Asperger Syndrome Recommended Reading and Viewing
Recommended Reading
Social Skills Training for Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome and Social-Communications Problems
by Jed E. Baker, Ph.D.
A social skills curriculum that really works! This long-awaited, much anticipated "how-to" manual is based on Dr. Baker's enormously successful social skills training groups. The book covers everything from assessment and strategies for social skills training, to generalization of those skills, to behavior management, to the often-overlooked importance of promoting peer acceptance through sensitivity training.
The core of this book, however, is the inclusion of individual skill lessons and activities (seventy in all-that address practically every social situation you can possibly think of. This book is a MUST-READ and should be part of every parent and professional's AS resource library.
Also available from Autism Aspergers Publishing Company.
One Small Starfish
by Anne Addison
Brenda Smith Myles writes, "A particularly helpful feature of this book is the practical advice and guidance provided at the end of each chapter. Her perspective as a parent is... inspirational."
A Parent's Guide to Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism
by Sally Ozonoff, Ph.D., et als.
Ami Klin, Ph.D. writes, "The most comprehensive and practical resource available... Will empower any parent to become an effective and savvy advocate..."
Asperger Syndrome And Your Child: A Parent's Guide
by Michael D. Powers, Psy.D
This outstanding resource is a treasure-trove of sensitively written information that all parents and advocates of children with Asperger Syndrome should read. Chapters cover getting and coping with the diagnosis, how it feels to have AS, the effect on the family, school and community, adolescence and adulthood. There is a helpful Q&A section along with a Resource section at the end of the book. A must have book in parents' and professional's libraries.
Help For The Child With Asperger's Syndrome - A Parent's Guide To Negotiating The Social Service Maze
by Gretchen Mertz, foreward by Tony Attwood
Thoughtful and intelligent guide to help parents effectively negotiate the social service maze.
The Asperger Parent: How To Raise A Child With Asperger Syndrome And Maintain Your Sense of Humor
by Jeffrey Cohen, foreword by Lori Shery
This "take-along support group" contains lots of practical suggestions while reminding us to do the one thing many of us have forgotten how to do - laugh.
Also available from Autism Aspergers Publishing Company.
Asperger's: What Does It Mean To Me?
by Catherine Faherty
A wonderful workbook explaining self awareness and life lessons to the child or youth with AS/HFA. Highly recommended.
Coping With Asperger Syndrome
by Maxine Rosaler
Eight easy-to-read chapters presenting the most salient aspects of Asperger Syndrome - diagnosis, important features, and possible treatments. Readers will understand the many challenges faced by individuals with AS and their parents who must play many different roles on behalf of their children, including the role of advocate. Sidebars present character sketches of people with AS and tips on how to help children with the condition.
Recommended for those ages 13 through adulthood.
Power Cards: Using Special Interests To Motivate Children And Youth With Asperger Syndrome And Autism
by Elisa Gagnon
This step-by-step book shows parents and educators how to help change an unwanted or inappropriate behavior by using the special interest of the child. Wonderful resource to use with younger children (up to age 11).
Your Life is Not a Label: A Guide to Living Fully with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome
by Jerry Newport; Future Horizons.
An encouraging, educational, and often humorous guide for teens and adults living with Asperger's Syndrome or high-functioning autism. Jerry, a man with autism, gives advice on dating, money, traveling independently and more! This clever book will help others live fuller, more independent lives.
From Emotions To Advocacy: The Special Education Survival Guide
by Pete and Pam Wright
Includes comprehensive index, appendices, bibliography. Special education services are intensive and expensive. Resources are limited. If you have a child with special needs, you may wind up battling the school district for the services your child needs. To prevail, you need information, skills, and tools.
Also available from www.wrightslaw.com.
Autism, Advocates, and Law Enforcement Professionals Recognizing and Reducing Risk Situations for People with Autism Spectrum Disorders
by Dennis Debbaudt
Individuals with developmental disorders are seven times more likely than other people to come into contact with police and their responses to encounters with the law may not always be socially appropriate. How can the needs and responses of people with autism spectrum disorders be reconciled with the duties of the police to serve and protect the community?
In this book, private investigator and autism advocate Dennis Debbaudt provides essential information for both groups. He explains how typical manifestations of autism spectrum disorders, such as running away, unsteadiness, impulsive behavior or failure to respond, may be misunderstood by law enforcement professionals, with serious consequences. For individuals with ASDs, he offers advice on how to behave in encounters with police and other law enforcement professionals. Aimed at raising awareness and facilitating communication between people with autism and law enforcement professionals, this much-needed book will be a valuable resource for both communities.
Ask Me About Asperger Syndrome
by Michael Thompson Productions
Introduction to AS for elementary/early middle school teachers.
The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
by Ross W. Greene
This book provides an explanation for explosive behavior and describes an approach aimed at decreasing such behaviors and increasing flexibility, frustration tolerance and self-regulation.
Asperger Syndrome In The Family: Redefining Normal
by Liane Holliday Willey
Excellent book which examines, with wisdom, honesty and humor, the implications living with AS has for the family.
