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Developing Life Skills Game
Improve emotional intelligence in 10 key areas with these imaginative discussion cards. These thoroughly tested cards will help children aged 8 to 11 increase their emotional intelligence in 10 key areas: Anger management, Communication, Problem solving, Self-image, Awareness, Responsibility, Stress control, Compassion, Relating, Handling emotion. Using a game format and designed to be played repeatedly, children will become more confident and cooperative and be able to practice making positive choices. In doing so, they will develop a sense of self-worth, enabling them to cope better with life's challenges. 144 cards. Ages 8-12
$109.95
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Siobhan Timmins Developing Resilience in Young People with Autism using Social Stories
This book introduces a different way of looking at common life setbacks, and offers tools to overcome these obstacles, builds resilience and develop coping strategies for the future. Based on Carol Gray's highly effective Social Stories model, this new guide shows how to help individuals with autism deal with challenges specific to them, and how to bounce back from the negative experiences that they encounter. This book is an invaluable guide for learning to create personalized Social Stories that can be used to develop resilience in people with autism and help them to cope better with adversity.
$23.95
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Dr. Temple Grandin Different Not Less
Inspiring Stories of Achievement and Successful Employment from Adults with Autism, Asperger's, and ADHD. In these pages, Temple presents the personal success stories of fourteen unique individuals that illustrate the extraordinary potential of those on the autism spectrum. One of Temple's primary missions is to help people with autism, Asperger's syndrome, and ADHD tap into their hidden abilities. Each individual tells their own story, in their own words, about their lives, relationships, and eventual careers. The contributors also share how they dealt with issues they confronted while growing up, such as bullying, making eye contact, and honing social skills. Different Not Less shows how, with work, each of the contributors: Found invaluable mentors, Learned skills necessary for employment when young, Became successfully employed, Developed self-confidence, and Faced the challenges of forming and maintaining relationships, and sometimes raising families.
$27.95
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Barbara Sher Early Intervention Games: Fun, Joyful Ways to Develop Social And Motor Skills In Children With Autism Spectrum or Sensory Processing Disorders
The games in this book are designed to help children feel comfortable in social situations and teach other basic lessons including beginning and end, spatial relationships, hand-eye coordination, and more. Games can also be used in regular classrooms to encourage inclusion. Also included are a variety of interactive games to play in water, whether in a backyard kiddie pool, community swimming pool, or lake. All the games are easy-to-do, utilizing common, inexpensive materials, and include several variations and modifications.
$19.95
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Emotions and Expressions: Colorcards
Understanding facial expressions. A comprehensive set of cards which provide an opportunity to explore through discussion the likely emotions and responses that are shown in faces and accompanying body language. Emotions and expressions featured include: Worried, Fed up, Shocked, Happy, Sad, Angry, Dislike, Scared, Pleasure, Surprised, Confused, Love. The accompanying manual describes each image; provides details about the importance of understanding facial expressions and a case study of how using the cards has provided an opportunity to address behaviour issues. Ages 5+.
$79.95
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Empathy Card Game - Teaching Emotional Intelligence
Children who understand how other people think and feel act more appropriately and enjoy richer social relationships. This card game helps players recognize the importance of empathy, a central component of emotional intelligence. As children try to read other players' nonverbal cues and guess how they've responded to Question Cards, they practice this skill in a fun way. Compassion, understanding, and acceptance--all in one game! For 2-4 players. Grades 3-12. Excellent for Art and Play therapy.
$41.95
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Helen Taylor, Vicki Grahame, Helen McConachie, Anne Le Couteur, Jacqui Rodgers, Jan O'Neill, Ann Ozsivadjian, Emma Honey, Kate Sofronoff Exploring Feelings Anxiety Training Manual: A Guide for Group Leaders
Written to accompany Exploring Feelings-winner of a Teacher's Choice Award-this manual is intended to pass on experience to those working with high-anxiety and ASD individuals in a group setting. Seasoned group leaders have recorded and shared what worked best, what can be tweaked to suit your group, and how to best utilize the tasks and activities in Exploring Feelings through tried-and-true methods. This manual is the key to enjoyable, successful, and rewarding group sessions, and to helping young people and their parents/ guardians build their "toolbox" of techniques for handling anxiety.
$16.95
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Tony Attwood Exploring Feelings: Cognitive Behavior Therapy To Manage Anger
Winner of a 2008 Teachers' Choice Award! Many children, especially those with developmental delays, have trouble understanding or expressing their feelings. The result can be difficulty with anger management. Listing possible responses to situations-and the likely outcome of each one-allows the child to make informed decisions about which responses to choose (walking away vs. hitting). This book provides a guide for caregivers and then the workbook portion asks children to identify situations that trigger their anger and find appropriate ways to respond.
