Our Brains Are Like Computers! (eBook)

Exploring Social Skills and Social Cause and Effect with Children on the Autism Spectrum

Joel Shaul (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2016
80 Seiten
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-78450-208-9 (ISBN)

Infos

In what ways do people think about other people? Just like computers save and share files, people save and share their memories of one another. This highly visual picture book uses computer metaphors to explain to children on the autism spectrum how their actions and words can affect other people.

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This highly visual social skills book uses computer metaphors and visual diagrams to help children on the autism spectrum to understand how their words and actions can affect other people. Easily identifiable computing and social networking metaphors are used to explain how memories are saved in the brain, like files in computer folders, and how, just as files can be shared and downloaded on the internet, people learn about you by sharing their positive and negative impressions with each other. The author explains why certain actions may be 'liked' or 'disliked' by others, and offers guidance on appropriate and inappropriate social behavior.This book also features photocopiable worksheets to reinforce the guidance and lessons offered in the book.

Autor

Joel Shaul is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specializes in ASDs. Through his organization, Autism Teaching Strategies, he provides professional workshops on social skills teaching and effective counseling methods. He is co-creator of Ryuu social skills products and author of The Conversation Train: A Visual Approach to Conversation for Children on the Autism Spectrum and The Green Zone Conversation Book: Finding Common Ground in Conversation for Children on the Autism Spectrum. He provides clinical and consultation services at The Watson Institute of Sewickley, PA. Joel's website is autismteachingstrategies.com.

Inhalt

Introduction. 1. Part 1: What People's Brains Think About. 2. Part 2: What Computers and Brains Remember. 3. Part 3: The Network of Minds and People's Thoughts About You. 4. Part 4: Exploring Other People's Likes and Dislikes. 5. Part 5: Games and Learning Activities.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.1.2016
• Zusatzinfo: Full colour throughout
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Persönlichkeitsstörungen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
• Schlagworte: ASD • asperger's • Autism • interaction • Social Skills • The Conversation Train • The Green Zone Conversation Book
• ISBN-10: 1-78450-208-1 / 1784502081
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78450-208-9 / 9781784502089