New Releases by Joel Shaul

When you're all by yourself, you can (nearly) do anything you want, but when you're playing with other people, they might want to do something different. The more you know what they like, the more fun can be had playing! Children on the autism spectrum can find playing with other children difficult and they may be highly focused in their interests. This colourful and interactive visual guide will help these children learn how to establish common interests with friends and classmates, or family members at home, and use this knowledge to improve their play. With six chapters showing examples of young people trying to get better at hanging out together, before giving problem-solving exercises and activities to help refine this information, this book is perfect for an adult and child to go through to develop their ability to play.

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.

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.

In what ways do people think about other people? Just like computers save and share files, people save and share their memories of one another. This highly visual picture book uses computer metaphors to explain to children on the autism spectrum how their actions and words can affect other people.

Dans la conversation, les enfants dans le spectre de l'autisme luttent souvent pour sélectionner les sujets d'intérêts à partager avec les autres. Beaucoup ont des intérêts focalisés, forts et se sentent obligés d'introduire ces sujets quand ils parlent. Ce livre fournit un modèle visuel simple pour aider les enfants à réussir dans leur recherche d'un terrain d'entente au sein de la conversation. La "Zone Verte" est une représentation visuelle pour trouver un terrain d'entente entre une personne (bleue) et une autre personne (jaune) pour créer une "Zone Verte" qui représente les intérêts commun aux deux. Le livre, illustré avec une centaine de photos représentant l'éventail des intérêts des autres, explique clairement ce qu'est la "Zone Verte" et comment la trouver. Il contient aussi de nombreux exercices de pratique de la conversation à photocopier et des feuilles de renforcement à base de simples visuels.

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.

This inventive picture book uses the metaphor of a train to clearly explain basic conventions of conversation to children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). As well as attractive color photographs of trains, the book also contains engaging photocopiable worksheets and train-themed coloring pages to help promote skill generalization.