The Socially Included Child: A Parent's Guide to Successful Playdates, Recreation, and Family Events for Children with Autism

By Laurie LeComer

Book Overview

An indispensable step-by-step guide for socializing any child on the autism spectrum. Parents of children with autism often end up skipping family functions, playdates, and social outings for fear that their children will be unsafe, behave inappropriately, or feel overwhelmed. Now, no matter a child's language skills or behaviors, he or she can start participating socially with LeComer's clear action steps. The Socially Included Child introduces a new organizational tool called the I.D.E.A.L. system, which allows parents to: I: Introduce an Activity D: Determine the Tasks Involved E: Evaluate Your Expectations A: Accommodate for Success L: List the Components of the Activity Visually Here is the essential guide for parents who want to ensure that their children enjoy the benefits'and fun'of socializing, while still accommodating their special needs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425229653
• ISBN13: 9780425229651
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

BRAVO!!!!! Finally Someone "gets it"!

The Socially Included Child: A Parent's Guide to Successful Play dates, Recreation, and Family Events for Children with Autism by Laurie LeComber, M. Ed. One of my personal favorite books so far about Autism, and it is such a help with such basics that have the parents of Autistic children pulling out their hair trying to figure it out! Being a grandmother to an eight year old grandson with Autism, I know how tricky it can get at family gatherings! The noise alone sends Jordon running with his hands covering his ears. And he tends to get very hectic and his adrenaline shoots right off the Richter scale. So this book was a Godsend for me and my family. Well done! From her decades of work in educating children with autism, Laurie LeComer, M. Ed. knows the current information available for parents on socially including their kids with autism is perhaps too focused on skills that can take months or even years to develop, rather than how they can simply play and interact. Sadly, many parents are left with a sense that their children cannot be included until they display appropriate language and educational skills. This holiday season, many parents may sadly feel their child cannot participate or interact as much as they would like. In the book it explains how to: Identify the many different expectations and issues that affect social success. Use the exciting new tool, the I.D.E.A.L. system, which will help them preview, plan, and carry out social activities. Introduce an activity to their child, determine the tasks involved, evaluate expectations, and list the components of activities visually. Facilitate social events (using I.D.E.A.L.): birthday parties, play dates, and family events. Author of the new book THE SOCIALLY INCLUDED CHILD, Laurie LeComer is a special educator, inclusion facilitator, and evaluator of children. She has been interviewed on NPR, numerous local and regional news and interest programs, and has been quoted in some of the most widely read magazines in the country.