Engaging Mirror Neurons To Inspire Connection And Social Emotional Development In Children And Teens On The Autism Spectrum

Author : Lee R. Chasen
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780857009081

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Engaging Mirror Neurons to Inspire Connection and Social Emotional Development in Children and Teens on the Autism Spectrum by Lee R. Chasen Pdf

The innovative drama therapy programme develops social skills in children and teens on the autism spectrum by looking to the mirror neuron system as the key to social connection and interaction. Lee R. Chasen provides an accessible explanation of the approach's grounding in neuroscience, followed by a thirty-session program involving creative tools such as guided play, sociometry, puppetry, role-play, video modeling and improvisation. Scenarios drawn from his own practice provide useful insights into both the practicalities and positive results of this unique approach. This ground-breaking book will be of interest to drama and creative arts therapists, as well as teachers, school psychologists, counsellors and other professionals who work with children on the autism spectrum.

Author : Deborah Haythorne,Anna Seymour
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-28
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317559160

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Dramatherapy and Autism by Deborah Haythorne,Anna Seymour Pdf

Using extensive examples from practice with a range of client groups, Dramatherapy and Autism confronts the assumption that people with autism are not able to function within the metaphorical realms of the imagination and creativity. It demonstrates that not only are people who function along the spectrum capable of engaging in creative exploration, but that through encountering these processes in the clinical context of dramatherapy, changes can be made that are life enhancing. Bringing in cutting-edge research and practice on dramatherapy, Dramatherapy and Autism aims to contribute to developing the theory and practice of creative arts therapies interventions with clients with autism. The book is part of the Dramatherapy: approaches, relationships, critical ideas series, in which leading practitioners and researchers in the field develop the knowledge base of this unique discipline, whilst contextualising and acknowledging its relationship with other arts and therapeutic practices. Dramatherapy and Autism will be of interest to a broad spectrum of readers, such as dramatherapists in practice and training, arts practitioners and academic researchers engaged in multidisciplinary enquiry.

Author : Simon Baron-Cohen,Georgina Gomez De La Cuesta,Daniel B. LeGoff,GW Krauss
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780857009609

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LEGO®-Based Therapy by Simon Baron-Cohen,Georgina Gomez De La Cuesta,Daniel B. LeGoff,GW Krauss Pdf

This complete guide to LEGO® Therapy contains everything you need to know in order to set up and run a LEGO® Club for children with autism spectrum disorders or related social communication difficulties and anxiety conditions. By providing a joint interest and goal, LEGO® building can become a medium for social development such as sharing, turn-taking, making eye-contact, and following social rules. This book outlines the theory and research base of the approach and gives advice on all practical considerations including space, the physical layout of the room and choosing and maintaining materials, as well as strategies for managing behaviour, further skill development, and how to assess progress. Written by the pioneer of the approach alongside those who helped form it through their research and evaluation, this evidence-based manual is essential reading for professionals working with autism who are interested in running a LEGO® Club or learning more about the therapy.

Author : Lee R. Chasen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004539631

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Teaching Elementary Social Studies for Scholarship, Civic Engagement, and Mental Health by Lee R. Chasen Pdf

With over fifty detailed lesson plans that cover the entire elementary social studies curriculum, this book integrates full spectrum learning with therapeutic agency, a child's natural, inherent ability for seeking emotional balance, to re-imagine what our schools are capable of.

Author : Vicky Karkou,Nisha Sajnani,Felicity Anne Baker,Jenny M. Groarke,Hod Orkibi,Johanna Czamanski-Cohen,Maria Eugenia Panero,Jennifer Drake,Corinne Jola
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 1093 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889746439

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The Psychological and Physiological Benefits of the Arts by Vicky Karkou,Nisha Sajnani,Felicity Anne Baker,Jenny M. Groarke,Hod Orkibi,Johanna Czamanski-Cohen,Maria Eugenia Panero,Jennifer Drake,Corinne Jola Pdf

Author : Paige Dickinson,Sally Bailey
Publisher : Intellect Books
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781789388916

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The Drama Therapy Decision Tree, 2nd Edition by Paige Dickinson,Sally Bailey Pdf

