Social Skills Games and Activities for Kids With Autism

by Wendy Ashcroft, Angie Delloso, Anne Quinn

"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.

Genres: Autistic Spectrum Disorder

216 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2013

Reviews

[Janie · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the hardest things a teacher has to do is find ways for students with autism to interact with other students in the class. This book has games and activities that will help engage the autistic child socially. Easy to set up and implement, the games include skills such as: helping with eye contact, cooperation, asking for something politely, looking where others are looking etc. Great ideas that can be used daily. Good book for the beginning teacher, or those new to working with autistic students. Good choice for parents too.

[Jackie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful resource for educators and parents to acquaint and understand the traits of autism in children. Not only does it provide the reader with typical examples of social interaction, but it instructs with easy-to-follow games and step-by-step directions for a positive outcome.

A guide to help adults help children with autism effectively navigate social interactions and provide them with the skills to cope.

Thank you to LibraryThing and Prufrock Press Inc. for this ARC copy.