$28.95
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Tony Attwood Exploring Feelings: Cognitive Behavior Therapy To Manage Anxiety
Winner of a Teachers' Choice Award! Anxiety can be debilitating for anyone, but it can be especially confusing for a child. Learning about emotions helps children recognize connections between thinking and feeling, and helps them identify the physiological effects of anxiety on the body (sweating, increased heart rate, crying, etc.). This book provides a guide for caregivers and then the workbook section allows children to identify situations that make them anxious and learn how to perceive the situation differently.
$28.95
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Figure Me Out (ASD Social Skills)
Ages 6-12. The game develops social skills by helping children learn to gather information about others and share information about themselves. Children take turns assuming the role of a reporter, getting to the bottom of a story by using Who, What, When, Where, and How questions to figure out what another player is thinking. These conversational skills are used to teach children how to begin and maintain an interesting conversation. A variety of topics (a hobby that interests me, a movie I saw recently, my favorite season, etc.) are used to generate ideas, or stories, for the players to figure out. The object of the game is to complete a full circuit of the game board and file your story by the deadline. Designed for children with Asperger Syndrome in mind.
$89.50
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Karla Helbert Finding Your Own Way to Grieve
A Creative Activity Workbook for Kids and Teens on the Autism Spectrum Children and teenagers with autism can struggle to cope with the loss of a loved one, and the complicated and painful emotions of bereavement. This book explains death in concrete terms that the child with autism will understand, explores feelings that the child may encounter as a part of bereavement, and offers creative and expressive activities that facilitate healing.
$39.95
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Allison Edwards Flooded: A Brain-Based Guide to Help Children Regulate Emotions
Whether you're the parent of a dysregulated child, a counselor trying to help students learn emotional literacy, or an educator with an unruly class, the goal is the same. We must prepare kids to be able to manage internally what happens to them externally. We need to teach them how to identify their feelings, learn what triggers those feelings, and give them coping strategies to manage feelings in a healthy way.
$30.95
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Fred Frankel Friends Forever: How Parents Can Help Their Kids Make and Keep Good Friends
Frankel offers clear-cut friendship-making guidelines for parents and their children. Some of the book's recommendations include: don't over-schedule a child's time; guide children to participate in "friend-attracting" activities; seek out friends in the neighborhood. The author includes methods for dealing with bullying and inappropriate friendships, Offers clear guidance for helping children become a good friend and attract lasting friendships for life, Shows how to teach kids the social and emotional intelligence skills they need to form friendships such as listening, empathy, compassion, recreational conversation, The book also includes techniques for teaching kids how to use MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter in positive ways that will foster friendships.
$27.00
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Mandi Freger From Exhausted to Energized
A Guide for Caregivers of Children and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder Amanda (Mandi) Freger introduces a 3-part model of skill, will, and biofield to illustrate how variations on these variables relate to the effectiveness of a caregiver when trying to manage a loved one with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In this archetype grid, caregivers can begin to identify with areas of need, to better match available supports to assist with their resiliencies. In the case that there are challenges with will and the biofield, specific Energy Psychology techniques that are relatively quick are offered. This book is a first of its kind, providing an innovative way to understand how critical the resilience of the caregiver is in remediating the potential to maximize skills development and emotional stability in the ASD population. Applying Energy Psychology techniques to this population of caregivers is the proverbial best kept secret.
$23.95
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Paula Kluth, Sheila Danaher From Text Maps to Memory Caps: 100 More Ways to Differentiate Instruction in K-12 Inclusive Classrooms
Differentiated instruction is simple and fun with this treasure trove of ready-to-use adaptations for grades K-12. All teachers—especially fans of Kluth & Danaher's From Tutor Scripts to Talking Sticks—will love the 100 creative NEW ideas in this illustrated guide, perfect for meeting the learning needs of all students in inclusive classrooms. An effective, time-saving way to boost student skills in key areas such as literacy, math, organization, communication, and behavior, these research-based adaptations will strengthen and energize any curriculum. 100 ADAPTATIONS THAT ARE Teacher-designed and student-tested, so they're sure to engage students and help them learn Easy to use—each adaptation comes with a handy materials list, clear directions, vendors and websites, and examples. Cost-effective,using inexpensive materials and resources many teachers already have Great for all students in K-12 classrooms,whether they're English-language learners, students with identified disabilities, or just need extra support or reminders Fully illustrated with colorful photos that show the strategies at work
$55.95 $33.57
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Kathleen D. Vohs, Roy F. Baumeister Handbook of Self-Regulation: Research, Theory, and Applications
This significantly revised and expanded handbook is a highly regarded reference in a rapidly growing field. It thoroughly examines the conscious and unconscious processes by which people manage their behavior and emotions, control impulses, and strive toward desired goals. Chapters explore such vital issues as why certain individuals have better self-control than others; how self-regulation shapes, and is shaped by, social relationships; underlying brain mechanisms and developmental pathways; and which interventions can improve people's self-control. The volume also addresses self-regulatory failures and their consequences, with chapters on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, criminality, addictions, and money management challenges.
