Social Skills Groups for Children and Adolescents with Asperger's Syndrome by Kim Kiker Painter

Social Skills Groups for Children and Adolescents with Asperger's Syndrome by Kim Kiker Painter

This book is an empirically-grounded, ready-to-use curriculum for clinicians, teachers and professionals wishing to lead social skills groups for young people with AS. It provides an introduction to AS and issues surrounding social skills, including diagnostic and assessment issues, the importance of good social skills, and treatment approaches.

This book goes some way to address this challenge by outlining a ready-to-use Model Program of ten 60-minute structured sessions, plus13 supplemental sessions based on heavily researched literatureIt is written in a user-friendly format, provides instruction and explanation for the group leader, plus handouts for both parents and teachers to encourage further generalisation of taught skills.

The book has been designed for use by teachers and clinicians (such as speech and language therapists, psychologists.) It provides a brief overview of Asperger syndrome, discusses the social skills of deficit in AS and outlines the key components of a social skills group. As a guide for setting up a social skills group, the book works well. It highlights the key information necessary. The core and supplemental activities are well researched and the format is user-friendly. I would recommend this book particularly to practitioners in a non-specialist setting who are aiming to set up a social skills group for students with AS.

-- Good Autism Practice
This is for clinicians, teachers, parents and other professionals who want to improve the social skills of children and young people with Asperger syndrome. It provides an introduction to Asperger syndrome and teaching social skills, as well as treatment approaches. There is a wide range of lesson plans, which focus on greetings, facial expressions and conversational skills. -- Children Now

Kim Kiker Painter, PhD, specializes in working with children, adolescents, and families. She has extensive professional experience of assessing and treating individuals with autism spectrum disorders, and has a brother with autism who has greatly influenced her interest in this area. She is currently continuing her clinical work with children and adolescents at Silber Solutions, P.A.

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ISBN 13	9781843108214
ISBN 10	1843108216
Title	Social Skills Groups for Children and Adolescents with Asperger's Syndrome
Author	Kim Kiker Painter
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Year published	2006-06-08
Number of pages	176
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.