Social skills success for students with autism/asperger's : helping adolescents on the spectrum to fit in / Fred Frankel and Jeffrey J. Wood

Content includes:

Introduction

Part I: Basic information about teens with autism spectrum disorder
Chapter 1: What is autism spectrum disorder?
Chapter 2: Making inclusion more successful for students with autism
Chapter 3: Classroom management and social skills groups

Part II: Interventions for basic social skills
Chapter 4: Helping students expand their interests
Chapter 5: Improving comprehension of figurative language
Chapter 6: Improving conversational comprehension
Chapter 7: Improving social conversations
Chapter 8: Helping students choose friends

Part III: More intensive interventions to help kids fit in
Chapter 9: Understanding and assessing anxiety
Chapter 10: Interventions to reduce anxiety and outbursts
Chapter 11: Preventing and dealing with victimization
Chapter 12: Working with peer mentors.

Conclusion: Helping kids on the spectrum find their own place in the world

Includes bibliographical references and index.