$69.95
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Alice Running Helping Your Child With PDA Live a Happier Life
Drawing on the author's personal experience of parenting a child with PDA, this insightful and informative guide offers strategies and tips for all aspects of daily life, including sensory issues, education and negotiation. Full of advice and support, this book is not intended to provide information on how to change your children. Rather, it is focused on creating the type of environment that will allow children to be authentically themselves, thereby enabling them to flourish and thrive.
$32.95
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Nathan Ory How Do I Explain to Others What Is Happening with My Child?
Who will this book help? Those on the autism and fetal alcohol spectrum. People with intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities and other brain dysfunctions.
$21.00 $12.60
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Kimberly A. Henry How Do I Teach This Kid?: Visual Work Tasks For Beginning Learners On The Autism Spectrum
First runner-up in the 2006 Writer's Notes Book Awards, this book utilizes the strengths of children with ASD to help them develop new skills. Tasks are visually oriented, consistent and expectations are clear. Children learn motor, matching, sorting, reading, writing, and math skills using easy-to-make "task boxes." Tasks include pushing items through small openings (children love the resistance it takes to push them through); matching simple, identical pictures or words; as well as sorting objects by color, size, or shape. Ideas are plentiful, materials colorful, and children love the repetitive nature of the tasks, which help them learn to work independently! Sample data sheets are included.
$32.99
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Mary S. Williams How Does Your Engine Run?: Leader's Guide To The Alert Program For Self Regulation, Revised Edition
Spiral bound. This leader's guide introduces the Alert Program (AP) to occupational therapists, parents, teachers, and other professionals. AP promotes awareness of how we regulate our arousal states and encourages the use of sensorimotor strategies to manage our levels of alertness. Knowledge of self-regulation and a repertoire of strategies enhance our abilities to learn, interact with others, and work or play within our environment in addition to building self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-monitoring skills. It presents a strong awareness of sensory integration.
$69.95
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Jennifer McIlwee Myers How to Teach Life Skills to Kids with Autism or Asperger's
No matter how high-functioning children with autism or Asperger's may be or may become, they function better as adults if they've had the chance to learn basic skills, from being on time to good personal hygiene. Jennifer's personal experience with Asperger's Syndrome and having a brother with autism makes her perspective doubly insightful. Learn how to create opportunities for children to learn in natural settings and situations, teach vital skills such as everyday domestic tasks, choosing appropriate attire, and being polite, help individuals on the spectrum develop good habits that will help them be more fit and healthy, Improve time management skills such as punctuality and task-switching.
$27.95
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Arlen Grad Gaines, Meredith Englander Polsky I Have a Question about Death
Death is a difficult topic for any parent or educator to explain to a child, perhaps even more so when they are autistic or have other special needs. This book is designed specifically to help children with these additional needs to understand what happens when someone dies.The first book of its kind, I Have a Question about Death uses straightforward text and images to walk children through what it means when someone dies, as well as ways they might want to react or to think about the person. Using clear illustrations throughout and with information for parents and guardians, this book is essential for families who need to talk about death with any child aged 5-11.
$27.95
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Diane Alber I'm Not Just A Scribble
A story about kindness and inclusion. Scribble, the book's main character, never thought he was different until he met his first drawing. Then, After being left out because he didn't look like everyone else. Scribble teaches the drawings how to accept each other for who they are. Which enables them to create amazing art. This book not only has illustrations that any child can personally recognize but it also addresses inclusion without boundaries so that anyone can relate to it. Each book comes with 100 stickers so that children can create their very own Scribble. They will be able to learn different emotions (that were discussed in the book) as well as associate colors with feelings in a fun creative way.
$26.95
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Kari Dunn Buron, Mitzi Curtis Incredible 5 Point Scale 2nd Edition - Revised
Assisting Students in Understanding Social Interactions and Managing Their Emotional Responses The Incredible 5-Point Scale has sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide and has been used by educators, psychologists, therapists and parents to teach the social and emotional concepts needed for successful social interaction and emotional regulation. In this revised edition, readers will benefit from work done with the scales over the past 20 years. These refinements now include new scales specifically designed for two groups of individuals: young children and those with more classic presentations of autism, including expanded use of the Anxiety Curve.
$36.95
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