The Green Zone Conversation Book

Author : Joel Shaul
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780857009463

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The Green Zone Conversation Book by Joel Shaul Pdf

In conversation, children on the autism spectrum often struggle to select topics of interest to others. Many have strong, narrow interests and feel compelled to introduce these subjects when they talk. This book provides a simple visual model to help children experience more success in finding common ground in conversation. The "Green Zone" is a visual representation of finding common ground between one person (blue) and another person (yellow) to create a "green zone" that represents the pair's shared interests. The book, illustrated with hundreds of photographs representing the range of other people's interests, clearly explains what the "Green Zone" is and how to find it, and contains many photocopiable conversation practice activities and reinforcement worksheets based on this simple visual. Ideal for use in classroom settings or at home, this attractive, full colour book is suitable for children on the autism spectrum aged 7 and up.

Author : Joel Shaul
Publisher : JKP
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781849057592

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The Green Zone Conversation Book by Joel Shaul Pdf

Using bright colours and fun illustrations, this book will show children with Autism Spectrum Disorder aged 7 and above how to identify common interests in conversation, and how to go on to talk about them successfully. The photocopiable worksheets and activities encourage children to engage with this visual model and reinforce the method.

Author : Joel Shaul
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780857009005

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The Conversation Train by Joel Shaul Pdf

This inventive colour picture book uses the metaphor of a train to teach basic conventions of conversation to children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Engines are like greetings; they get the train going. Freight wagons are like different speakers' turns; it is good to have at least a few when you are in conversation. A set of points guiding a train from one track to another is like a tactful change in the topic of conversation. When a conversation veers off-topic it is like a derailed train. As well as attractive colour photographs of trains, the book contains engaging photocopiable worksheets and colouring pages to help promote skill generalisation. This highly visual approach to conversation is ideally suited to children with ASDs aged approximately 5-13.

Author : Joel Shaul
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1785926500

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Your Interests, My Interests by Joel Shaul Pdf

Children on the autism spectrum can find playing with other children difficult. This colourful and fun visual guide, full of examples and activities, shows how they can find common interests with their friends, peers and family, so that they can have more fun playing and hanging out together.

Author : Heather Jones
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-21
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780857008985

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Talk to Me by Heather Jones Pdf

If your child finds talking to people a struggle, this is the book to get the conversation started. In this hands-on guide, Heather Jones offers practical advice, born of experience with her own son, which will help you teach your child the principles of communication. Full of strategies and examples, it shows how you can allay fears, build confidence and teach your child to enjoy conversation. Once a child gets used to talking with other people, many life skills can develop more easily as they grow up – from making friends and shopping for themselves, to being interviewed and eventually getting a job. This handy book provides guidance and inspiration to parents, teachers and anyone else who cares for a child who finds language and comprehension difficult.

Author : Marcia Reynolds
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781626560673

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The Discomfort Zone by Marcia Reynolds Pdf

You want people to stretch their limits, but your conversations meant to help them often fall flat or backfire, creating more resistance than growth. Top leadership coach Marcia Reynolds offers a model for using the Discomfort Zone—the moment when the mind is most open to learning—to prompt people to think through problems, see situations more strategically, and transcend their limitations. Drawing on recent discoveries in the neuroscience of learning, Reynolds shows how to ask the kinds of questions that short-circuit the brain’s defense mechanisms and habitual thought patterns. Then, instead of being told, people see for themselves the insightful and often profound solutions to what is stopping their progress. The exercises and case studies will help you use discomfort in your conversations to create lasting changes and an enlivened workforce.

Author : Joel Shaul
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781784503512

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The ASD and Me Picture Book by Joel Shaul Pdf

Learn to build individual strengths and work through problems with this picture-based guide for children with ASD aged 7-14. The use of images and photocopiable worksheets creates a simple and fun resource for identifying what you are good at and how to use those skills to deal with personal challenges.

Author : Joel Shaul
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781784502089

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Our Brains Are Like Computers! by Joel Shaul Pdf

This highly visual social skills book uses computer metaphors and visual diagrams to help children on the autism spectrum to understand how their words and actions can affect other people. Easily identifiable computing and social networking metaphors are used to explain how memories are saved in the brain, like files in computer folders, and how, just as files can be shared and downloaded on the internet, people learn about you by sharing their positive and negative impressions with each other. The author explains why certain actions may be 'liked' or 'disliked' by others, and offers guidance on appropriate and inappropriate social behavior. This book also features photocopiable worksheets to reinforce the guidance and lessons offered in the book.

