ASD - more updates
Friday Oct 05, 2007
Is it really 2 months since I last posted to this blog: blame Facebook - too much fun to be had.
A couple of things I wanted share: I wanted to share a great article on this morning's BBC Radio4 "Today" programme; it's purportedly about the recent rise as autism in literature, but is also a good insight from a parent (who has written a book about his son) and Prof. Simon Baron-Cohen. Its starts about 8:30 into this link
Talking to a friend last night reminded me about an approach to helping the Asperger's kids that we did some work on a couple of years ago. The concept is "Social Stories". You can find various references (and books) about it - such as Polyxo.com (great name!) or The Gray Center , which is the resource we used. It's essentially about helping the autistic child to plan & rehearse for problematic social situations. What is particularly interesting is the very prescriptive approach to the structure of the stories. But it seems to work very well - I have met other parents who say it has been enormously helpful with some difficult situations.
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