liane Holliday Willey
Type: 
Book
Notes: 
The author discusses the underlying problems and daily pitfalls that females with AS may face, and suggests practical and helpful ways of overcoming them. With extensive accounts from the author’s own experiences, the focus throughout is on keeping safe, whether this be when traveling, in social situations or when managing day-to-day life, and there are helpful support sections at the end of each chapter.

Social Skills for Teenagers With Developmental and Autism Spectrum Disorders, The Peers Treatment Manual

Author: 
Elizabeth Laugeson, Fred Frankel
Type: 
Book
Notes: 
Based on scientifically sound research and insightful clinical acumen, this book provides the how to for successful social skills groups. The PEERS program for friendship and training for adolescents with ASDs is covered here. The two authors are the developers of the PEERS program.
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Social Thinking At Work, Why Should I Care?

Author: 
-Michelle Garcia Winner
Type: 
Book
Notes: 
This selection is a guidebook for understanding and navigating the social complexities of the workplace. Everyone could benefit from this book.
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The Social Skills Picture Book, for High School and Beyond

Author: 
-Dr. Jed Baker
Type: 
Book
Notes: 
This selection offers many insights into how teens and young adults can go about handling important everyday social situations. Photos of real life social situations are included in the book. Sometimes having a visual reference can be one of the best ways to learn how to go about doing something. Participants are encouraged to use pictures of themselves in social situations. Students create a book for each social skill, including photos of themselves. This makes things more realistic when someone sees themselves in social situations.

A 5 Is Against The Law! Social Boundaries: Straight Up! An honest guide for teens and young adults

Author: 
-Kari Dunn Buron
Type: 
Book
Notes: 
As a result of completing the activities, a person with ASD will be better able to avoid causing offense or getting into trouble with the law. The program can be utilized by anyone in need, however, the first true target group is aimed at teens and young adults on the Autism Spectrum.

Seeing Is Believing, Video Self-Modeling For People With Autism And Other Developmental Disabilities

Author: 
Tom Buggey
Type: 
Book
Location: 
Lending Library, Danvers
Notes: 
This selection describes video self-modeling, a truely promising technique used to help people with autism and other developmental disabilities improve their skills and behavior. Participants watch the video of themselves and they gain a better skill set and better self esteem.

Social Thinking At Work, Why Should I Care?

Author: 
Michelle Garcia Winner, Pamela Crooke
Type: 
Book
Location: 
Lending Library Danvers
Notes: 
Social Thinking and social skills will be reviewed in this book. The inner workings of the social mind in the workplace are described here.

The New Social Story Book

Author: 
Jenison Public Schools
Type: 
Book
Location: 
Lending Library Danvers
Notes: 
Social stories provide individuals with autism with accurate information regarding situations they encounter. For some students with autism, this type of written information appears to have a positive impact on their responses to social situations. Social stories have also been used successfully to teach academic skills. (from inside of book)
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Social-Emotional Learning in Early Childhood

Author: 
Collaborative For Academic, Social, And Emotional Learning
Publisher: 
CASEL
Type: 
Article
ID: 
3866
Price: 
$0.00
Location: 
None
Notes: 
This article presents a developmental perspective on social-emotional learning with programming ideas and guidelines.
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Making (and Keeping) Friends: A Model for Social Skills Instruction

Author: 
Dr. Scott Bellini
Publisher: 
Indiana Resource Center For Autism
Type: 
Article
ID: 
3877
Price: 
$0.00
Location: 
None
Notes: 
This article addresses the topic of social skills defecits experienced by individuals on the Autistic Spectrum. Both children w/ these disorders and their parents combined feel frustration due to these social complications in everyday interactions. A five step model is discussed here to try to improve upon social problemsand alleviate some of the social anxiety that is attached to everyday living on the spectrum.

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