Pirates: an early-years group program for developing social understanding and social competence for children with autism spectrum disorders and related challenges

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Carter, Margaret Anne;Santomauro, Josie
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Using a pirate theme popular among young children, this social understanding program is designed for children, ages preschool to third grade, who have social cognitive challenges, including autism spectrum disorders. Through fun and engaging activities, the program helps children learn constructive social interaction skills related to friendship making, social problem solving and emotional expression. This eight-adventure pirate voyage includes the following focus areas: social understanding, friendship making, emotional literacy and emotional expression, relaxing, social problem solving and responding to bullying incidents.

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978-1-931282-34-5

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Autism Aspergers Publishing

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Shawnee Mission, Kansas, USA

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