ABSTRACT

Social Skills Games and Activities for Kids With Autism provides complete instructions for using fun, engaging games and activities to teach social skills to children with autism spectrum disorders. The games include directions for assessing skills such as asking for toys, getting the attention of others, reading nonverbal gestures, understanding perspectives, and cooperating to solve problems. Using the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis, the book takes teachers through motivating, prompting, shaping, modeling, and reinforcing social skills while playing the games and helping students learn to participate in other activities such as demonstrating the social skill in role plays and the natural environment. Perfect for teachers struggling to help their students with autism learn to interact socially with their peers, these games are sure to become a much-loved part of students' daily routines.

chapter Chapter 1|11 pages

Social Skills and Children With ASD

chapter Chapter 2|19 pages

Essential ABA Principles for Teaching Social Skills

chapter Chapter 4|5 pages

Assessing and Monitoring Social Skills

chapter Chapter 5|10 pages

Using the Complete the Puzzle Framework

chapter Chapter 6|106 pages

The 10 Skills and the Games and Activities

chapter Chapter 7|10 pages

Adapting the Puzzle Framework for Early Learners