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Asperger's (ASD) The Elusive Syndrome: An Applied Rehabilitation Guide for Adults
A rehabilitation program for people with Asperger’s syndrome (ASD).A comprehensive guide that offers a unique and detailed rehabilitation program for adults with Asperger’s (ASD), who are diagnosed as high-functioning on the Autistic Spectrum.
The book provides well-thought-out and systematic information on the syndrome, as well as suitable required solutions based on the knowledge that group workshops are the major tool that facilitates individual and social empowerment.
This book serves as an accompanying guide for therapists, group facilitators, educators, parents and relevant professionals involved in the treatment and rehabilitation of people with Asperger’s (ASD).
The book provides well-thought-out and systematic information on the syndrome, as well as suitable required solutions based on the knowledge that group workshops are the major tool that facilitates individual and social empowerment.
This book serves as an accompanying guide for therapists, group facilitators, educators, parents and relevant professionals involved in the treatment and rehabilitation of people with Asperger’s (ASD).
427 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 24, 2019
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September 13, 2019
‘An impairment in deciphering social codes and “reading” the social map’
Israeli author Benjamina Eran is a family/individual/group therapist whose focus is on developmental problems of special needs people and their families. She also is an educator and trainer and has designed and directed workshops for adults with Asperger’s (ASD). She presents her rehabilitation guide in this fine book.
The spectrum of autism is broad and Asperger’s Syndrome is a highly functioning form of that spectrum, one that affects adults and results in social and communication conflicts. Benjamina addresses the syndrome and enlightens the reader as to its nature in her introductory comments. ‘Adults with Asperger’s (ASD) experience the world as a maze. Their difficulty is in navigating their way in a world they are unable to understand. Every frus¬tration, anxiety and fear propels them toward seeking out shelter in familiar surroundings, in which they can fulfill their need for repetitiveness, routine and structuring their order of things. A sense of control helps them organize, sharpen and focus their functioning. This reality impacts on the quality of life of these adults, whom the surrounding environment perceives as in¬comprehensible and as people who don’t know how to protect themselves. They need help in developing social skills in order to enrich their survival tool kit. Asperger’s (ASD) is not a “handicap,” a term that conceptualizes helplessness, weakness, lack of ability and useless¬ness. On the contrary, people with Asperger’s (ASD) have a great variety of capabilities: to learn, to grow, to cope and progress. They are able to show interest in another person’s words and in his life.’
Having set the tone of her guide with that fine distillation of a puzzling syndrome, Benjamina offers a fine description of the syndrome, then shares workshops on CBT (Cognitive Behavior Therapy) for group facilitation, developing social life skills, integration into the community – suitable employments, couple relationships, empowering parents of adults with Asperger’s, and an excellent Self-Help section.
The information found in this impressive book in enlightening and should prove as a fine adjunct for adults with the syndrome, families, and as a resource for all to recognize and learn about this elusive syndrome. Highly Recommended.
Israeli author Benjamina Eran is a family/individual/group therapist whose focus is on developmental problems of special needs people and their families. She also is an educator and trainer and has designed and directed workshops for adults with Asperger’s (ASD). She presents her rehabilitation guide in this fine book.
The spectrum of autism is broad and Asperger’s Syndrome is a highly functioning form of that spectrum, one that affects adults and results in social and communication conflicts. Benjamina addresses the syndrome and enlightens the reader as to its nature in her introductory comments. ‘Adults with Asperger’s (ASD) experience the world as a maze. Their difficulty is in navigating their way in a world they are unable to understand. Every frus¬tration, anxiety and fear propels them toward seeking out shelter in familiar surroundings, in which they can fulfill their need for repetitiveness, routine and structuring their order of things. A sense of control helps them organize, sharpen and focus their functioning. This reality impacts on the quality of life of these adults, whom the surrounding environment perceives as in¬comprehensible and as people who don’t know how to protect themselves. They need help in developing social skills in order to enrich their survival tool kit. Asperger’s (ASD) is not a “handicap,” a term that conceptualizes helplessness, weakness, lack of ability and useless¬ness. On the contrary, people with Asperger’s (ASD) have a great variety of capabilities: to learn, to grow, to cope and progress. They are able to show interest in another person’s words and in his life.’
Having set the tone of her guide with that fine distillation of a puzzling syndrome, Benjamina offers a fine description of the syndrome, then shares workshops on CBT (Cognitive Behavior Therapy) for group facilitation, developing social life skills, integration into the community – suitable employments, couple relationships, empowering parents of adults with Asperger’s, and an excellent Self-Help section.
The information found in this impressive book in enlightening and should prove as a fine adjunct for adults with the syndrome, families, and as a resource for all to recognize and learn about this elusive syndrome. Highly Recommended.
January 14, 2020
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), or what used to be called Asperger’s Syndrome, is a complicated condition, and learning how to cope with it must be a life-long challenge. In this book, Ms. Eran provides a series of observations of the types of coping challenges people diagnosed with ASD face, and outlines a set of workshops through which these people can be coached to learn the behaviors which are key to being considered “more normal”, and functioning successfully in neurotypical society. The author writes with sincere compassion for these people. But she doesn’t provide explanations, even in lay terms, of the mental conditions that drive the “disruptive” behaviors of ASD folks, nor does she provide the tools we need to understand our friends and family so affected. Much of the book consists of descriptions of the events and materials needed for her proposed workshops, followed by almost exact copies of all that text in “printable handouts”. This probably added 30% to the number of pages in the book. One thing I found particularly frustrating is that she doesn’t provide a term acceptable to “people diagnosed with ASD” for referring to them in conversation. Other writers have settled on “Aspie’s”, which I find useful, and my niece thinks is fun. THAT would have been helpful.
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