Children on the autism spectrum can find playing with other children difficult. This colorful and interactive visual guide will help these children learn how to establish common interests with friends and classmates, or family members at home, and use this knowledge to improve their play. With six chapters showing examples of young people trying to get better at hanging out together, before giving problem-solving exercises and activities to help refine this information, this book is perfect for an adult and child to go through to develop their ability to play.

Some reviews:

“Joel Shaul’s latest book provides an innovative, visual and hands-on approach to target tangible social and emotional learning skills throughout the child’s day and throughout their different environments.”

~Lauren Brukner, author of The Awesome and In Control book series.

“Joel has captured what has been missing for our students in need of figuring out the mystery of social skills! He uses exceptional visuals that make the social experience clear, practical and comprehensive.”

~Carla Butorac, behaviorcommunicates.com

“I just ordered this book for our autism library and can’t wait to share this book with our staff, students and our families. The colorful visuals grabbed my attention. Our students with ASD need to “see” how they can be social and Mr. Shaul illustrated multiple examples of how these students can accomplish this.”

~Amazon review

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This is Joel Shaul’s sixth book.

There are hundreds of photos.

The book covers diverse social contexts: home, school, community.

Many pages of the book can be used by children who have limited reading ability.

There are optional worksheets for many of the book’s lessons.

There are worksheets designed to help a child find common interests with other children.

The book examines obstacles to social growth including excessive screen activities.