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

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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.

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.

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.

I literally just closed this book, and after giving my mother a recap of the book as well as what it taught me..followed by the exclamation, "GOD I WISH I HAD THAT BOOK SOONER." I checked this book out from the library but I'm ordering it once I finish this review. Not only is it jam-packed full of fabulous advice for a (recently-diagnosed) Aspergian, but it has a great not-so-little section at the end with more resources to help you evaluate where you are socially and to help monitor your daily life to make the most of the best of Asperger Syndrome! (There's also a glossary which is helpful).



The book addresses different topics but throughout it the author accomplishes the teaching of social skills beautifully providing a concept followed by (and I quote):
1) a definition of the concept
2) a list of the salient features
3) positive examples
4) negative examples
5) a prototype
6) opportunities to sort and identify positive and negative examples
7) opportunities to practice in a role-play/scripted situation

"And so much more!"

But seriously if I had had this book 18 years ago (I'm 22) I would have had a totally different life...ok I would have had friends growing up and it would have made my life easier!(**Side note, I've always known I was different, diagnosed ADD age 4, OCD and NVLD age 8)

But it is never too late, or too early, to learn!!!

You will read this book over and over and use the "Journal" portion in the back constantly.

I promise you it will become a favorite, dog-eared reference book on your shelf that you will pull out from time to time once you master the skills (which I still need to do).

-Avid Reader and Aspergian
Isabelle

This is an excellent book for both parents & child. This book gives a greater understanding of how to help your child transition into teen/adulthood. We are very pleased with this book.

I was completely disappointed with this book! It reads like a text book and a bad one at that. If I were a teenager with AS I would fall asleep reading this. I was not impressed in the least!