This substantially revised and expanded edition of the The Drama Therapy Decision Tree provides an integrated model for therapeutic decision-making by uniting drama therapy interventions with diagnostic information, individual and group processes, psychological distance, the drama therapy pie, and global outcomes. This book is a practical guide in four sections, not a checklist. Rather than using a standardized protocol that makes the decisions for the therapist, drama therapy is based on dynamic, embodied, creative action with participants in the here and now. Conscious planning on the part of the drama therapist before the session supports spontaneity and creativity, preparing them to make good therapeutic decisions in the moment during the session. The opening section guides readers through the foundational principles leading readers into Section Two, The Decision Tree, which is a series of questions for early career drama therapists to ask themselves as they prepare treatment plans for clients. Diversity, Equity, and Ethics are covered in Section Three from the point of view of creative arts therapy practitioners. Section Four looks at Integrating the Five Phases of Treatment with the Drama Therapy Pie, following different populations (diagnosis) of clients through the five phases of group therapy in order to illustrate how the Decision Tree supports intervention choice in the different phases of treatment. The authors strive to provide a common language for communicating what drama therapists do and how they do it in order to demystify drama therapy for other mental health and medical professionals. Using the decision tree as a guide, early career drama therapists can move forward confidently and ground their work with participants in an integrated system. An online searchable database of drama therapy interventions provides descriptions, therapeutic outcomes addressed, and other useful information provides a wealth of additional supporting material. There is also a separate online resource of deroling activities. The online resources can also be an asset for non-drama therapists who are wanting to incorporate a more active and embodied component safely into their work, particularly in terms of warm-ups, closure, and deroling.

Author : Robert Jason Grant,Linda Barboa,Jan Luck,Elizabeth Obrey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-28
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000409468

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The Complete Guide to Becoming an Autism Friendly Professional by Robert Jason Grant,Linda Barboa,Jan Luck,Elizabeth Obrey Pdf

Based on the award-winning Autism Friendly Training Program, created by the non-profit organization STARS for Autism, this book empowers the everyday professional to a better understanding and skill in working with, interacting with, serving, and teaching children and adults who have autism spectrum disorder (ASD). After a thorough explanation of ASD and how it affects children, adults, families, and communities, this guide describes the Autism Friendly Training Program and gives the reader insight into what it means to become autism friendly and to be an autism friendly training presenter. This text will enable those who are neurotypical to gain insight into the person, the stories, and the lives of those with ASD. It is a guide to understanding autism at a deeper level to enable relationship and support processes that define being autism friendly. Providing the needed information, tools, and confidence to be autism friendly, this book will be beneficial to any and all businesses, organizations, groups, communities, families, and individuals who work with, serve, interact with, teach, parent, and experience life with an autistic person.

Author : Jean B. Crockett,Sharon M. Malley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317210030

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Handbook of Arts Education and Special Education by Jean B. Crockett,Sharon M. Malley Pdf

The Handbook of Arts Education and Special Education brings together, for the first time in a single reference volume, policy, research, and practices in special education and arts education synthesized to inform stakeholders across a broad spectrum of education. This handbook encompasses arts education for students with disabilities, from pre-K through transition to postsecondary education and careers as well as community arts education, with particular attention to conceptual foundations; research-based practices; professional standards; students’ cognitive, artistic, and social growth; career education; and future directions for research and practice in special education and arts education.

Author : Alison Clarke-Stewart,Ross D. Parke
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781118425183

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Social Development by Alison Clarke-Stewart,Ross D. Parke Pdf

Social Development, 2nd Edition provides psychologists with a comprehensive, scholarly, engaging, and up-to-date treatment of theoretical insights and empirical findings in the field of social development. It conveys the excitement of recent advances along with the accumulated knowledge that forms the basis of the field. Psychologists will gain a better understanding of cultural variation, both among societies around the world and within our own society.

Author : Stein Bråten
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789027292759

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On Being Moved by Stein Bråten Pdf

In this collective volume the origins, neurosocial support, and therapeutic implications of (pre)verbal intersubjectivity are examined with a focus on implications of the discovery of mirror neurons. Entailing a paradigmatic revolution in the intersection of developmental, social and neural sciences, two radical turnabouts are entailed. First, no longer can be upheld as valid Cartesian and Leibnizian assumptions about monadic subjects with disembodied minds without windows to each other except as mediated by culture. Supported by a mirror system, specified in this volume by some of the discoverers, modes of participant perception have now been identified which entail embodied simulation and co-movements with others in felt immediacy. Second, no longer can be retained the Piagetian attribution of infant egocentricity. Pioneers who have broken new research grounds in the study of newborns, protoconversation, and early speech perception document in the present volume infant capacity for interpersonal communion, empathic identification, and learning by altercentric participation. Pertinent new findings and results are presented on these topics: (i) Origins and multiple layers of intersubjectivity and empathy (ii) Neurosocial support of (pre)verbal intersubjectivity, participant perception, and simulation of mind (iii) From preverbal sharing and early speech perception to meaning acquisition and verbal intersubjectivity (iv) New windows on other-centred movements and moments of meeting in therapy and intervention. (Series B)

