Come Dance With Me : Teaching Children With High Functioning Autism/Asperger Syndrome the Dance of Conversation

by Jill Pierce, Luann Colston

The confusing social rules that govern how we interact during conversations can be a mystery to someone with autism or AS, and nonverbal communication can be difficult to decipher.Come Dance with Me unravels these mysteries and offers, in an accessible and engaging way, a complete run-down of all the skills needed to carry out a mutually fulfilling conversation. The authors give detailed explanations of why people with autism or AS can find particular aspects of conversation difficult, and offer numerous methods and tips to address and resolve specific communication problems.Using games, activities and a lot of imagination, Come Dance with Me will make learning the complex social rules of conversation easy and fun, and will help children on the autistic spectrum learn to enjoy communicating. This is an ideal workbook for parents, teachers and anyone in contact with children with autism or AS who wants to help them converse happily and effectively.

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005