Free PDF: Steps for Decreasing Meltdowns Over Changes in Routine

Send an email to autoresponder@aspergerstrength.com, and we will email you the Steps for Decreasing Meltdowns Over Changes in Routine, created specifically for kids with Asperger Syndrome.

 

Our new program

 

Asperger Strength: How to Best Help Kids with Asperger Syndrome to Thrive

An audio program for parents, educators, and counselors of kids with AS, based on leading-edge research

aspergerstrength.com

Asperger Strength Contents

CD 1 Characteristics of Asperger Syndrome
CD 2 Strategies for School and Home Part 1
CD 3 Strategies for School and Home Part 2
CD 4 Behavior Management: Increasing Compliance
CD 5 Behavior Management: Establishing Consequences
CD 6 Behavior Management: Enhancing Reinforcement
CD 7 Addressing Depression and Anxiety
CD 8 Conquering Caregiver Burnout

CD-ROM Written Program Outline

Who is this program for?

This program is designed specifically for parents, teachers, counselors, and physicians. The CDs and written program outline include practical, easy-to-implement strategies for working with kids with Asperger Syndrome in school settings and at home.

What topics are covered?

The eight CDs contain information on the most common issues faced by kids with Asperger Syndrome, their parents, teachers, counselors, and physicians. Melisa Genaux, M.Ed. and Kathie Keeler, L.C.S.W. present strategies that are straightforward and easy to use. The nearly 8-hour program covers information that would typically be taught in a two-day workshop on Asperger Syndrome. The CDs contain must-have information, including the following:

Characteristics of Asperger Syndrome:

• Language and communication

• Social interaction

• Motor skills

• Organization skills

• Self-regulation

 

Solutions to Everyday Problems:

• Help kids to make friends and learn social skills

• Give kids the tools to deal with changes in routine

• Decrease tantrums, meltdowns, and arguing

• Help kids with communication and academic skills

• Teach kids organizational skills and self-regulation

• Reduce classroom disruptions

• Learn about issues with depression and anxiety

• Avoid burnout as a parent or teacher

 

The Characteristics of Asperger Syndrome and Their Impact on Major Life Areas

• How the characteristics of AS relate directly to specific behavior issues

• How language and communication issues significantly affect all other areas of learning

• How stereotypic and self-stimulatory behaviors differ between AS and Autism

• How specific social deficits and excesses interfere with learning and relationships

• What common teaching practice is ineffective for kids with AS

• How specific motor development issues lead to learning, social, and emotional stressors

• Why organization of materials, tasks, and time are especially difficult for kids with AS

 

Practical Strategies for Home and School That Immediately Decrease Problem Behaviors and Improve Academic Learning

• Prevent meltdowns over changes in routine

• Improve abstract language skills

• Teach humor

• Improve conversation skills

• Decrease arguing

• Decrease disruptive behaviors in the classroom

• Improve self-regulation skills

• Increase work completion

• Improve on-task and attention-shifting skills

• Improve friendship-building behaviors

• Improve organizational skills

• Improve acquisition of concepts in all academic areas