Social Skills for Teenagers and Adults with Asperger Syndrome: A Practical Guide to Day-to-day Life [Paperback]

Nancy J. Patrick (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1843108763 | ISBN-13: 978-1843108764 | Publication Date: August 15, 2008 | Edition: 1

This resource provides practical strategies for helping teenagers and adults with Asperger Syndrome to navigate social skills, friendships and relationships at home and in the community.

The author offers advice and useful strategies for tackling day-to-day problems such as visits to the dentist or the doctor, searching for a job, sorting out personal finances, going on vacation, and dealing with public transport, as well as more intimate topics such as dating and acquiring and maintaining friendships. The chapters are structured around real-life scenarios and the challenges they present, followed by step-by-step solutions and suggestions. A final section provides a set of practical self-help tools, which encourage the reader to note down answers to the questions posed and record personal reflections.

This accessible guide will be essential reading for teenagers and adults with Asperger Syndrome and their families, teachers, therapists, counsellors, carers, social and health work professionals.

Editorial Reviews

Review

There are not many books out there that provide the necessary background information and specific strategies needed to address social interactions in practical ways as provided in Social Skills for Teens and Adults with Asperger Syndrome. As a parent of teen with Asperger Syndrome, my wife and I have tried many of the suggestions described in the book and found them very helpful. Nancy Patrick provides information about why such strategies work, and this has been very informative. It can help parents develop yet other strategies. I highly recommend the book for any individual, parent, professional, or carer. --- Dion Betts, Ed.D. is Assistant to the Superintendent for Instructional Support at South Western School District in Hanover, PA.

About the Author

Nancy J. Patrick is Assistant Professor of special education at Messiah College, Grantham, Pennsylvania. She is an author, teacher, writer and presenter. She lives near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with her husband and their three children, one of whom has a disability. She is the co-author of Hints and Tips for Helping Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Useful Strategies for Home, School and the Community, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub; 1 edition (August 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1843108763
• ISBN-13: 978-1843108764
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,403 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #55 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Personal Health > Children's Health > Autism & Asperger's Syndrome

More About the Author

Nancy J. Patrick, Ph.D. (1955- ) was born in Washington D.C. and grew-up in Rockville, Maryland just outside the beltway. After 30 years of preparation and experience she can rightfully say that she meets the criteria to be her own child's Multidisciplinary Team. She has worked as a social worker, special educator, behavior specialist, infant development specialist, school psychologist, autism specialist, psychologist, school psychologist, public school administrator, play therapist, researcher, conference presenter, author and college professor. Her unique and extensive background have prepared her well to address issues of disabilities in childhood and adolescence. Her book Social Skills for Teenagers and Adults with Asperger Syndrome: A Practical Guide is selling well on five continents.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellant Resource for Everyone, June 2, 2010

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This review is from: Social Skills for Teenagers and Adults with Asperger Syndrome: A Practical Guide to Day-to-day Life (Paperback)

This book must have been written with us in mind. It confirmed things we guessed at and even pointed out things we didn't know were a result of our daughter's AS. I wish we had this book a couple years ago as a guide for making it through high school, but she has it now for college. The explanations read a bit wordy but the checklists/bulleted lists after each part make for a handy reference.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars May revise later (if that's allowed)......, February 25, 2011

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This review is from: Social Skills for Teenagers and Adults with Asperger Syndrome: A Practical Guide to Day-to-day Life (Kindle Edition)

I downloaded a sample of this book for my Kindle and was immediately impressed. I would have given this book "5 stars" but since I haven't finished it yet I didn't want to get ahead of myself. My A.S. child wasn't diagnosed until 4th grade so I didn't have the benefit of early therapy for him so now that he's endured middle school (don't know how ANY of us survived middle school!) and he's on to high school, I'm having to try to resolve some of the issues myself and this book seems directed toward the exact issues I'm going to encounter. So far it seems like it is going to at least give me some guidance or at least steer me in the direction I'm going to need to head in to find the help for my child. At least check out the sample. Warning: some of the first few pages are just factoids about what A.S. is, who it's named after, etc. but once you get past that, I think you will find it helpful. Also, I think that getting a head start with this information would be of great benefit. It will at least give you a bit of a "head's up" as to what you will be facing and so I don't think your A.S. child needs to be a teenager to get some great advice from this book.

23 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for Asperger's individuals trying to get through life, April 14, 2009

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This review is from: Social Skills for Teenagers and Adults with Asperger Syndrome: A Practical Guide to Day-to-day Life (Paperback)

Teens and adults with Asperger's Syndrome can struggle with relationships. "Social Skills for Teenagers and Adults with Asperger's Syndrome" is written to provide them with a survival kit for daily living, offering tips on problems ranging from visits to medical advisors, job searches, public situations and more. Case histories, explanations, and solutions to common problems with plenty of concrete examples make "Social Skills for Teenagers and Adults with Asperger's Syndrome" perfect for Asperger's individuals trying to get through life.