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Helping Kids and Adolescents with Asperger's Syndrom

Session #: 710-425
Presenter(s): Diane Yapko
Session Length: 2 hr. 00 min.
Event: 2010 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
Date: March 25-28, 2010

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Kids with Asperger's syndrome (AS) are typically of average or above-average intelligence, but don't have the basic social skills or automatic ability to pick up on the implicit interpersonal cues that their peers just "get" intuitively. In this workshop, we'll explore a strength-based approach to teaching AS kids the concrete skills they need to engage in ordinary conversations, understand other peoples' perspectives, distinguish between different relational contexts, and respond appropriately in different social situations. You'll learn how to help these kids recognize their own internal states of anxiety, anger, or agitation and how to regulate their tendency to impulsivity. We'll focus on specific strategies, such as how to use drawings, cartoons, comic strips, conversational and sensory exercises, and social "maps" to give AS clients a "cookbook" of situations and appropriate responses.

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