Teaching Children with Autism to Mind-Read

This workbook expands upon the authors? Teaching Children with Autism to Mind-Read: A Practical Guide to present the most effective approaches, strategies, and practical guidelines to help alleviate social and communication problems in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Complements the best-selling Teaching Children with Autism to Mind-Read: A Practical Guide for use in practical settings Answers the need for more training of professionals in early interventions for children assessed with ASD called for by the National Plan for Autism Written by a team of experts in the field Covers issues such as how to interpret facial expressions; how to recognize feelings of anger, sadness, fear and happiness; how to perceive how feelings are affected by what happens and what is expected to happen; how to see things from another person?s perspective; and how to understand another person?s knowledge and beliefs

1 Introduction 1 Julie A. Hadwin, Hanna Kovshoff, Simon Baron-Cohen and Patricia Howlin 2 Visual Perspective Taking 9 Level 1: Simple Perspective Taking 10 Level 2: Complex Perspective Taking 14 3 Conceptual Perspective Taking 17 Level 3: Seeing Leads to Knowing 21 Level 4: True Belief 44 Level 5: False Belief 65 Level 6: Embedded Beliefs 106 Appendix 128 Bibliography 137 Postscript 140 Index 145