Author : Natalie Loveson
Publisher : Natalie Loveson
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-14
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9659314736

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Ausome Connections A Parent's Guide to Building Social Skills in Autistic Kids by Natalie Loveson Pdf

Does your autistic child struggle to connect but want to make friends? Wish you knew how to help them navigate playground drama and chat safely online? Discover realistic strategies to build social confidence, foster friendships, and celebrate your child's unique way of relating to the world! Early intervention is highly effective in young individuals diagnosed with ASD. Navigating the social world for any child can be a roadblock, but for those diagnosed with autism, additional challenges arise. This guide provides: Tools that will empower your child to understand the unwritten rules of friendship-helping them feel less lonely in school and beyond. Actionable approaches to take when your child comes home upset or crying after being teased. Steps to bridge the gap between therapists and teachers to create a kinder, more inclusive classroom. Mindset shifts to help you see meltdowns as communication, celebrate your child's quirky interests, and let go of "normal" expectations. Ways to talk to grandparents and friends who don't "get" your child to help you explain autism and build empathy in others. Insight into the power of video modeling, social stories, and safe online communities to boost your child's social skills in a fun, low-pressure way, plus guidance to protect them from online risks. Don't give up hope. If you're ready to see your child gain social confidence and feel more empowered to support them on this journey, you've come to the right place! This is the start of something amazing for your child and your family! Ausome Connections: A Parent's Guide to Building Social Skills in Autistic Kids is more than a book-it's a road map to a brighter social future for your child. Grab your copy today!

Author : Holly Anne Victor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Autistic children
ISBN : UCR:31210021028848

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Increasing Social Engaged Time in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Using Video Self Modeling by Holly Anne Victor Pdf

Author : Renee Hawkins,Laura Anne Nabors
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 1536132381

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Promoting Prosocial Behaviors in Children Through Games and Play by Renee Hawkins,Laura Anne Nabors Pdf

Author : Marie-Nathalie Beaudoin
Publisher : Booklocker.com
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Child rearing
ISBN : 1609104765

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The SKILL-ionaire in Every Child by Marie-Nathalie Beaudoin Pdf

In this inspiring book, Dr. Beaudoin teaches adults how to engage children and adolescents in "skill-boosting conversations" (SBC), a cutting-edge method to help them identify and enrich the unique problem-solving strategies that work best for them.

Author : Selcurve Team
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8194689694

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The Great Weather Inside Us - A Journey Through Emotions and Feelings by Selcurve Team Pdf

Embark on an enlightening journey with "The Great Weather Inside Us," a unique exploration of emotions and feelings designed for children aged 6-10. This innovative book by SELcurve uses the vibrant metaphor of weather to illuminate the world of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL). Discover how sunny days represent happiness, storms mirror anger, and gentle rain reflects empathy. Each page is an adventure, filled with engaging activities and stories that teach kids to understand and manage their emotions. Perfect for parents and teachers, this book is a valuable tool for nurturing mindfulness, empathy, and emotional intelligence in young minds. Weathering Emotions: What's Inside the Book? Engaging Metaphor: Learn emotions through weather - sunny days for happiness, storms for anger, and gentle rain for empathy. Interactive Learning: Filled with activities and stories that make understanding emotions fun and practical. Educational Value: Enhances mindfulness, empathy, and emotional intelligence in young minds - increasing overall self-awareness of children. For Home and School: An invaluable resource for parents and teachers to guide emotional and social development. Immerse yourself in the imaginative journey of 'The Great Weather Inside Us, ' a creative and insightful exploration that helps children navigate their inner emotional climates. This book is more than a reading experience; it's a pathway to understanding, growth, and emotional well-being. Get ready to embark on this rewarding journey with your copy today, and help the young minds around you flourish in the world of emotions!