Using Social Stories and Comic Strip Conversations To Interpret Social Situations for an Adolescent with Asperger Syndrome.

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4

Practitioners

Adolescents; Asperger Syndrome; Bibliotherapy; Cartoons; Interpersonal Communication; Interpersonal Competence; Secondary Education; Social Development; Story Reading; Teaching Methods

1053-4512

Social stories and comic strip conversations were successfully used to teach social skills to a 14-year-old student with Asperger Syndrome. As a result of the training, the student's behavior changed. The student enjoyed using comic strip conversations and began to request their use from others at school and home. (Contains references.) (CR)

2001

EJ626374