Successful Social Stories for School and College Students

Author: Siobhan Timmins
Publisher: Growing Up with Social Stories (TM)
ISBN: 9781785921377
Category : Autistic children
Languages : en
Pages : 334

Book Description
As children grow up and spend more and more time away from home in schools and colleges, life often seems to get increasingly complicated. Autism makes the challenges they meet in these new environments even more difficult to navigate. Social Stories(tm) is a highly regarded strategy that parents and teachers can use to help young people with autism understand the new social situations they face during this time. Writing an effective Story takes a special set of skills, and in this fully illustrated book Dr Siobhan Timmins explains how to acquire and hone these techniques and put them into practice. Following on from her book on writing Social Stories(tm) for young children, this book on the next age group up includes 160 illustrations and clear examples based on the author's own experiences of raising a son with autism. She explains how to identify the underlying issues, and articulate the key ideas so that young learners can find connections between Stories to build a greater understanding of relationships, the adult world and their own identity. The book is an invaluable guide to creating bridges between young people and the parts of life they find most difficult.

Successful Social StoriesTM for School and College Students with Autism

Author: Siobhan Timmins
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1784504041
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
As children grow up and spend more and more time away from home in schools and colleges, life often seems to get increasingly complicated. Autism makes the challenges they meet in these new environments even more difficult to navigate. Social StoriesTM is a highly regarded strategy that parents and teachers can use to help young people with autism understand the new social situations they face during this time. Writing an effective Story takes a special set of skills, and in this fully illustrated book Dr Siobhan Timmins explains how to acquire and hone these techniques and put them into practice. Following on from her book on writing Social StoriesTM for young children, this book on the next age group up includes 160 illustrations and clear examples based on the author's own experiences of raising a son with autism. She explains how to identify the underlying issues, and articulate the key ideas so that young learners can find connections between Stories to build a greater understanding of relationships, the adult world and their own identity. The book is an invaluable guide to creating bridges between young people and the parts of life they find most difficult.

Successful Social StoriesTM for Young Children with Autism

Author: Siobhan Timmins
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1784503762
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 218

Book Description
Social StoriesTM are acknowledged as a very successful way of teaching concepts and social understanding to children with autism spectrum disorders, but considerable skill is needed to write the most effective story. This clear and engaging book introduces ways of thinking about the issues your child finds difficult, and includes 32 stories created by Dr Siobhan Timmins for her son during his early years, with helpful explanations of how she did it, and what the underlying thinking was behind each set of stories. She explains how the stories build upon each other to help the child to understand further, more complex topics, and how to see the connections so that you can best help your child. From basic skills such as learning to listen, wait and share, to common fears, this book takes the mystery out of creating effective Social StoriesTM and amply demonstrates how to put together a cohesive set of stories which your child can understand and relate to.

Developing College Skills in Students with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome

Author: Sarita Freedman
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 0857002929
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
Going to college can be a daunting prospect for any young person, but for teenagers on the autism spectrum this is especially true. This book describes the unique needs that ASD students entering further or higher education are likely to have. The author identifies the key skill-sets they will need to develop in order to be successful in college and in life, and shows how they can be helped to develop these. She outlines the skills required for success in further and higher education in relation to the strengths and weaknesses of individuals with ASDs, and explains how those weaknesses can be ameliorated to enable success at college. Describing the unique accommodations and support that students with ASD will need, and the skills for which they will need particular help, she provides effective intervention strategies that can be implemented throughout the period leading up to college entrance. This book is essential reading for psychologists, special educators, educational therapists, high school teachers/career counselors, and other professionals supporting high school and college students on the autism spectrum. Parents of such students will also benefit from the ideas presented in this book.

Revealing the Hidden Social Code

Author: Marie Howley
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 184642142X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
The Social Stories(TM) approach is widely acknowledged as a key technique for teaching social and life skills to children with autistic spectrum disorders. This text, endorsed by the originator of Social Stories(TM), Carol Gray, offers clear and comprehensive guidance for professionals, parents and carers on how to write successful and targeted Social Stories(TM) that will help develop the autistic spectrum child's understanding of social interaction. The book outlines the kinds of social challenges that people with ASD may experience and highlights the importance of learning social skills in meaningful contexts. An extended review of the guidelines for writing Social Stories(TM) will help writers to structure and develop their stories. The authors explain the key elements and highlight the potential difficulties that a writer may encounter, while providing encouragement and guidance through the various stages of what is often a challenging process. They include examples from their own professional experience, and suggest ways in which the Social Stories(TM) approach may enhance other strategies. Helpful advice on presentation and implementation is provided. Revealing the Hidden Social Code is essential reading for any professional, parent, carer or teacher wanting to employ Social Stories(TM) to develop social understanding in people with ASDs.

The New Social Story Book

Author: Carol Gray
Publisher: Future Horizons
ISBN: 1935274058
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 346

Book Description
Different social stories to help teach children with autism everyday social skills.

Successful Social Articles into Adulthood

Author: Siobhan Timmins
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1784504033
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
The first book to explain how to use an adult form of Social StoriesTM to support autistic young adults. It focuses on some of the most common issues that arise as they enter the adult world, such as applying for a job, looking after physical and mental health, and staying safe in a new home. Siobhan Timmins explores what can lead to particularly problematic situations, and shows how to construct effective stories that can enlarge understanding and reshape thinking to help young adults with autism approach the world in a confident and constructive way. The stories engage with the various stages of applying for a job, adjusting to a work environment, maintaining physical and mental health, and staying safe. Along with the sample stories are explanations of how to create your own story to develop further understanding and draw connections between each story and the issues they explore. From practical skills such as dressing for an interview, to identifying emotions and recognising symptoms of depression, this book takes Social StoriesTM a major step further and adapts them to the realities of adult life.

My Social Stories Book

Author: Carol Gray
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1853029505
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
Takes autistic children step by step through such activities as using the toilet, brushing their teeth, and wearing a safety belt in the car.

Developing Resilience in Young People with Autism using Social StoriesTM

Author: Siobhan Timmins
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1784506435
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 106

Book Description
Young people with autism can be particularly susceptible to setbacks, often leading to depression and a sense of hopelessness. Using Social StoriesTM, this book introduces a different way of looking at common life setbacks, and offer tools to overcome these obstacles, build resilience and develop coping strategies for the future. Based on Carol Gray's highly effective Social StoriesTM model, this new guide shows how to help individuals with autism deal with challenges specific to them, and how to bounce back from the negative experiences that they encounter. This book is an invaluable guide for learning to create personalised Social StoriesTM that can be used to develop resilience in people with autism and help them to cope better with adversity.

Comic Strip Conversations

Author: Carol Gray
Publisher: Future Horizons
ISBN: 9781885477224
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Carol Gray combines stick-figures with "conversation symbols" to illustrate what people say and think during conversations. Showing what people are thinking reinforces that others have independent thoughts--a concept that spectrum children don't intuitively understand. Children can also recognize that, although people say one thing, they may think something quite different--another concept foreign to "concrete-thinking" children. Children can draw their own "comic strips" to show what they are thinking and feeling about events or people. Different colors can represent different states of mind. These deceptively simple comic strips can reveal as well as convey quite a lot of substantive information. The author delves into topics such as: What is a Comic Strip Conversation? The Comic Strip Symbols Dictionary Drawing "small talk" Drawing about a given situation Drawing about an upcoming situation Feelings and COLOR