Consider this your guide to group work success! Written to accompany
Exploring Feelings--winner of the 2008 Teacher's Choice Award--this
manual is intended to pass on experience to those working with
high-anxiety and ASD individuals in a group setting. Seasoned group
leaders have recorded and shared what worked best, what can be tweaked
to suit your group, and how to best utilize the tasks and activities in
Exploring Feelings through tried-and-true methods, including:
Selecting group leaders and members Choosing where to hold group
meetings and the benefits of different venues Program Flexibility and
how to tailor activities to your group How to best involve parents and
guardians
... and so much more!
Anxiety is so prevalent in young people with ASD, and is often at the
core of behavioral issues perceived as anger or non-compliance. By
addressing the main symptom, and doing so in a safe and informative
group environment, both young people and their families and friends are
sure to see vast improvement in anxiety levels. This manual is the key
to enjoyable, successful, and rewarding group sessions, and to helping
young people and their parents/ guardians build their "toolbox" of
techniques for handling anxiety. The main message is, "do it!"
