What is included with this book?
Note to the Reader | p. xiii |
Acknowledgments | p. xv |
Introduction: How Friends' Club Began | p. xvii |
About the Experts Cited | p. xxii |
Asperger's Syndrome and Your Child | |
What Are the Signs of Asperger's Syndrome? | p. 3 |
Frequently Asked Questions About Asperger's Syndrome | p. 5 |
Getting Through to Your Asperger's Child or Teen | p. 12 |
Diagnosis | p. 16 |
Parental Sainthood and Your Need for Support | p. 20 |
85 Lessons For Decoding Asperger's Children | |
Acceptance | p. 27 |
Acquaintance Versus Friend | p. 29 |
Admitting When You're Scared | p. 32 |
Alone Time | p. 34 |
Anger and Frustration | p. 36 |
Annoying Behavior | p. 39 |
Anxiety | p. 41 |
Apologizing | p. 43 |
Appearance | p. 46 |
Asking for Help | p. 49 |
Awareness | p. 52 |
Birthday Parties | p. 58 |
Bluntness and Unintentional Insults | p. 63 |
Bullying and Bullies | p. 66 |
Calming Down and Focusing | p. 71 |
Change and "Change-ups" | p. 73 |
Compliance | p. 76 |
Compliments | p. 80 |
Compromise | p. 83 |
Conversation | p. 86 |
Cooperation | p. 92 |
Courtesy | p. 94 |
Curiosity About People | p. 97 |
Dating and Gender Talk | p. 99 |
Depression | p. 102 |
Discipline | p. 106 |
Disorganization | p. 109 |
Embarrassment | p. 112 |
Emotions | p. 115 |
Empathy | p. 119 |
Eye Contact | p. 122 |
Fear | p. 127 |
First Friendships | p. 130 |
Giving and Handling Money | p. 133 |
Greetings | p. 135 |
Grooming and Personal Hygiene | p. 139 |
Holiday Gatherings | p. 142 |
Homework | p. 146 |
Humor | p. 150 |
Indecision | p. 153 |
Initiative | p. 156 |
Intentions | p. 160 |
Leaving the House | p. 162 |
Letting Go and Refocusing | p. 165 |
Listening to Others | p. 168 |
Literal Language | p. 171 |
Looking Like You're Paying Attention | p. 174 |
Losing Gracefully | p. 176 |
Manners | p. 178 |
Meltdowns | p. 182 |
Moving On to New Things | p. 189 |
Obsessions and Obsessive Behavior | p. 191 |
Peer Pressure and Avoiding Dares | p. 195 |
Perfectionism and Unrealistic Expectations | p. 199 |
Perspectives and Point of View | p. 202 |
Phone Skills | p. 206 |
Physical Inactivity | p. 209 |
Problem Solving | p. 212 |
Reading Minds and Faces | p. 214 |
Remembering Names | p. 219 |
Responding to Others | p. 222 |
Rudeness | p. 224 |
Rules | p. 228 |
Sarcasm | p. 231 |
Self-esteem | p. 233 |
Selfishness | p. 235 |
Self-regulation or "Stimming" | p. 237 |
Sensory Sensitivities | p. 240 |
Slang and Idioms | p. 246 |
Social Stories | p. 249 |
Sportsmanship | p. 254 |
Staying Calm | p. 257 |
Strengths and How to Cultivate Them | p. 259 |
Taking One's Leave | p. 263 |
Talking with Peers | p. 266 |
Teamwork | p. 270 |
Teasing | p. 273 |
Telling Your Child That He or She Has Asperger's Syndrome | p. 276 |
Thinking in Pictures and Patterns | p. 280 |
Time Blindness | p. 284 |
Travel | p. 287 |
Vacations and School Breaks | p. 291 |
Waiting | p. 296 |
"White Lies" and Sparing Others' Feeling | p. 299 |
Writing Things Down | p. 302 |
Resources | |
DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic Criteria for Asperger's Disorder | p. 307 |
Glossary of Terms | p. 309 |
Sample E-mail from Parent to Teacher at the Beginning of the School Year | p. 313 |
Further Information About Bullying | p. 315 |
Internet Resources | p. 323 |
Further Reading | p. 326 |
Games | p. 338 |
Index | p. 341 |
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