Showing posts with label Life Skills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Life Skills. Show all posts
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Autism: Dr. Jed Baker Collection on Social Skills and Preventing Meltdowns
Dr. Jed Baker has recently appeared on ABC World News with Charles Gibson, Nightline, and CBS's "The Early Show".
No More Meltdowns: Positive Strategies for Managing and Preventing Out-Of-Control Behavior
The Social Skills Picture Book Teaching play, emotion, and communication to children with autism"Jed Baker, in this excellent book, gives us the tools to deal with and prevent out-of-control behavior. Wisely, he leads us grown-ups to understand how to change our own behavior in order to help our children change theirs."
It could happen at the grocery store. At a restaurant. At school. At home. Meltdowns are stressful for both child and adult, but Dr. Baker can help! Author of the award-winning Social Skills Picture Book series, Dr. Jed Baker offers parents and teachers strategies for preventing and managing meltdowns. His 20+ years of experience working with children on the autism spectrum, combined with his personal experiences raising his own children, have yielded time-tested strategies, and results!Dr. Baker offers an easy-to-follow, 4-step model that will improve your everyday relationships with the children in your life:
1) Managing your own emotions by adjusting your expectations,
2) Learning strategies to calm a meltdown in the moment,
3) Understanding why a meltdown occurs, and
4) Creating plans to prevent future meltdowns.
Social Skills Training for Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome and Social-Communications Problems
Preparing for Life: The Complete Guide for Transitioning to Adulthood for Those with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome
Sunday, November 2, 2008
The Autism Book: Answers to Your Most Pressing Questions
The Autism Book: Answers to Your Most Pressing Questions (Paperback)
by Jhoanna Robledo (Author), Dawn Ham-Kucharski (Author) - HOW do you know if your child is truly different from others?.
Answers to more than one hundred of the most frequently asked questions about autism, a disease that affects an estimated 1 in 150 children.
At the age of two, Dawn Ham-Kucharski's son, Alex, was diagnosed with autism, and she was given little hope that he would ever express himself verbally or interact meaningfully with others. But, now at the age of six, Alex is an uplifting autism success story, due to his mother's tireless efforts to seek out an appropriate treatment program, educational plan, and socialization strategy.
In The Autism Book, health and parenting journalist S. Jhoanna Robledo and Ham-Kucharski, an impassioned advocate for educational opportunity for autistic children, use their hard-won knowledge and experience to objectively and compassionately answer the most urgent questions of parents and educators of autistic children. The authors offer comprehensive information on diagnoses, causes, manifestations, treatment options, managing emotions, family relationships, parenting and lifestyle issues, education, and common worries.
About the Author
S. Jhoanna Robledo is a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism and is a freelance writer specializing in parenting and health. Her work has appeared in Newsweek, New York magazine, Self, Real Simple, and American Baby.
Dawn Ham-Kucharski is on the board of directors of the Michigan Autism Partnership and serves as the outreach coordinator for the PLAY Project. She and her family have recently been featured in Family Circle, the Detroit Free Press, The Detroit News, and The Ann Arbor News.
Product Details
* Paperback: 208 pages
* Publisher: Avery; 1 edition
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1583332243
* ISBN-13: 978-1583332245
Navigating the Social World: A Curriculum for Individuals with Asperger's Syndrome, High Functioning Autism and Related Disorders by Jeannie McAfee
Navigating the Social World: A Curriculum for Individuals with Asperger's Syndrome, High Functioning Autism and Related Disorders [ILLUSTRATED]
by Jeannie McAfee (Author), Dr. Tony Attwood (Author)
This important new book offers a definitive program with forms, exercises, and guides for the student. It also presents significant educational guidance and supportive assistance to caregivers and teachers.
- Section One of Navigating helps the student recognize, label, and express different emotions, as well as monitor and prevent stress.
- Section Two covers communication and social skills, including conversations and manners.
- Section Three delves into abstract thinking skills.
- Section Four covers behavioral issues and possible problems.
More details
Navigating the Social World: A Curriculum for Individuals with Asperger's Syndrome, High Functioning Autism and Related Disorders
By Jeanette McAfee
Published by Future Horizons
ISBN 1885477821, 9781885477828
350 pages
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Preparing for Life
Preparing for Life: The Complete Guide for Transitioning to Adulthood for Those with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome [ILLUSTRATED]
by Jed Baker (Author)
Product Description
A comprehensive resource for students on the autism spectrum preparing for life after high school, best-selling author/counselor Dr. Jed Baker offers "life skills training" on subjects such as non-verbal cues, body language, dealing with anger, frustration and anxiety, as well as building and maintaining friendships, roommates, and intimate relationships. He focuses on conversational and employment skills, ways to balance work/school with family demands, and problematic areas such as finances, emergencies and transportation matters. The assessment tools he provides for parents and the analysis of the laws that provide accommodations to adults with disabilities are critical for success in life after high school.
From the Author
"It is my philosophy that the skills in this book and others do not represent a model of social correctness. They are, however, ideas of how to behave that may help students reach their own goals. . . . The message is, don’t alter the uniqueness that makes you special in so many great ways—just add to what you can do." — Dr. Jed Baker
- Paperback: 357 pages
- Publisher: Future Horizons; 1 edition (January 1, 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1932565337
- ISBN-13: 978-1932565331
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