By Katherine Paxton
The features of autism spectrum issues (ASD) current specific demanding situations, not just to humans themselves affected, but in addition to counselling pros. This handbook presents counselling ideas that paintings not just for execs, but in addition for people both dealing with being at the spectrum themselves, or residing with an individual who has an ASD. despite highbrow and linguistic skill, humans at the autism spectrum frequently have major impairments in emotional expression, legislation, and popularity, and they're identified to have better premiums of melancholy and nervousness than the final inhabitants. This entire publication indicates the right way to advance the instruments essential to aid humans at the spectrum take care of their feelings, anxieties, and confusion concerning the frequently overwhelming international that surrounds them. Illustrated with priceless case reviews, it covers a spread occasions the place counselling might be precious for people with ASD, either kids and adults, households the place a member is at the spectrum, and the place a accomplice has ASD. It additionally addresses particular matters, together with melancholy, nervousness, emotional law, social abilities, and pressure, with powerful recommendations for facing each one factor. in addition to being integral for counsellors, this publication offers helpful details and suggestion for a person operating with humans and households laid low with ASDs.
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Does that mean that you would have blue skin? What if having blue skin would make you happy? The thought of having a frog in your throat might be rather disturbing. Would being full of bull feel painful? If someone called you a smart Alec, would that mean you were dumb if your name was Bill? It does not take many colloquialisms to demonstrate that they would be confusing to someone who is a visual and literal thinker. Case study: Catch you later This writer was called in to work with Steve, an older adolescent with Asperger’s syndrome who was attacking teachers and 54 Counselling People on the Autism Spectrum students.
1999; Fombonne 1999). Relative challenges As mentioned earlier, receptive and expressive communication is affected with varying degrees of impairment, with those on the higher functioning end of the spectrum being least affected. Most frequently receptive language is stronger than expressive. They have difficulty with expressions of speech (colloquialisms) and are very literal in their interpretation of language (Happé 1995; Noens and van Berckelaer-Onnes 2004). People with autism have difficulty shifting their attention.
During counselling, it is important that you ask specific and detailed questions when seeking information. It is not that individuals with ASD will be consciously holding back information, it is just that they would not think of sharing it without being specifically asked. Often the individual with ASD will answer your specific questions, as this tells them exactly what it is that you wish to know. Nondirective counselling strategies may prove less than effective given this characteristic. SELF-CONCEPT Adults on the autism spectrum lack a sense of self or reference to self, leading to problems in processing words related to the self.