From Like to Love for Young People With Asperger's Syndrome - Autism Spectrum Disorder - 9781849054362

Attwood, a clinical psychologist who works with individuals with autism spectrum disorders and teaches at Griffith U., Australia, and Garnett, a clinical psychologist who specializes in autism spectrum disorders, illustrate how parents can help children with Asperger's syndrome understand and express affection. They explain why children and adolescents who have Asperger's need this program, outline its aims, and detail the role of cognitive behavior therapy. They describe how to assess children's ability to communicate affection (an appendix contains questionnaires), how to conduct the five sessions, activities for each, and each session, which teach, through illustrations, questions, and exercises, the process of exploring feelings of affection, beginning to recognize and express it, giving and receiving compliments, the reasons like or love is expressed through affectionate words and gestures, and developing expression skills. There is no index. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)