Autism: Attacking Social Interaction Problems- A Therapy Manual Targeting Social Skills in Children 4-9

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Pamela Wiley, Betholyn F. Gentry, Jamie Torres-Feliciano

Details: 392 pages, B&W, Softcover, 8.5" x 11"

ISBN13: 978-1-59756-792-3

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Autism: Attacking Social Interaction Problems: A Therapy Manual Targeting Social Skills in Children 4-9 includes sample parent letters, teacher letters, weekly skill steps, and simple stories to reinforce the information presented in the text as well as suggestions for extension activities. The AASIP program provides a comprehensive yet practical approach to teaching social communication skills across the life span to individuals with moderate to high functioning autism spectrum disorder and other diagnoses that result in social communication deficits. Children will enjoy engaging with their peers as they learn how to become social communicators and build their confidence.

This user-friendly workbook includes 16 chapters divided into two units for children 4-6 and 7-9 years of age, allowing flexibility to select activities from either age group depending on the needs of the children. These lessons can be easily used in school settings as well as clinical settings.

The AASIP program offers three additional books for children ages 10-12, the teen years, and a pre-vocational training manual for individuals 17 years to adulthood.

  • Autism: Attacking Social Interaction Problems: A Therapy Manual Targeting Social Skills in Children 10-12
  • Autism: Attacking Social Interaction Problems: A Therapy Manual Targeting Social Skills in Teens
  • Autism: Attacking Social Interaction Problems: A Pre-Vocational Training Manual for Ages 17+

Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Getting Started: Creating a Program

Chapter 3. Weekly Rituals

Unit I. Activities for 4- to 6-Year-Olds

Chapter 4. The ABCs of Life: Skills Needed for School Success

Lesson 1. Active Listening
Lesson 2. Following Directions
Lesson 3. Asking for Help


Chapter 5. How Are You Today? Dealing with Emotions

Lesson 1. Identifying Our Emotions
Lesson 2. Recognizing Emotions in Others
Lesson 3. The Right Emotion for the Right Situation


Chapter 6. Taking the First Step: Initiating Friendships

Lesson 1. Introducing Myself
Lesson 2. Initiating and Ending a Conversation
Lesson 3. Sharing is Caring


Chapter 7. Let the Games Begin: Being a Good Sport

Lesson 1. Asking to Play
Lesson 2. Taking Turns
Lesson 3. Winning, Losing, Compromising


Chapter 8. It's Raining Cats and Dogs: Figurative Language

Lesson 1. Understanding Idioms and Common Expressions


Chapter 9. “Grossology”: Personal Hygiene

Lesson 1. First Impressions
Lesson 2. No More Gross
Lesson 3. The Unfriendly Germs


Chapter 10. Blending In: Everyday Situations

Lesson 1. Eating Out
Lesson 2. Birthday Party
Lesson 3. A Visit to the Dentist and Doctor


Chapter 11. Stranger Danger: Being Safe

Lesson 1. Who's a Stranger?
Lesson 2. Appropriate Versus Inappropriate Touching


Unit II. Activities for 7- to 9-Year-Olds

Chapter 12. The ABCs of Life: Skills Needed for School Success

Lesson 1. Active Listening
Lesson 2. Following Directions
Lesson 3. Asking for Help


Chapter 13. How Are You Today? Dealing with Emotions

Lesson 1. Identifying Our Emotions
Lesson 2. Recognizing Emotions in Others
Lesson 3. The Right Emotion for the Right Situation


Chapter 14. Taking the First Step: Initiating Friendships

Lesson 1. Who Should Be Your Friend
Lesson 2. How to Be a Good Friend
Lesson 3. Topic Maintenance


Chapter 15. Let the Games Begin: Being a Good Sport

Lesson 1. Asking to Play
Lesson 2. Taking Turns
Lesson 3. Winning, Losing, Compromising


Chapter 16. It's Raining Cats and Dogs: Figurative Language

Lesson 1. Understanding Idioms and Common Expressions
Lesson 2. Using Idiomatic Expressions


Chapter 17. “Grossology”: Personal Hygiene

Lesson 1. First Impressions
Lesson 2. No More Gross
Lesson 3. The Unfriendly Germs


Chapter 18. Blending In: Everyday Situations

Lesson 1. Eating Out
Lesson 2. Birthday Party
Lesson 3. Routines


Chapter 19. Stranger Danger: Being Safe

Lesson 1. Who's a Stranger
Lesson 2. Appropriate Versus Inappropriate Touching


Appendix A. Sample Parent Letters
Appendix B. Sample Teacher Letter
Appendix C. Sample Skill Steps
Appendix D. Sample Newsletter
Appendix E. Sample Data Tracking Form 1
Appendix F. Sample Data Tracking Form 2

References

Pamela Wiley

Pamela Wiley, PhD, CCC-SLP, has forty years of experience having worked numerous years with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Dr. Wiley is an ASHA certified, licensed speech-language pathologist and a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She has been in private practice for thirty-five years and worked in the public school setting as an itinerant SLP and teacher consultant for the severe oral language handicap programs. Dr. Wiley is the president and founder of the Los Angeles Speech and Language Therapy Center, Inc. Her center offers a range of services, including speech and language services, social skills programs, summer speech and drama camps, early intervention programs, preschool for typically developing children, homework helpers' lab, and her newest program--a pre-vocational social skills training program for teens and young adults with ASD.

