Social Skills Groups for Children And Adolescents With Asperger's Syndrome

by Painter, Kim Kiker

• ISBN13: 9781843108214
• ISBN10: 1843108216
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-01
• Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY

Summary

Social Skills Groups for Children and Adolescents with Asperger's Syndrome is a ready-to-use curriculum for clinicians, teachers, and other professionals wishing to lead social skills groups for children and adolescents with Asperger's Syndrome.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	7	(2)
Introduction	9	(4)
PART I: ASPERGER'S SYNDROME AND SOCIAL SKILLS
Overview of Asperger's Syndrome	13	(2)
Diagnostic and Assessment Issues	15	(6)
The Importance of Social Skills	21	(2)
Treatment Approaches	23	(6)
Introduction to the Model Program	29	(2)
Summing Up	31	(4)
PART II: THE PROGRAM
The Model Program	35	(50)
Session 1: Greetings and getting to know you	36	(5)
Session 2: Identifying emotions	41	(5)
Session 3: Identifying facial expressions	46	(4)
Session 4: Continuum of emotions	50	(5)
Session 5: Tone of voice	55	(5)
Session 6: Initiating conversations	60	(4)
Session 7: Maintaining conversations: Basic conversational skills	64	(6)
Session 8: Maintaining conversations: Responding to the emotions of others	70	(5)
Session 9: Conversational skills: Phone skills	75	(6)
Session 10: Manners and dinner outing	81	(4)
Supplemental Sessions	85	(68)
Supplemental Session 1: Emotion collages	86	(4)
Supplemental Session 2: Tone of voice movie clips	90	(4)
Supplemental Session 3: Joining a group	94	(5)
Supplemental Session 4: Being a good sport	99	(4)
Supplemental Session 5: Personal space	103	(5)
Supplemental Session 6: Friendship skills	108	(6)
Supplemental Session 7: Perspective-taking and empathy	114	(5)
Supplemental Session 8: Flexibility and adaptability	119	(5)
Supplemental Session 9: Politeness	124	(5)
Supplemental Session 10: Understanding sarcasm and figures of speech	129	(6)
Adolescent Supplemental Session 1: Hanging out	135	(4)
Adolescent Supplemental Session 2: School dances	139	(6)
Adolescent Supplemental Session 3: Interviewing skills	145	(8)
PART III: FURTHER READING
Appendix: Theoretical Background to This Resource	153	(13)
References	166	(3)
Subject Index	169	(3)
Author Index	172