Building reasoning and problem-solving skills in children with autism spectrum disorder: a step by step guide to the thinking in speech intervention

Description

Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorders -- About the brain: neuroscience for understanding Autism -- Executive functioning in children with ASD -- Impulse control and emotion regulation -- Implicit learning -- The Thinking in speech model of reasoning and problem-solving -- Setting the stage for the Thinking in speech intervention -- Developing mental state and emotions vocabulary -- Vocabulary development for higher-level use of language for problem-solving -- Answering questions logically -- Mental flexibility to generate multiple solutions -- Developing theory of mind -- Teaching "chit-chat" -- Developing emerging literacy skills -- Understanding and reading textbooks -- Note taking, teaching time and assisting with arithmetic -- Reminders when emplementing Thinking in speech.;Presenting an innovative, research-based approach to help children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) develop reasoning and problem-solving skills. The book also shows how to teach children to recognise and cope with feelings of anxiety and stress that often accompany independent problem-solving, in order to avoid emotional dysregulation.-[Source inconnue].