Asperger Syndrome And Adolescence: Practical Solutions For School Success
by Brenda Smith Myles and Diane Adreon
Excellent overview of the many challenges those with AS face as they enter their teens. Offers an array of practical, proven interventions to help address these challenges.
Beyond The Wall: Personal Experiences With Autism And Asperger Syndrome
by Stephen Shore
This honest, courageous book, written by a person with high-functioning autism / Asperger Syndrome tells the story of his life, including his parents' frustrations with the educational and medical communities, his adolescence and now adult married life. The book offers insights for parents and professionals as well as individuals who have Asperger Syndrome.
Social Skills Training For Children With Asperger Syndrome, High Functioning Autism, And Related Social-Communication Disorders: A Manual For Practitioners
by Jed Baker, Ph.D.
Excellent manual containing strategies and handouts to teach social skills.
To order, call 973-313-1803
Inside Out: What Makes A Person With Social Cognitive Deficits Tick?
by Michelle Garcia Winner
Spiral bound, 201 pages (April 2000)
This book provides the framework for understanding social cognitive deficits. Included are worksheets to be used in both the classroom and small group settings.
To order, you may also call 408-557-8595.
How To Be A Para Pro: A Comprehensive Training Manual For Paraprofessionals
by Diane Twachtman-Cullen
User-friendly training manual divided into two parts--Part One is a "short-course" on autism spectrum disorders (ASD-for people "in the trenches" and Part Two takes a "cookbook style" look at the art and science of paraprofessional support for students with ASD and those with other cognitive impairments.
Asperger Syndrome: A Guide For Educators And Parents
by Brenda Smith-Myles and Richard L. Simpson
Published by and available through PRO-ED, Inc.
This easy-to-read book overviews the characteristics of Asperger's Syndrome and provides information on academic, social, and behavior supports that can help children and youth with this exceptionality enhance their success in school and home settings. The final chapter in this book is authored by several parents of children with Asperger Syndrome.
Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide For Parents/Professionals
by Tony Attwood, Forward by Lorna Wing
Asperger Syndrome: A Practical Guide for Teachers
by Val Cumine, Julia Leach, and Gill Stevenson
Excellent resource for teachers in an easy-to-read format.
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
by Uta Frith
The Source for Nonverbal Learning Disabilities
by Sue Thompson, M.A.,C.E.T.
This book can be ordered from LinguiSystems, Inc. at (800-776-4332 or (309)755-2300.
This book was formerly known as I Shouldn't Have to Tell You: A Guide to Understanding Nonverbal Learning Disorders
Shadow Syndromes
by John Ratey, M.D. and Catherine Johnson, Ph.D.
The World Of The Autistic Child
by Bryna Siegel
Thinking in Pictures
by Temple Grandin
A Practical Guide To Effective Programming For The Autistic Impaired
by Bryant Domina
Joey and Sam
by Illana Katz
The Award Winning sibling storybook which helps children to understand similarities and differences between children who are unimpaired and those who have autism. It's available through Real Life Storybooks, publishers of storybooks and social stories focusing on real-life disabilities, diseases and problems from a child's perspective, paving the way for greater understanding.
The New Social Story Book
by Carol Gray
Skillstreaming The Elementary School Child
by Ellen McGinnis & Arnold Goldstein
Skillstreaming The Adolescent
by Arnold P. Goldstein
Without Reason
by Charles Hart
Negotiating The Special Education Maze
by Anderson, Chitwood, and Hayden
Teaching Children with Autism: Strategies to Enhance Communication and Socialization
by Kathleen Ann Quill
Teach Me Language
by Sabrina Freeman, Ph.D. and Lorelei Dake, B.A.
A language manual foir children with autism, Asperger syndrome and related developmental disorders.
What's Next?: Preparing the Student with Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities for Success in the Community
by Carol Gray
Higher Functioning Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism: A Teacher's Guide
by Ann Fullerton, Joyce Stratton, Phyllis Coyne, and Carol Gray
Available through PRO-ED, Inc.
The Paraprofessional's Guide To The Inclusive Classroom: Working as a Team
by Mary Beth Doyle
Recommended Viewing
Understanding Brothers and Sisters with Asperger Syndrome
DVD
This DVD contains four programs; three for siblings of different ages and developmental levels, and one for their parents. These programs show siblings that other kids are facing the same challenges they face, and explore a range of ways the kids interviewed have learned to get along with and enjoy their brothers and sisters. The video also can help parents understand the special needs of their neurotypical children.
The sibling programs are for children ages 4 - 7, ages 7 - 12, and ages 12 - adult.
109 minutes (total of four programs)
$39.99
Available at: Coulter Video or call 336-608-4224
INTRICATE MINDS I: Understanding Classmates With Asperger Syndrome
VHS or DVD
Candid interviews with teenagers designed to promote positive interactions between classmates and reduce isolation, harassment and bullying. Using the challenges and strengths of students with Asperger Syndrome as examples, this video stresses the benefits of getting to know classmates who appear to be 'different' on the surface.
