Skillstreaming Children and Youth with High-Functioning Autism:

• A Guide for Teaching Prosocial Skills
• Student Workbook
• Skill Cards (Set of 480 cards)
• Skill Posters (Set of 80 posters)

by Ellen McGinnis & Richard L. Simpson

Skillstreaming Children and Youth with High-Functioning Autism:
A Guide for Teaching Prosocial Skills

Item: 9780878226832

Skillstreaming is a social-emotional learning programme designed to help children and youth learn positive ways to have their needs met.

This guide employs Skillstreaming’s evidence-based four-part training approach — modelling, role-playing, performance feedback, and generalisation — to teach prosocial skills in a small-group context. The book includes a total of 80 skills specifically tailored to the needs of learners with high-functioning autism and related disorders.

The introduction offers a framework for understanding high-functioning autism disorders, defines unique characteristics of this population, and emphasises the role of individualised coaching and the assistance of supportive peers in helping these learners meet their unique challenges. The remainder of the book presents skills and related materials.

Skill Groups

• Group I: Relationship Skills (Beginning and Advanced)
  Sample skills: Listening Without Interrupting • Staying on Topic • Sharing • Ending a Conversation • Communicating Preferences
• Group II: Social Comprehension
  Sample skills: Reading Others • Giving Information Nonverbally • Respecting Another’s Boundaries • Taking Another’s Perspective
• Group III: Self-Regulation
  Sample skills: Regulating Your Attention • Dealing with Anxiety • No Means No • Dealing with Boredom • Affirming Yourself
• Group IV: Problem Solving
  Sample skills: Determining Private Information • Planning for Stressful Situations • Considering Alternatives • When a Rule Doesn’t Work • Making a Complaint
• Group V: Understanding Emotions
  Sample skills: Knowing Your Feelings • Feeling Different • Showing Affection • Recognising Another’s Feelings • Understanding Another’s Intentions
• Group VI: School-Related Skills
  Sample skills: Ignoring Distractions • Taking a Break • Following Adult Directions • Organizing Materials • Dealing with Transitions

Each skill includes an outline for group leaders with helpful advice for teaching specific skill steps and a listing of appropriate role-play situations. Two reproducible homework reports are provided for each skill. Appendixes provide skill checklists and other evaluation forms, as well as dialogue from two sample Skillstreaming sessions. A CD with printable forms accompanies the book.

Skillstreaming Children and Youth with High-Functioning Autism:
Student Workbook

Item: 9780878227419

The Student Workbook (and accompanying Group Leader’s Guide) is intended to transfer Skillstreaming learning procedures into easily implemented activities and strategies. These resources give educators, clinicians, and school counsellors a step-by-step procedure for introducing and proceeding with the Skillstreaming programme. Before using the workbook, it is also necessary to prepare the skill posters and handouts as well as any other common classroom materials for the specific lesson in the workbook that will be taught. Each packet contains 10 Student Workbooks and 1 Group Leader’s Guide.

Skillstreaming Children and Youth with High-Functioning Autism:
Skill Cards (Set of 480 cards)

Item: 9780878227044

Convenient 3×5” cue cards designed for student use during group sessions and homework assignments. The cards list the behavioral steps for each of the 80 skills contained in the Skillstreaming Children and Youth with High Functioning Autism skills. Six cards are provided for each individual skill, for a total of 480 skill cards.

Item: 9780878227051

A set of 80 posters (12×18”) displaying the behavioural steps in each of the skills in the Skillstreaming Children and Youth with High-Functioning Autism programme. A great tool for reinforcing the skills they’re learning!

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