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Autism Resources: Information For Families

This document provides resources for families of children with autism, including books, websites, social skills teaching tools, and games. It lists books and curricula for teaching social skills to children of different ages from preschool through adolescence. Websites like Autism Speaks and the Autism Center at the University of Washington provide information on advocacy, diagnosis, treatment and support. The document also recommends picture exchange communication systems and board games for teaching social skills to children of all ages with autism.

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Autism Resources: Information For Families

This document provides resources for families of children with autism, including books, websites, social skills teaching tools, and games. It lists books and curricula for teaching social skills to children of different ages from preschool through adolescence. Websites like Autism Speaks and the Autism Center at the University of Washington provide information on advocacy, diagnosis, treatment and support. The document also recommends picture exchange communication systems and board games for teaching social skills to children of all ages with autism.

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Autism Resources

Information for Families Elementary Grades (1st through 4th):


Social Star: General Interaction Skills (Book 1),
Books families may find helpful:
Social Star: Peer Interaction Skills (Book 2), and
Children with Autism: A Parents Guide (2000),
Social Star: Conflict Resolution and Community
by Michael D. Powers
Interaction Skills (Book 3), by Nancy Gajewski,
A Parents Guide to Asperger Syndrome and Patty Hirn, and Patty Mayo (Thinking Publications)
High-functioning Autism: How to Meet the Challenges
Skillstreaming the Elementary School Child:
and Help Your Child Thrive (2002), by Sally Ozonoff,
New Strategies and Perspectives for Teaching
Geraldine Dawson, and James McPartland
Prosocial Skills (1997), by Ellen McGuinnis and
Arnold Goldstein (Research Press)
Websites families may find helpful:
Comic Strip Conversations (1994), by Carol Gray
Autism Speaks
(Thinking Publications)
www.autismspeaks.org
(advocacy, diagnostic, treatment Secondary Grades and Adolescents:
and support resources)
SSS: Social Skills Strategies Book A and SSS:
Autism Center University of Washington Social Skills Strategies Book B (1989), by Nancy
http://depts.washington.edu/uwautism Gajewski and Patty Mayo (Thinking Publications)
(advocacy, diagnostic, treatment
Navigating the Social World: A Curriculum for
and support resources)
Individuals with Aspergers Syndrome,
ARC Washington State High Functioning Autism and Related Disorders
Parent to Parent (peer mentorship program) (2001), by Jeanette McAfee, MD (Future Horizon)
http://arcwa.org/index.php/getsupport/parent_to_
Inside Out: What Makes the Individual with
parent_p2p_programs
Social-Cognitive Issues Tick? (2000), by
Michelle Garcia Winners (Thinking Publications)
Resources for Teaching Social Skills
Board Games and Online Games:
All Ages:
10 Say and Do Positive Pragmatic Game Boards
The Social Skills Picture Book: Teaching Play,
(Super Duper Publications)
Emotion, and Communication to Children with
Autism (2003), by Jed Baker (Future Horizons) The Non-Verbal Language Kit
(ages 7-16, Linguisystems)
The New Social Story Book, Illustrated Edition
(2000), by Carol Gray (Linguisystems) http://do2learn.com (free games that teach about
feelings and facial expressions)
Preschool-Kindergarten:
Picture Exchange Communication
Skillstreaming in Early Childhood: Teaching Prosocial
System (PECS) resource:
Skills to the Preschool and Kindergarten Child (1990),
book and program forms booklet, by Ellen McGinnis http://do2learn.com (has pictures that can be printed
and Arnold Goldstein (Research Press) out for arranging a visual daily schedule)

Do, Watch, Listen, Say (2000), by Kathleen Ann Quill


(Thinking Publications)

This resource page is


now available in Spanish at Partnership Access Line
www.seattlechildrens.org/pal Mental Health Consultation Outreach

PRIMARY CARE PRINCIPLES FOR CHILD MENTAL HEALTH 55

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