PEERS® for Preschoolers

Friendship Skills for Autistic and Neurodivergent Children
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-80139-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 686 Seiten, Format (B × H): 209 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 1650 g

This manual builds on the success of the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS®), an internationally renowned program used in over 150 countries and translated into numerous languages. PEERS® has now expanded to work with autistic and neurodivergent preschool-aged children, as well as those with other social challenges. Through this new manual, providers will learn about important skills to enhance positive peer interactions and friendship development for young children, how to structure sessions and encourage skill-building effectively, and how to educate and empower parents to be valuable social coaches for their children. Every chapter includes a therapist guide for each session and parent resources such as lessons, homework, handouts, worksheets, and social coaching play cards. This latest edition to the PEERS® program is ideal for professionals and educators who provide social-emotional therapeutic services and support to young children (between the ages of four to six years) diagnosed with autism or other social challenges.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Laugeson, Elizabeth

Sanderson, Jennifer

Park, Mina

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Psychopathologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Autismus und Asperger-Syndrom

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction

 

Chapter 2 Session 1: Listening and Following Directions

 

Chapter 3 Session 2: Meeting and Greeting Friends

 

Chapter 4 Session 3: Sharing and Giving a Turn

 

Chapter 5 Session 4: Asking for a Turn

 

Chapter 6 Session 5: Keeping Cool

 

Chapter 7 Session 6: Being a Good Sport

 

Chapter 8 Session 7: Show and Tell During Play

 

Chapter 9 Session 8: Don’t be Bossy

 

Chapter 10 Session 9: Asking a Friend to Play

 

Chapter 11 Session 10: Joining a Game

 

Chapter 12 Session 11: Asking to Play Something Different

 

Chapter 13 Session 12: Asking and Giving Help

 

Chapter 14 Session 13: Body Boundaries

 

Chapter 15 Session 14: Using an Inside Voice

 

Chapter 16 Session 15: Review Part I

 

Chapter 17 Session 16: Review Part II and Graduation

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson is a licensed clinical psychologist, Clinical Professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, and Director of the UCLA PEERS® Clinic and UCLA Tarjan Center UCEDD.

Dr. Mina Park is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice, a former Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCLA, and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF.

Dr. Jennifer Sanderson is a licensed clinical psychologist in Miami, Florida. She currently directs the Autism Clinic within a private practice, providing psychological and consultative services across the lifespan.