Social Enjoyment Groups for Children, Teens and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Guiding Toward Growth

John Merges

Paperback: £14.99 / $22.95

2010, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp
ISBN: 978-1-84905-834-6, BIC 2: JNSG2 JFFG JFFP

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Acknowledgments. Part I Introduction and Guiding Principles. 1. Beginnings. 2. Enjoyment - A Skill. 3. The Band of Regulation. Part II The Hurdles. 4. Introduction to the Hurdles. 5. Keeping Things the Same. 6. Attention Challenges. 7. Emotional Regulation Problems. 8. Organization Deficits. 9. Language Processing Issues. 10. Associative Thinking. 11. Sensory Sensitivities. 12. "Unlearning" Rituals. 13. Stereotyping by Neurotypical Individuals. 14. Motivational Deficits. Part III FunJoyment Groups. 15. Introduction to FunJoyment Groups. 16. Concepts Important in All Groups. 17. School-Based Groups for Five-, Six-, and Seven-Year-Old Youngsters. 18. School-Based Groups for Seven- through Eleven-Year-Old Youngsters. 19. School-Based Groups for Junior High and High School Students. 20. Notes About Community-Based Groups. 21. Community-Based Groups for Ten- and Eleven-Year-Old Youngsters. 22. Community-Based Groups for Junior High and Senior High Students. 23. Community-Based Groups for Older High Students and Young Adults. Part IV Materials and Activities. 24. Sample Permission Letters. 25. Scoreboard. 26. Activities for Five-, Six- and Seven-Year-Olds. Big Dice. Ask to Play. Charades. Ask for Help. Ask to Share. Interrupting an Adult. Bean Bag Toss. Activities for All Other Groups. A Through Z Game. Apples to Apples. Bean Bag Toss. Bocce Ball. Dominion. First/Last Game. Frisbee. Golf. Imaginiff. In a Pickle. Introductory Questions. Killer Bunnies. Kinder Bunnies. Loaded Questions. Mr. M's Minefield. Mr. M's Uno. Moose in the House. Password. Perudo. Pick It. Pit. Question Cards. Smart Ass. Sort it Out. Tsuro. Turnabout. Twenty Questions. Up the River.

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• John Merges

Subject areas

• Asperger Syndrome, Autism and other Syndromes

Keywords

• ADD,
• ADHD,
• adolescence,
• adults,
• anxiety,
• Asperger syndrome,
• autism,
• careers,
• child development,
• child psychology,
• children,
• communication,
• community care,
• counselling,
• depression,
• disability,
• education,
• educational psychology,
• emotions,
• employment,
• families,
• high functioning autism,
• mainstream education,
• mental health,
• occupational therapy,
• pastoral care,
• pervasive developmental disorder,
• play,
• PSHE,
• psychology,
• relationships,
• resilience,
• self esteem,
• sensory issues,
• social care,
• social skills,
• special education,
• speech and language pathology,
• speech and language therapy,
• teenagers,
• transitions,
• youthwork

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