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Betholyn F. Gentry

Betholyn F. Gentry, PhD, CCC-SLP, has more than thirty-five years of experience conducting research and making presentations to state, regional, and national organizations on social skills therapy for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). She is an ASHA certified speech-language pathologist and has been the director of the Pragmatics Groups on the campus of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for twenty-five years, where social skills therapy is provided to children diagnosed with ASD. Dr. Gentry is a professor in the audiology and speech pathology department at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and she has received Honors of the Association from the Arkansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

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Jamie Torres-Feliciano

Jamie Torres-Feliciano, MA, received her bachelor's degree in communication disorders from the University of Redlands, California and her master's degree in special education from Loyola Marymount University. Ms. Torres-Feliciano currently serves as the chief operating officer for the Los Angeles Speech and Language Therapy Center, Inc. She has more than ten years of experience providing social skills training to children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

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Autism: Attacking Social Interaction Problems Bundle

Special Bundle Price for 4 AASIP Manuals - SAVE 15%

The Autism: Attacking Social Interaction Problems (AASIP) program provides a comprehensive yet practical approach to teaching social communication skills across the life span to individuals with moderate to high functioning autism spectrum disorder and other disorders that result in social communication deficits.

Includes one copy of each AASIP manual:

*Autism: Attacking Social Interaction Problems: A Therapy Manual Targeting Social Skills in Children 4-9
Includes sample parent letters, teacher letters, weekly skill steps, and simple stories to reinforce the information presented in the text as well as suggestions for extension activities. Children will enjoy engaging with their peers as they learn how to become social communicators and build their confidence. This user-friendly workbook includes 16 chapters divided into two units for children 4-6 and 7-9 years of age, allowing flexibility to select activities from either age group depending on the needs of the children. These lessons can be easily used in school settings as well as clinical settings.

*Autism: Attacking Social Interaction Problems: A Therapy Manual Targeting Social Skills in Children 10-12
Includes 32 age-appropriate lessons that allow the instructor the flexibility to select from three to four activities for each lesson. Children will enjoy engaging with their peers as they learn how to become social communicators and build their confidence. This user-friendly workbook includes eight chapters with four complete lessons in each chapter. These lessons can be easily used in school settings as well as other clinical settings. Included in this workbook are sample parent letters, teacher letters, weekly skill steps, and social skills stories to reinforce the information presented in the text as well as suggestions for extension activities.

*Autism: Attacking Social Interaction Problems: A Therapy Manual Targeting Social Skills in Teens
Designed specifically for individuals 13-16 years of age and includes ten chapters with three lessons in each chapter. Topics were suggested by teens with ASD and their parents. The lessons are filled with fun and age-appropriate activities that incorporate current issues facing teens today such as peer pressure, joining in, honesty, self-esteem, dealing with bullies, and social media. The activities utilize games, worksheets, role-play skits and discussion questions, and can be used in social skills groups.

*Autism: Attacking Social Interaction Problems: A Pre-Vocational Training Manual for Ages 17+
Includes more than 140 activities to promote success in the workplace and in the community. The AASIP Pre-Vocational Training Program provides a comprehensive yet practical approach to teaching social communication skills needed in the workplace and across the life span to individuals with moderate to high functioning autism spectrum disorder and other diagnoses that result in social communication deficits. The book brings added value by including activities that address three additional core clusters of skills: personal development, social skills for life, and daily living. Topics presented in this program include sexting-texting and TMI (too much information), workplace idioms, social white lies, shades of no, the workplace bully, and unwritten rules of society. These engaging activities, which include interactive videos, deviate from the typical approach to teaching by challenging the participants to explore, develop rules, and generate strategies. This Pre-vocational program, while developed for speech-language pathologists, can also be easily used by high school and college counselors, special educators, job coaches, and parents.

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The FILTER Approach: Social Communication Skills for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Stephanie D. Sanders

Details: 383 pages, Full Color, Spiral Bound, 8.5" x 11"

ISBN13: 978-1-59756-939-2

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Autism: Attacking Social Interaction Problems A Pre-Vocational Training Manual for Ages 17+

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Pamela Wiley, Betholyn F. Gentry

Details: 296 pages, B&W, Softcover, 8.5" x 11"

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Educating Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Model for High-Quality Coaching

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Details: 245 pages, B&W, Softcover, 7" x 10"

ISBN13: 978-1-59756-786-2

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Behavioral Principles in Communicative Disorders: Applications to Assessment and Treatment

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Christine A. Maul, Brooke R. Findley, Amanda Nicolson Adams

Details: 282 pages, B&W, Softcover, 7" x 10"

ISBN13: 978-1-59756-788-6

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Autism: Attacking Social Interaction Problems-A Therapy Manual Targeting Social Skills in Teens

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Betholyn F. Gentry, Pamela Wiley

Details: 176 pages, B&W, Softcover, 8.5" x 11"

ISBN13: 978-1-59756-785-5

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Autism: Attacking Social Interaction Problems- A Therapy Manual Targeting Social Skills in Children 10-12

First Edition

Betholyn F. Gentry, Pamela Wiley, Jamie Torres-Feliciano

Details: 252 pages, B&W, Softcover, 8.5" x 11"

ISBN13: 978-1-59756-793-0

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Cesar E. Ruiz, Evelyn R. Klein, Louis R. Chesney

Details: 225 pages, B&W, Softcover, 8.5" x 11"

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