For grades 7 through 12
12 minutes
$30.00
Available at: Coulter Video or call 336-608-4224
INTRICATE MINDS II: Understanding Elementary School Classmates With Asperger Syndrome
VHS or DVD
This video features interviews with elementary school students who have Asperger Syndrome explaining how it affects them - and describing their challenges and strengths. The program also includes demonstrations that help viewers understand what it's like to have AS. Designed to promote positive interactions between classmates, INTRICATE MINDS II can help classmates accept kids who have trouble fitting in.
For grades 3 through 6
16 minutes
$30.00
Available at: Coulter Video or call 336-608-4224
INTRICATE MINDS III: Understanding Elementary School Classmates Who Think Differently
VHS or DVD
This video features interviews with elementary school students who describe what it's like to have conditions that make them act differently from their peers. These interviews, along with demonstrations, promote positive interactions between classmates. The program concentrates on behaviors classmates might see that could be associated with conditions such as Asperger Syndrome, Higher Functioning Autism, Pervasive Developmental Delay, Semantic-Pragmatic Disorder and others. Kids who understand the reasons for "different" students' actions are much more likely to accept them socially and include them in activities.
For grades 3 through 6
17 minutes
$30.00
Available at: Coulter Video or call 336-608-4224
Asperger's Syndrome: Crossing The Bridge
by Michael Thompson Productions
Dr. Tony Attwood interviews AS adult Liane Holliday-Willey.
27:50 min.
Asperger Syndrome Dad: Becoming An Even Better Father To Your Child With AS
This program covers ten secrets dads can use to help a child with AS reach his full potential and have fun along the way. The program features Drew Coulter, a young man with AS now in college, and his dad, Dan. Through interviews, videos and photos, the program uses Drew's experiences from early childhood through the present to offer practical advice on being the dad your son or daughter with AS wants and needs.
Available at: Coulter Video or call 336-608-4224
Manners For The Real World: Basic Social Skills
This video features clear descriptions and demonstrations that help people with Asperger Syndrome master appropriate social skills for some of the most common interactions between people. Produced by Dan and Julie Coulter, parents of a son with AS.
Available at: Coulter Video or call 336-608-4224
Asperger Syndrome: Transition To Work
Practical techniques to help students (or anyone with AS)get a job in the real world. It includes advice from a psychology professor with experience helping people with AS find jobs - and from the director of a successful special needs career development program. Produced by Dan and Julie Coulter, parents of a son with AS.
Please note that the information in this video is also contained The ASPEN video "Asperger Syndrome: Transition to College and Work," so if you own that video, you won't need this one.
Available at: Coulter Video or call 336-608-4224
Asperger Syndrome: Transition From High School To College And Work
This video features practical advice for people with Asperger Syndrome preparing to begin work and or attend college. It's narrated by a high school senior with AS who is preparing to attend college.
Available at: Coulter Video or call 336-608-4224
Asperger Syndrome: Success In The Mainstream Classroom
An excellent video providing proven tips and techniques to help make mainstreaming a child with Asperger Syndrome a positive learning experience for him or her - and for teachers and classmates.
Available at: Coulter Video or call 336-608-4224
Time for School
Time for School is an excellent DVD and photo CD-Rom teaching set designed to teach social skills through peer modeling.
This video teaches social skills to children with Autism, Asperger Syndrome, PDD-NOS and Nonverbal Learning Disorders in the context of school. It features elementary school-aged children demonstrating appropriate social skills in the classroom, library, on the playground, and in the hallway. Topics include: Say Hello, Listen to the Teacher, Share, Take Turns, Keep My Hands to Myself, Say Sorry, Sit Quietly, Raise My Hand, Library Behavior, Show Interest in Others, Self-Calming Techniques, Playground Behavior.
Visit Model Me Kids to see a video sample and to view other Model Me Kids videos including "Time for a Playdate."
61 minutes
Last One Picked... First One Picked On: Learning Disabilities And Social Skills
by Richard Lavoie
Excellent presentation
Approximately $50.00
Order through PBS 1-800-344-3337
Social Stories And Comic-Strip Conversations: Unique Methods To Improve Social Understanding
by Carol Gray
May be ordered through Future Horizons.
60 Minutes
A television interview with Jerry and Mary Newport, a married couple with Asperger Syndrome.
To order, please call 1-800-542-5621
Autism & Law Enforcement Roll Call Briefing Video
by Dennis Debbaudt
This video features fifteen children and adults at various points on the autism spectrum, an actor who has autism, actual 911 calls, and reflects American diversity. It has the look and feel of a TV news documentary, uses real life events to punctuate these issues, and on-the-job officers to deliver the message.
With guidance from professional law enforcement and first response advisors, this video offers tips and options for communications and responses designed to successfully resolve a call involving a person with autism. The advisors felt the officer needed a briefing about what to do in the field when they hear the words autism or Asperger syndrome. Anyone viewing the video will come away with a good, practical understanding of what autism is.
This video is intended for use at police and first response roll call briefing sessions and as a discussion tool for law enforcement training sessions.
Length is approximately 20 minutes with a pause at the Responding To The Call segment and can be viewed as two ten minute segments. The first ten minutes briefs on autism issues of safety and risk; the second ten minutes is devoted to law enforcement response, tips, techniques and options.
For details and questions call 772-398-9756
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