Pirates: An Early-years Group Program for Developing Social Understanding and Social Competence for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Related Challenges - Softcover

Carter, Margaret-Anne; Santomauro, Josie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 193128234X ISBN 13: 9781931282345

Publisher: AAPC Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

Based on a pirate theme, this social understanding program is for preschool-to third-grade children who have social cognitive challenges, including autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The program is designed to help these children learn constructive social interaction skills in the area of friendship making, social problem solving, and emotional expression. This eight-adventure pirate voyage includes the following focus areas: social understanding, friendship making, emotional literacy and emotional expression, relaxing, social problem solving, and responding to bullying incidents. Some of the adventures include: 'Pirates and Buccaneers' where the pirates are introduced to helpful versus unhelpful ways of being a friend, and 'Shiver Me Timbers' where the pirates explore appropriate ways to express their emotions.

About this title

About the Author

Margaret and Josie met while working on the same team – Margaret as a guidance officer and Josie as a parent of a child with Asperger Syndrome. They have collaborated on various projects, including writing Space Travelers: An Interactive Program for Developing Social Understanding, Social Competence and Social Skills for Students with Asperger Syndrome, Autism and Other Social Cognitive Challenges and presenting seminars nationally and internationally. Margaret works in private practice as a behavior change specialist. Her clients include families of children with ASD. Josie is a full-time author/presenter on ASD and child/teen fiction. They both live in Brisbane, Australia.

Edition details

• Publisher: AAPC Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 193128234X
• ISBN 13: 9781931282345
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352