THE AUTISM PLAYBOOK FOR TEENS: IMAGINATION-BASED MINDFULNESS ACTIVITIES TO CALM YOURSELF, BUILD INDEPENDENCE, AND CONNECT WITH OTHERS (THE INSTANT HELP SOLUTIONS SERIES)

Book ID/图书代码： 09700018C00060

English Summary/英文概要： “When I was a teen, many of the exercises and activities in this book would have helped me calm down. … This book is a real, practical, and positive guide for reducing stress.”

―Temple Grandin, author of Thinking in Pictures

Teens with autism have the potential to be excellent actors. They are natural observers―able to study, imitate, and learn social behavior. The Autism Playbook for Teens is designed to bolster these strengths with mindfulness strategies and roleplaying scripts, while also helping teens reduce anxiety, manage emotions, be more aware in the present moment, and connect with others.

This book offers a unique, strengths-based approach to help teens with autism spectrum (including Asperger’s Syndrome) develop social skills, strengthen communication, and thrive. The activities contained in each chapter are custom-designed to work with the unique perspectives, sensory processing, neurological strengths and challenges that teens with autism bring to their encounters with the social world. By engaging in these activities, teens will gain an authentic awareness of their surroundings, leading to better social interaction that is also rewarding, interesting, and fun.

The delightful and creative activities in this book are grounded in well-documented clinical observations and current empirical studies. They also take into account the real neurological differences that exist in young people with autism, and focuses on the unique pathways needed to connect with and inspire these exceptional and fabulous teenagers.

This is the only book available for teens with autism that specifically integrates mindfulness skills and imaginative scripted roleplaying activities for building authentic social experiences.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： “如果我还是处在青少年时期，本书中提到的锻炼和活动方式可以帮助我冷静下来……这本书很真实，很实用，为减压提供了积极有益的指导。”——坦普尔•格蓝迪，《利用图片思考》一书作者

患有自闭症的孩子拥有成为最佳演员的潜力。他们是自然的观察者——能够研究、模仿和学习各种社会行为。《青少年自闭症治疗剧本》为青少年设计的自闭症剧本旨在通过正念策略和角色扮演剧本来增强这些能力，同时也帮助青少年减少焦虑，控制情绪，更关注当下，并与他人联系。

本书提供了一种独特的、基于优势方法帮助患有自闭症的青少年（包括阿斯伯格综合症）发展社会技能，强化交流和茁壮成长。每一章所包含的活动都是专门设计的，以独特的视角、感官处理、神经系统的优势和挑战，带领自闭症青少年带与社会世界接触。通过参与这些活动，青少年将会获得对他们的周边环境的真实感知，从而产生更好的社会互动，这也是有益的、有趣的和有趣的。

本书中的活动令人愉快、富有创造力，建立在良好记录的临床观察和当前的实证研究的基础上。他们还考虑到自闭症青少年存在的真正的神经系统差异，并专注于为这群独特而优秀的青少年建立联系并激发他们的独特途径。

这是唯一一本为自闭症青少年提供的书，专门集成了正念技巧和富有想象力的剧本角色扮演活动，以建立真实的社会经验。(XMM)

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About the Author/作者介绍： 卡罗尔•穆格，博士，ImagineAct的创始人，最近在宾夕法尼亚大学担任社会学习障碍项目的临床主任。她是Miquon学校的心理学家，积极与自闭症融合资源（AIR）合作，作为一名执业心理学家，她在临床实践中广泛与自闭症儿童、青少年以及成人打交道。卡罗尔是格林特里学校的常驻艺术家，也是自闭症中心社会能力项目的顾问，她利用自己从戏剧即兴表演、演员、音乐家、沟通顾问和作家方面获得的经验，为青少年创建了以戏剧为基础的社会技能项目。卡罗尔著作颇丰，包括《他们在卖她的嘴唇吗？广告和身份》。卡罗尔接受过《华尔街日报》、《纽约时报》、《新闻周刊》、《费城问询报》、《今日美国》、国家公共广播电台的《新鲜空气》、《今日秀》和《早安美国》等媒体的采访。

前言作者、法学博士苏珊•凯泽•格林兰曾是一名企业律师，她为儿童、青少年和家庭开发了“内在的孩子”正念意识项目。在加州大学洛杉矶分校的正念意识研究中心进行了一项关于儿童内在小学项目的研究，并发表在《应用学校心理学杂志》上。苏珊是《专注的孩子》一书的作者，她教授儿童、父母和专业人士，并与各种组织就以适合年龄和世俗的方式教授专注意识进行咨询。她曾在世界各地的大学、医疗中心和公立和私立学校发表演讲。苏珊和她的丈夫塞思•格林兰住在洛杉矶。他们有两个已经长大成人的孩子。

Irene McHenry, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, dynamic educator, consultant, and the author and editor of numerous publications, including Tuning In: Mindfulness in Teaching and Learning. She leads programs nationwide with a focus on leadership and mindfulness. McHenry was founding head of Delaware Valley Friends School (for teens with learning differences), cofounder of Greenwood Friends School, founding faculty for Fielding Graduate University’s doctoral program in education, and a senior investigator for the Mind and Life Summer Research Institute. She directs the Leadership Institute and mindfulness programs for Friends Council on Education where she recently served as executive director. She is past-president for the Council for American Private Education and serves on the boards of Mindfulness in Education Network, Vector Group Consulting North America, and Haverford College.

Carol Moog, PhD, founder of ImagineAct, recently served as the clinical director of the Social Learning Disorders Program at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the psychologist at The Miquon School, actively collaborates with Autism Inclusion Resources (AIR), and works extensively with children, teens, and adults on the autism spectrum in her clinical practice as a licensed psychologist. Carol was an artist-in-residence at Green Tree School and a consultant to the Social Competency Program at the Center for Autism, creating theater-based social skills programs for teens drawing from her experience as a theater improviser, actor, musician, communications consultant, and writer. Among her publications, she is the author of Are They Selling Her Lips? Advertising and Identity. Carol has been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Newsweek, the Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, National Public Radio’s Fresh Air, the Today Show, and Good Morning America.

Foreword writer Susan Kaiser Greenland, JD, is a former corporate attorney who developed the Inner Kids mindful awareness program for children, teens, and families. Research on the Inner Kids elementary school program was conducted at the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA and is published in the Journal of Applied School Psychology. Author of The Mindful Child, Susan teaches children, parents, and professionals and consults with various organizations on teaching mindful awareness in an age-appropriate and secular manner. She has spoken at universities, medical centers, and schools, both public and private, worldwide. Susan lives in Los Angeles with her husband Seth Greenland. They have two grown children.

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