Author : Leah M. Kuypers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Autistic children
ISBN : 0982523165

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The Zones of Regulation by Leah M. Kuypers Pdf

"... a curriculum geared toward helping students gain skills in consciously regulating their actions, which in turn leads to increased control and problem solving abilities. Using a cognitive behavior approach, the curriculum's learning activities are designed to help students recognize when they are in different states called "zones," with each of four zones represented by a different color. In the activities, students also learn how to use strategies or tools to stay in a zone or move from one to another. Students explore calming techniques, cognitive strategies, and sensory supports so they will have a toolbox of methods to use to move between zones. To deepen students' understanding of how to self-regulate, the lessons set out to teach students these skills: how to read others' facial expressions and recognize a broader range of emotions, perspective about how others see and react to their behavior, insight into events that trigger their less regulated states, and when and how to use tools and problem solving skills. The curriculum's learning activities are presented in 18 lessons. To reinforce the concepts being taught, each lesson includes probing questions to discuss and instructions for one or more learning activities. Many lessons offer extension activities and ways to adapt the activity for individual student needs. The curriculum also includes worksheets, other handouts, and visuals to display and share. These can be photocopied from this book or printed from the accompanying CD."--Publisher's website.

Author : Dexter Filkins
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307270344

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The Forever War by Dexter Filkins Pdf

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The definitive account of America's conflict with Islamic fundamentalism and a searing exploration of its human costs—an instant classic of war reporting from the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. Through the eyes of Dexter Filkins, a foreign correspondent for the New York Times, we witness the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s, the aftermath of the attack on New York on September 11th, and the American wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Filkins is the only American journalist to have reported on all these events, and his experiences are conveyed in a riveting narrative filled with unforgettable characters and astonishing scenes. Brilliant and fearless, The Forever War is not just about America's wars after 9/11, but about the nature of war itself.

Author : Susan Gillis Chapman
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-10
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780834827790

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The Five Keys to Mindful Communication by Susan Gillis Chapman Pdf

Good communiation is essential to any healthy relationship, whether it's between spouses, family members, friends, or co-workers. In this book Susan Chapman, a marriage and family therapist and a longtime meditation teacher, explains how mindfulness can be brought to bear in the way we speak and listen to each other so that we can strengthen our connections and better accomplish our goals. Drawing on Buddhist principles and on her training as a psychotherapist, Chapman explains how the practice of mindfulness—learning to become fully present in the moment—makes it possible for us to listen more deeply to others and to develop greater clarity and confidence about how to respond. Chapman highlights five key elements of mindful communication: silence, mirroring, encouraging, discerning, and responding, and she dedicates a chapter of the book to each. Other topics include identifying your communication patterns and habits; uncovering the hidden fears that often sabotage communication; staying open in the midst of difficult conversations so that we can respond wisely and skillfully; and learning how mindful communication can help us to become more truthful, compassionate, and flexible in our relationships.

Author : Joel Shaul
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781784506278

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The ASD Feel Better Book by Joel Shaul Pdf

Learn to build individual strengths and work through problems with this picture-based guide for children with ASD aged 7-14. The use of simple images and photocopiable worksheets creates a fun and engaging resource for identifying different emotions and how to manage and deal with personal challenges.

Author : Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307265920

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Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • National Book Award Finalist • This "eyewitness history of the first order ... should be read by anyone who wants to understand how things went so badly wrong in Iraq” (The New York Times Book Review). The Green Zone, Baghdad, Iraq, 2003: in this walled-off compound of swimming pools and luxurious amenities, Paul Bremer and his Coalition Provisional Authority set out to fashion a new, democratic Iraq. Staffed by idealistic aides chosen primarily for their views on issues such as abortion and capital punishment, the CPA spent the crucial first year of occupation pursuing goals that had little to do with the immediate needs of a postwar nation: flat taxes instead of electricity and deregulated health care instead of emergency medical supplies. In this acclaimed firsthand account, the former Baghdad bureau chief of The Washington Post gives us an intimate portrait of life inside this Oz-like bubble, which continued unaffected by the growing mayhem outside. This is a quietly devastating tale of imperial folly, and the definitive history of those early days when things went irrevocably wrong in Iraq.

Author : American Book Publishing Group,Steve Valley
Publisher : Millennial Mind Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11
Category : Iraq War, 2003-2011
ISBN : 1589825667

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Inside the Fortress a Soldier's Life in the Green Zone by American Book Publishing Group,Steve Valley Pdf

Author : Daniel José Older
Publisher : Imprint
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250185822

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The Book of Lost Saints by Daniel José Older Pdf

The Book of Lost Saints is an evocative multigenerational Cuban-American family story of revolution, loss, and family bonds from New York Times-bestselling author Daniel José Older. Marisol vanished during the Cuban Revolution, disappearing with hardly a trace. Now, shaped by atrocities long-forgotten, her tenacious spirit visits her nephew, Ramón, in modern-day New Jersey. Her hope: that her presence will prompt him to unearth their painful family history. Ramón launches a haphazard investigation into the story of his ancestor, unaware of the forces driving him on his search. Along the way, he falls in love, faces a run-in with a murderous gangster, and uncovers the lives of the lost saints who helped Marisol during her imprisonment. The Book of Lost Saints by Daniel José Older is a haunting meditation on family, forgiveness, and the violent struggle to be free. An Imprint Book "Spellbinding." —Marlon James, Man Booker Prize-winning author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf "A lyrical, beautiful, devastating, literally haunting journey." —N.K. Jemisin, award-winning author of the Broken Earth trilogy