Working With Adults With Asperger Syndrome: A Practical Toolkit

160 Pages·2009·0.87 MB·English

by  Carol Hagland

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Adults with
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Working with
Adults with
Asperger
Syndrome
A PRACTICAL TOOLKIT
◗
Carol Hagland
◗
Zillah Webb
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
London and Philadelphia
First published in 2009
by Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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and
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Copyright © Carol Hagland and Zillah Webb 2009
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Hagland, Carol.
Working with adults with Asperger syndrome : a practical toolkit / Carol Hagland and Zillah Webb.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-84905-036-4 (pb : alk. paper) 1. Asperger's syndrome--Popular works. I. Webb, Zillah. II. Title.
RC553.A88H356 2009
616.85'8832--dc22
2009007243
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ISBN 978 1 84905 036 4
ISBN pdf eBook 978 0 85700 192 4
Printed and bound in Great Britain by
Athenaeum Press, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Acknowledgements
With special acknowledgements to Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS
Trust who kindly supported the development of much of this workbook.
This workbook was developed from an idea originally proposed by Dr
Vicky Tozer. The authors would also like to acknowledge the substantial
contribution of Nicole Krokidis who assisted in gathering information and
compiling the fi rst draft of the workbook.
Thanks are due in addition to Thomas Moore, of Surrey Social Services,
for facilitating the pilot group through his ‘Autism Champions’ network.
The contributions of the members of the pilot ‘Asperger’s Champions’
group were invaluable in fi nding which exercises worked and where the
text needed clarifi cation or elaboration.
Finally we gratefully acknowledge the contribution of all the individu-
als with Asperger syndrome who we have worked with, and the people
who support them.

Contents
Confidentiality Statement 8
Introduction 9
1 Understanding Other People 17
2 Communication 25
3 Odd Social Behaviour 51
4 Need for Sameness 63
5 Memory and Attention 81
6 Daily Living Skills 89
7 Managing Emotions 101
8 Friends and Relationships 113
9 Sexuality and Relationships 121
10 Mental Health 137
RefeRences 149
AdditionAl ReAding And infoRmAtion 151
index 153
Confidentiality Statement
In order to illustrate some of the problems experienced by people
with Asperger syndrome and the people who care for them we have
included case examples throughout this guide.
While these examples are drawn from the experiences of real
people with Asperger syndrome, they have been altered. All names
are fi ctitious and details have been changed to maintain confi dential-
ity and anonymity of individuals and organisations. Most examples
are composites of diff erent people’s experiences.
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