How everyone on the autism spectrum, young and old, can .. : become resilient, be more optimistic, enjoy humor, be kind, and increase self-efficacy : a positive psychology approach / June Groden ... [et al.] ; foreword by V. Mark Durand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Groden, June.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autism spectrum disorders--Treatment.

Autism spectrum disorders.

Autism--Treatment.

Autism.

Autism in children--Treatment.

Autism in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book looks in detail at five positive character traits - resilience, optimism, humor, kindness, and self-efficacy - and offers tried and tested strategies for bolstering each strength in individuals with ASD. The authors provide rich and varied lesson plans which contain a multitude of activities and which can be easily implemented.

Contents:

How Everyone on theAutism Spectrum,Young and Old, can... become resilient, be more Optimistic, enjoy Humor, be Kind, and increase Self-Efficacy: A Positive Psychology Approach; Foreword; Contributors; Introduction and Assessing Positive Traits; What is positive psychology?; Historical perspectives on developmental disabilities; An emphasis on values; ASPeCT Scale - Assessment Scale for Positive Character Traits; 1. Optimism; What is optimism?; Rationale for focusing on optimism; How to nurture optimism; Changing explanatory style; Optimism in autism; Nurturing optimism in the classroom

2. HumorWhat is humor?; Rationale for focusing on humour; What's so funny? Developmental stages of humor in early childhood; Humor in people with autism; Nurturing humor in individuals with autism; Teaching the rules of humor to individuals with autism; The role of parent and teacher as a source of humor; Application of humor in the home and classroom; 3. Self-Efficacy; What is self-efficacy?; Self-efficacy and self-esteem; rationale for focusing on self-efficacy; The development of self-efficacy; Interpretation and judgment of outcomes; Nurturing self-efficacy in individuals with autism

Conclusion4. Kindness; Rationale for focusing on kindness; Components of kindness: empathy and perspective taking; How is kindness nurtured in typical children?; Kindness in autism; Teaching kindness to individuals with autism; Conclusion; 5. Resilience; What is resilience?; rationale for focusing on resilience; Factors that make persons with autism more vulnerable and less resilient; What can be done to foster resilience?; Nurturing resilience; Internal (personal) factors; External factors; Resilience-promoting intervention for individuals with autism

The expected resilience outcome in individuals with autismConclusion; 6. Activities that Promote Optimism; Positive affirmations; Positive scanning; Positive expectations; Racing toward optimism; What optimism is and what it isn't; Dealing with my problems in the most optimistic way; 7. Activities that Promote Humor; Flying balloons; Funny faces; Monkeys jumping on the bed; Cloudy with a chance of meatballs; Funny pictures; Animal surprise!; Simon says; Comic strips; Joke of the day; 8. Activities that Promote Self-Efficacy; Being persistent; Using an errorless learning technique

Helping at home by doing things I am good atTeaching social initiation and play using video modeling; Being a good rider on the bus; Developing self-efficacy in problem solving; Overcoming challenges; Look what I did in art class; I set my goals!; Earning 'I can do it' badges; 'I can do it' tree; 9. Activities that Promote Kindness; Identifying opportunities for performing kind acts I; Identifying opportunities for performing kind acts II; The positive pyramid; Animal therapy; Giving baskets; Passing the kindness pin; Giving compliments; Kindness tree; Random acts of kindness; Secret pal

10. Activities that Promote Resilience

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613146250

9781283146258

1283146258

9780857005205

0857005200

OCLC:

759000858