Asperger's Syndrome and Your Child

Learn more about Asperger's syndrome and how you can help prepare your child with Asperger's for a fulfilling life. Discover practical skills and techniques for improving your child's social interactions at home and school.

About Asperger's Syndrome

Learn characteristics and symptoms of Asperger's syndrome.

Quiz: Could Your Child Have Asperger's?

The Six Characteristics of Asperger's Syndrome

Your Asperger Child: Diagnosis

Asperger "Subtypes"

Your Asperger Child: The Reasons Behind the Behavior

Strategies

Find tips on how to deal and work with a child with Asperger's syndrome.

Your Asperger Child: Using Visuals

Your Asperger Child: How to Teach New Skills

Your Asperger Child: How to Change Thinking

Your Asperger Child: Emotional Regulation

The Ten Commandments of Crisis Intervention

Your Asperger Child: Preventing Problems Rather Than Reacting to Them

Characteristic Checklists

Print out and use these checklists to help with an initial diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome in your child.

Social Interactions

Language Skills

Cognitive Issues

Interests/Routines/Order

Sensory Sensitivities

Motor Skills

Diagnosis and Evaluation Tools

Find information on the diagnosis and types of Asperger's syndrome.

Characteristics Checklist for Asperger's Syndrome

Asperger Subtype: "The Rule Boy"

Asperger Subtype: "The Logic Boy"

Asperger Subtype: "The Emotion Boy"

Excerpted from:

From Parenting Your Asperger Child by Alan Sohn, Ed.D., and Cathy Grayson, M.A. Copyright � 2005. Used by arrangement with Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

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