Social skills training for autism

[mnc2006]

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Hi, wonder if folk have come across any good books or resources for social skills training for autism and aspergers.

 

[IT514]

Any Board Certified Behavior Analysts in your area? Just refer to them, that's what they do, better than anyone else.

 

[mnc2006]

this is just an attempt on how they do this. Guessing it's something structured like CBT

 

[IT514]

Heres a good link - its a blog but there are citations and the author goes into some detail in regard to the therapy.

http://www.lovaas.com/blog/archives/15-Teaching-Social-Skills-to-Children-with-Autism.html

 

[voyeurofthemind]

Not a book or manual specifically but just read an article that touches on this and implies that early intervention with AD children can mitigate the course to some extent. Gives an overview of the treatment, albeit briefly. I'm sure there are probably some good citations to follow up on within the article as well.

Dawson, G. (2008). Early behavioral intervention, brain plasticity, and prevention of autism spectrum disorder. Development and Psychopathology, 20, 775-803.

 

[mnc2006]

Thanks for the suggestions. That's the sort of thing that I was looking for