Using Social Stories and Comic Strip Conversations To Interpret Social Situations for an Adolescent with Asperger Syndrome.

Rogers, Mary Franey; Myles, Brenda Smith

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ERIC Number: EJ626374

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Publication Date: 2001

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Using Social Stories and Comic Strip Conversations To Interpret Social Situations for an Adolescent with Asperger Syndrome.

Rogers, Mary Franey; Myles, Brenda Smith

Intervention in School and Clinic, v36 n5 p310-13 May 2001

Social stories and comic strip conversations were successfully used to teach social skills to a 14-year-old student with Asperger Syndrome. As a result of the training, the student's behavior changed. The student enjoyed using comic strip conversations and began to request their use from others at school and home. (Contains references.) (CR)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Asperger Syndrome, Bibliotherapy, Cartoons, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Competence, Secondary Education, Social Development, Story Reading, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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