Building Social Relationships: A
Systematic Approach to Teaching
Social Interaction Skills to Children
and Adolescents with Autism
Spectrum Disorders and Other Social
Difficulties by Scott Bellini
A Must Have For Clinicians, Educators And Parents
2007 ASA Literary Work of the Year - Parents and professionals often ask
how to teach social skills and how to design social skills programs for
children with ASD. Often they are seeking answers to basic questions such
as where do we start and what strategies do we use? This book
addresses the need for social programming for children and adolescents
with ASD by providing a comprehensive five-step model. The model
incorporates the following five steps: assess social functioning, distinguish

between skill acquisition and performance deficits, select intervention
strategies, implement intervention, and evaluate and monitor progress.
This model will also show you how to organize and make sense of the
myriad of social skills strategies and resources currently available to
parents and professionals it is not meant to replace other resources or
strategies, but synthesize them into one comprehensive program.
Personal Review: Building Social Relationships: A Systematic
Approach to Teaching Social Interaction Skills to Children and
Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Social
Difficulties by Scott Bellini
This was an enjoyable read and an extremely insightful publication. It is the
most comprehensive book available for teaching social skills to children
and adolescents on the autism spectrum. The book contains over 30 social
skill strategies that can be implemented by educators, clinicians, and
parents in variety of settings. The author also provides detailed information
on how to assess social functioning and evaluate outcomes. A social skill
checklist is included that is helpful in identifying specific social skill deficits
and in developing social objectives. Perhaps most impressive, the author
translates a complex conceptual framework into an understandable and
useful social skills training model. This book gets my highest
recommendation.
Robert Linhares, M.A.
Portland, OR
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