Nancy J Patrick

Social Skills for Teenagers and Adults with Asperger Syndrome (eBook, ePUB)

A Practical Guide to Day-to-Day Life

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781846428449
• Artikelnr.: 52380896

Autorenporträt

Nancy J. Patrick is Assistant Professor of special education at Messiah College, Grantham, Pennsylvania. She is an author, teacher, writer and presenter. She lives near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with her husband and their three children, one of whom has a disability. She is the co-author of Hints and Tips for Helping Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Useful Strategies for Home, School and the Community, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. 1. A Social World. 2. Friends and Family. 3. Health and
Medical. 4. Living Arrangements. 5. Education, Training and Employment. 6.
Adaptive Tools. My Journal. Glossary. References. Subject index. Author
index.