Albert Cotugno

Making Sense of Social Situations (eBook, ePUB)

How to Run a Group-Based Intervention Program for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Produktbeschreibung

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) often demonstrate significant deficiencies in social interaction and social communication skills, so it is critical to understand and develop interventions which directly address these needs. This book explores the core areas of ASD development and related deficits, and introduces a practical program to assess and remediate these social competency issues.

This book addresses the primary issues of social development in children with ASD by emphasizing the underlying theoretical and pragmatic considerations. Dr. Cotugno employs concepts and theories of group therapy and cognitive-development and integrates them with skill-based instructional approaches to develop the comprehensive Social Competence Enhancement Program (SCEP). This peer-based, group-focused program is explained in detail, including a step-by-step guide to its implementation and a full range of tasks and activities that can be used by practitioners at each stage of the process.

This book will be a valuable resource for teachers, clinicians and all other professionals working with children with ASD who are interested in using group interventions as a means to improve social competency and treat social skills deficits.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857004109
• Artikelnr.: 38236084

Autorenporträt

Albert J. Cotugno, Ph.D., is a clinical and educational psychologist who has been providing group and individual psychotherapy services to learning, attention, and developmentally disabled children for over 30 years. He has gained extensive experience in clinical, educational, and school-based interventions through his work at the University of California at Berkeley, McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital where he has directed the development of many assessment, evaluation and treatment services for special needs children. He currently resides in Needham, Massachusetts.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Preface. Part I. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). 1. ASD:
A Brief History. 2. Socialization, Social Competence, and Social Skills.
Part II. Understanding Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). 3.
The Core Areas of Development and Related Deficits of ASD. 4.
Self-Regulation: A Core Variable. 5. Emotion Competence: A Core Variable.
6. Stress and Anxiety Control and Management: A Core Variable. 7. Attention
and Joint Attention: Core Variables. 8. Flexibility, Change, and
Transition: A Core Variable. 9. Perspective Taking: A Core Variable. 10.
Relatedness: A Core Variable. Part III. The Use of Group Interventions in
the Treatment of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): The
Social Competence Enhancement Program (SCEP). 11. Basic Principles in the
Development of Social Competence and in Social Skill Building. 12. Joining
Emotion Competence and Social Competence. 13. A Group-Based Therapeutic
Model of Intervention for Children with ASD. 14. Assessment in the SCEP
Model: Understanding Individuals with ASD. 15. Introduction to a Stage
Model of Group Development for Individuals with ASD. 16. Stages of Group
Development. Part IV. Social Competence Enhancement Program (SCEP) Tasks
and Activities with Cheryl Desautels. 17. SCEP Individual and Group Goals
for Tasks and Activities by Stages of Group Development. 18. SCEP
Individual and Group Goals for Tasks and Activities by Core Areas of
Development and Related Deficits in ASD. 19. SCEP Tasks and Activities
Related to Stages of Group Development and Related Deficits in ASD. 20.
Child and Group Leader Roles within SCEP Groups. Appendices. 1. Examples of
Areas of Interest. 2. Examples of Individual Goals by Stage of Group
Development. 3. Examples of Group Goals by Stage of Group Development. 4.1
Specific Skills Addressed at Stage 1. 4.2. Specific Skills Addressed at
Stage 2. 4.3. Specific Skills Addressed at Stage 3. 4.4. Specific Skills
Addressed at Stage 4. 4.5. Specific Skills Addressed at Stage 5. 4.6. List
of Emotions for Emotion Recognition, Labeling, Understanding, and
Regulation Tasks and Activities. 4.7. Glossary of Terms Used in SCEP. 4.8.
A Summary of SCEP. 4.9. A Summary of the Stage Model of Group Development
Used in the SCEP Approach for Individuals with ASD. References. Index.