Autism and Employment () von Lisa Tew

Chapter One:

ASD and Employability

Chapter Two:

The Skills Your Child Must Have For Employment

Chapter Three:

Introducing the Foundational Social Communication Skills

Knowledge of Self and Others (KSO)

Unit One KSO, Skill One

Positively expresses his personal preferences and opinions

Unit Two KSO, Skill Two

Positively expresses his strengths and weaknesses

Unit Three KSO, Skill Three

Accurately expresses a variety of feeling words for his own feelings and that of others

Unit Four KSO, Skill Four

Accurately describes and positively frames his disability

(ASD)

Unit Five KSO, Skill Five

Expresses and demonstrates self-acceptance

Unit Six KSO, Skill Six

Expresses and demonstrates accepting others

Unit Seven KSO, Skill Seven

Expresses and demonstrates appropriate perspective on a variety of problems

Personal Presentation (PP)

Unit Eight PP, Skill One

Stays within his own personal space appropriately

Unit Nine PP, Skill Two

Shows appropriate body language while listening

Unit Ten PP, Skill Three

Reads the body language of others

Unit Eleven PP, Skill Four

Expresses positive body language when communicating

Unit Twelve PP, Skill Five

Acknowledges and responds to others

Unit Thirteen PP, Skill Six

Attempts to “blend” in with others

Unit Fourteen PP, Skill Seven

Independent with appropriate and positive personal presentation: grooming, hygiene, dress

Unit Fifteen, PP Skill Eight

Uses positive word choices (Kind talk, positive self-talk, polite talk, encouragement, compliments, tact, appropriate talk for time/place/person)

Unit Sixteen, PP Skill Nine

Demonstrates flexibility when unexpected things happen

Unit Seventeen, PP Skill Ten

Communicates positively to problem-solve with others

Basic Tools

Strengths chart tool

Continuum of strengths and weaknesses tool

Feelings chart tool

Continuum of preferences and opinions tool

Intensity level for feelings tool

Positivity tool

Problem perspective tool

Chapter Four:

Raising the Bar: Increasing the Skill Elements and Carryover