Social Skills for Teenagers and Adults with Asperger Syndrome
A Practical Guide to Day-to-Day Life
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- €16.99
Publisher Description
This resource provides practical strategies for helping teenagers and adults with Asperger Syndrome to navigate social skills, friendships and relationships at home and in the community.
The author offers advice and useful strategies for tackling day-to-day problems such as visits to the dentist or the doctor, searching for a job, sorting out personal finances, going on vacation, and dealing with public transport, as well as more intimate topics such as dating and acquiring and maintaining friendships. The chapters are structured around real-life scenarios and the challenges they present, followed by step-by-step solutions and suggestions. A final section provides a set of practical self-help tools, which encourage the reader to note down answers to the questions posed and record personal reflections.
This accessible guide will be essential reading for teenagers and adults with Asperger Syndrome and their families, teachers, therapists, counsellors, carers, social and health work professionals.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Patrick, Nancy J. Social Skills for Teenagers and Adults with Asperger Syndrome: A Practical Guide to Day-to-Day Life. Jessica Kingsley. 2008. c.208p. index. pap. PSYCH ~This comprehensive guide addresses how teenagers and adults with Asperger syndrome (AS) can enhance their social competence and live their best lives. Targeted to those with AS and their families and professionals, this book will be useful in autism collections of public and academic libraries. Background: A parent of a child with a disability, Patrick (coauthor, Hints and Tips for Helping Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders) examines how those with AS can have more fruitful relationships and dispenses practical advice on health and medical issues, optimum living arrangements, and associated monetary concerns. As many people with AS are underemployed, Patrick devotes significant attention to discussing college options, career and vocational assessments, and how to find and keep a job. The author presents an exhaustive list of adaptive tools, including assistance technology, effective listening, eye gaze, role playing, and scripts, and a final section provides fill-in forms that help determine personal strengths and weaknesses.--Elizabeth J. Safford, Nevins Memorial Lib., Methuen, MA.
