Social Skills Groups for Children And Adolescents With Asperger's Syndrome ─ A Step-by-step Program

Painter, an Asperger's syndrome specialist, offers a ready-to-use curriculum for clinicians, teachers, and other professionals. The fully reproducible program consists of 10 core sessions and 13 supplemental sessions, covering topics such as greetings, emotions, facial expressions, personal space, and conversations. Three additional supplements for adolescents cover hanging out, school dances, and interviews. Each session features specific aims and outcomes, an explanation of why these are important, and step-by-step instructions for activities and role playing scenarios, plus parent and teacher handouts. An introductory chapter overviews the syndrome and diagnostic and assessment issues, and outlines the curriculum model. An appendix reviews the theoretical background to the curriculum. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)