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Growing Up on the Spectrum

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by Lynn Kern Koegel

makeup

  marriage

  masturbation

  medical care

  insurance

  Medicaid

  medical decisions

  privacy law

  memorization and recitation in conversation

  menstruation

  microenterprises

  miracle cures and fads

  modeling technique

  modesty

  money. See also jobs

  earning and spending

  inheritance

  for in-home support services

  Social Security

  Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid

  trusts

  monotone speech

  Morris, Jeffrey

  motivation

  Natural Language Paradigm (NLP)

  natural reinforcers

  notetaking

  nutrition and diet

  obsessive and repetitive behaviors

  Claire’s narrative

  intervention strategies

  OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder)

  private behaviors

  outings, unsupervised

  initiation of

  keeping in touch

  preferred activities (Andrew’s narrative)

  responsible behavior

  rules

  scheduling of specific activities

  parenting

  care of entire family

  coordination of interventions

  emotional traps

  fads and miracle cures

  long-term thinking

  parenting (cont.)

  normalcy

  overcoming fear

  perseverance

  supportiveness

  therapist selection

  partial-participation technique

  parties

  activities outside home

  alcohol

  duration of

  help with

  ideas

  mistakes and lessons (Claire’s narrative)

  peer cliques

  priming for

  rules

  straying from

  structured activities

  supervision

  peer pressure

  in dating

  gullibility and susceptibility to

  importance of peer opinion

  inappropriate behavior

  peers. See also friends and friendships

  ability to get along with

  attention from

  as behavioral models

  cliques

  conversational help from

  fashion help from

  learning about, through carpooling

  makeup help from

  meanness

  protection from bullies

  recruitment techniques

  socialization help from

  social-skills and friendship groups

  social-skills groups (Andrew’s narrative)

  swearing

  physical exercise

  pictures

  as conversation topics

  to identify classmates

  for prosody practice

  for social priming

  Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT)

  planning for future. See lifelong care

  pornography

  posture and facial expression in conversation

  praise

  preservation of sameness

  priming technique

  privacy laws

  private behaviors. See public versus private behaviors

  prompting and fading technique

  prosody

  disfluencies

  in maintainance of conversation

  monotone

  Natural Language Paradigm (NLP)

  slow or fast speech

  volume of voice

  PRT (Pivotal Response Treatment)

  psychological problems. See comorbid conditions

  puberty. See also sex

  behavioral problems

  body odor

  breast development

  diet and nutrition

  discussions about

  as gradual process

  interest in pornography

  physical exercise

  rules and expectations

  shaving

  sleep problems

  time with parents

  public versus private behaviors compulsive behaviors

  divulging of personal information

  learning to distinguish

  masturbation

  modesty

  punishment

  question-asking

  empathy

  to initiate conversation

  about irritating behaviors

  to maintain conversation

  reflection of response

  for satisfaction of partner

  tag questions

  topic areas

  rate of speaking

  reactive effect in behavior modification

  recording of behavior (video modeling technique)

  reflection of response in conversation

  Regester, April

  rehearsal (priming technique)

  reinforcers. See rewards and reinforcers

  relationships. See friends and friendships; romantic relationships

  repetitive behaviors

  replacement behaviors

  residential facilities. See living arrangements

  respite care

  responsibility. See also jobs

  encouragement of

  linked to independence (Claire’s narrative)

  maturity and (Claire’s narrative)

  in sexual decisions

  rest and sleep problems

  rewards and reinforcers

  for attempts

  for bad behavior

  natural reinforcers

  praise

  in self-management program

  during teen years

  role-playing

  romantic relationships

  age-appropriateness

  in college

  conversational skills

  difficulties and challenges (Claire’s narrative)

  encouragement of

  first impressions

  grooming and appearance

  guidance for (Claire’s narrative)

  help from therapist

  homosexuality

  intimacy

  irresistible dates

  marriage

  online relationship

  opposite personalities

  peer cliques

  peer pressure

  priming

  satisfaction of partner

  serious dating

  setups

  similar interests

  strategies (Andrew’s narrative)

  strengths, exploitation of

  roommates at college

  compatibility

  interactions with

  interest groupings

  number of

  roommates for adults

  sameness, preservation of

  sameness as peers. See conformity

  same-sex relationships

  sarcasm

  SAT preparation and accommodations

  school. See also college

  advantages in middle and high school

  challenges for child (Claire’s narrative)

  challenges for parent (Claire’s narrative)

  challenges for parents

  challenging schoolwork

  classmates, advance introduction to

  classmates, talks with

  class trips

  group projects

  homeschooling

  homework

  inclusion

  independence, encouragement of

  Independent School Entrance Examination (Claire’s narrative)

  job training

  labeling of autistic child

  middle and high school experience (Andrew’s narrative)

  monitoring of
behavior and progress

  parent’s involvement

  partial participation and curricular accommodations

  principal and staff

  privacy law

  selection of

  social awkwardness

  special ed programs

  school (cont.)

  sports (Claire’s narrative)

  sports, social benefits of

  transitions to new schools (Claire’s narrative)

  tutors (Claire’s narrative)

  self-management technique

  self-reliance. See independence

  self-stimulation

  sex. See also puberty; romantic relationships

  abuse prevention

  arrest for sex crimes

  delay in learning about

  discussions about

  discussions about (Claire’s narrative)

  inappropriate behaviors

  masturbation

  modesty

  pornography

  responsible decisions

  stalking

  supervision

  shaving

  siblings

  autism among

  emotional needs of

  guardianship responsibilities

  long-term care by (Claire’s narrative)

  sleep problems

  slow or fast speech

  SNT (special-needs trusts)

  socialization. See also college social life; conversation; friends and friendships; parties; peers

  anxiety desensitization

  in autism diagnosis

  context

  facilitation of interactions

  social networking Web sites

  social-skills groups

  social-skills groups (Andrew’s narrative)

  video games

  withdrawal, computers and

  Social Security programs

  social-skills groups

  special ed programs

  dumbed-down curriculum

  exclusion from regular activities

  menial tasks

  segregation from typical students

  special-needs trusts (SNT)

  speech rhythms and patterns

  disfluencies

  in maintainance of conversation

  monotone

  Natural Language Paradigm (NLP)

  slow or fast speech

  volume of voice

  sports at school

  stalking

  standardized tests

  strengths, exploitation of. See also interests

  in career choice

  creation of situations for

  in party planning

  in romantic relationships

  in school group projects

  for success in college

  study skills

  Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

  swearing

  tag questions

  team sports

  teasing. See bullying and peer pressure

  technology. See computers

  test-taking

  accommodations

  Claire’s narrative

  preparation for

  therapists, selection of

  third-party special-needs trust

  time intervals, in self-management

  time management skills

  time-outs

  timing and cues in conversation

  touching

  inappropriate

  satisfaction of partner

  self-stimulation

  trusts, special needs (SNT)

  tutors

  unemployment

  university. See college

  verbal skills. See conversation

  victimization. See abuse, vulnerability to

  video games

  video modeling technique

  violence

  bullying (Claire’s narrative)

  fighting with bullies

  by older children

  reinforcement of

  sexual abuse

  unpredictable outbursts

  vocations. See jobs

  voice control

  volunteer jobs

  Web. See computers

  Williams, Timothy E.

  wills and estate plans

  considerations

  disabilities attorneys

  government benefits and

  guardianships

  special-needs trusts (SNT)

  withdrawal, social

  in college (case study)

  computer use and

  contentment with

  leading to depression

  straying from parties

  work. See jobs

  Zirkel, Perry A.

 

 

 


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