Acting Antics: A Theatrical Approach to Teaching Social Understanding to Kids & Teens with Asperger Syndrome.

Acting Antics

A Theatrical Approach to Teaching

Social Understanding to Kids &

Teens with Asperger Syndrome

By Cindy B. Schneider

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This fun and inspiring step-by-step program provides the full set of tools for developing social understanding in children with Asperger Syndrome (AS) through drama. The central processes in acting--making and interpreting inferences from non-verbal cues, taking another's perspective, and formulating language--can be highly effective ways of addressing social cognition deficits in children with AS. This book contains a wide repertoire of activities and ideas for immediate application at home, in the classroom, in therapy workshops or social groups. Helpful appendices provide questionnaire forms to enable both the child and the program leader to assess and monitor the child's understanding of their roles, along with reproducible scripts and suitable scene designs.

JKP450 $24.95