Social Context and Self-Management

<p>Social Context and Self-Management: <em>A System for Clarifying Social Information for Adolescents and Adults </em>uses scales as a way of explaining social and emotional concepts to someone who might struggle with such information but have a relative strength in understanding <strong><em>systems</em></strong>.</p><p><br></p><p>Using this approach can increase communication between someone with autism and their partner or support person. The goal of this easy-to-use book is to teach individuals teams or groups how and why to teach social information as it relates to particular social environments and contexts.</p><p><br></p><p>The Incredible 5-Point Scale was developed to increase co-operation and mutual understanding through a concrete visual system. This strategy can help to increase social understanding and self-management skills and the examples used in this book are related to common social situations and social misunderstandings often faced by young adults.</p><p>Foreword by Stephen Shore EdD.</p><p><br></p>