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Three Strategies to Strengthen Communication for Adults with Autism and Learning Differences

This online article provides three strategies for adults with ASD who are handling complicated social conflicts that call for higher level processing needs. Emphasis is placed on o...

Classifications: Adults With ASD, Social Skills

Website

ASD Cyber Safe Program

This online program is a toolkit for autistic people to learn how to safely navigate the web independently. The program guide, written in plain language, is accompanied by videos a...

Classifications: Safety, Social Skills

Online Video

The Relationship between Anxiety and Social Competence

This ACT - Autism Community Training video presents the results of a study into whether generalized anxiety and depression symptoms in children ages 6-14, with and without autism, ...

Classifications: Social Skills, Mental Health

Online Video

Membership, Belonging, and Development of “Soft Skills” within a PBS Framework

This ACT - Autism Community Training video articulates recent research and ideology regarding the importance of membership and belonging along with development of soft skills (e.g....

Classifications: Social Skills

Online Video

Transition to Adulthood-Social-Sexuality Education for Young People with Autism

Autism 208

This online video (1 hour 22 minutes) discusses social-sexuality education for people with autism. It provides information about social skills related to sexuality, and also addre...

Classifications: Sexuality, Social Skills

Online Video

Conversation and Topic Maintenance

This online video describes how visual supports and other activities can be used to help people on the autism spectrum remain on topic, as well as shift to another topic as appropr...

Classifications: Social Skills

Online Article

Communicating and Interacting

This online article provides tips to help readers communicate with people on the autism spectrum. The article also provides suggestions to help readers foster communication develo...

Classifications: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Social Skills

Online Article

Social Isolation

This online article discusses how people on the autism spectrum can sometimes be socially isolated. The article provides a number of suggestions to help reduce social isolation, s...

Classifications: Social Skills

Online Video

The Science of Making Friends

Helping Socially Challenged Children and Adolescents

This online video is a presentation, intended for parents, about the PEERS evidence-based social skills intervention. It discusses the background to social impairments in autism, ...

Classifications: Social Skills

Online Article

Healthy School Relationships

Children and Teenagers with Autism Spectrum Disorder

This online article discusses friendships and autism. It provides advice to help parents and caregivers promote healthy friendships for their children on the autism spectrum. R...

Classifications: Education, Social Skills

Online Article

Understanding Friends

This online article describes a lesson designed to educate elementary and middle school students about differences and foster empathy towards students with autism. This resource...

Classifications: Social Skills, Education

Online Article

Autism and Play: Volume 2

Research Bulletin Issue No. 21

This online document summarizes a number of research studies regarding play, joint attention, and interventions to promote play in children with autism. The document addresses the...

Classifications: Social Skills

Online Article

Play and Autism

Research Bulletin Issue No. 9

This online document summarizes a number of research studies regarding the play of children with autism. The document addresses the implications of the research for practitioners ...

Classifications: Social Skills

Online Article

Social Communication

Research Bulletin Issue No. 7

This online document summarizes research regarding social communication in autism. It includes summaries of a number of studies examining different intervention approaches, includ...

Classifications: Social Skills

Online Article

Peer-Based Intervention and Autism Spectrum Disorders

Tips and Resources for Teachers

This online article describes steps which can be used to train typically-developing peers to interact socially with students on the autism spectrum in school settings. The Vande...

Classifications: Education, Social Skills

Online Article

Writing and Using Social Narratives in All Environments

This online article describes how social narratives can be used to describe social situations and teach appropriate social behaviors to individuals on the autism spectrum. The I...

Classifications: Social Skills, Tools And Technologies

Online Article

Meeting the Challenge of Social Pragmatics with Students on the Autism Spectrum

This online article provides a brief introduction to the topic of social pragmatics, which refers to the use of language in social interactions with others. The article describes ...

Classifications: Social Skills, Autism Spectrum Disorders

Online Article

Comprehension of the Message

Important Considerations for Following Directions

This online article discusses teaching children with autism to follow directions. It describes some of the abilities necessary for following directions, and identifies possible re...

Classifications: Social Skills, ABA (Applied Behaviour Analysis)

Online Video

Implementing Social Interventions for High School Students with Autism

A Recipe for Success

This online video describes a project to implement a peer-mediated social skills intervention, the Social Competence Curricula for High School (SCI-H), to support high school stude...

Classifications: Social Skills, Education

Online Video

From Play Dates to Romantic Dates

Social Skills Training for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder across the Lifespan

This online video discusses social functioning in individuals with autism across the lifespan. The video focuses on the evidence-based PEERS social skills interventions for presc...

Classifications: Social Skills, Therapies

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