Social Skills Picture Book for High School and Beyond Paperback – Illustrated, November 1, 2006

It was a gift and all I got was a thank you without any feedback.

It is hard to find a social stories book with good visuals for visual learners. I rely on this one as it is photographs. I do think sometimes the stories are a little simple, but that is needed for most of the students or my son, where I use this. It helps break things down into "yes do this" or "no don't do it this way". Some we can talk about the subtle differences that can occur. It is a good jumping off point for further conversations.

I bought this book for my 13 year old daughter who has Aspergers in order to help her get ready for high school. The moment I showed her the book she started reading it right away. It's has quick, simple, easy suggestions on learning how to socialize with peers. She and I, along with her therapist discuss how she should approach her peers, how to make friends etc., but what I like best about this book is that it has pictures to help her model the behavior we're trying to teach her. Given she is a head strong 13 yr old she'd rather take a lesson from something she reads or sees on her own, not from mom.

Great book! I used this for social skills group with autism spectrum teenagers and young adults. I put stickie notes on the words to let them guess emotions then let them see the words. This is a good quality product and I've actually purchased another one to use in a different setting with psychotic patients. As a clinician, I'm glad a book like this is available to the public because I think parents could actually use it with their autism spectrum youth.

This book does a good job illustrating some of the nuances of social skills. It is presented in comic strip fashion, usually a wrong way and a right way, for some basic social skills. The thought bubbles give the reader an insight of what each person is thinking. I would recommend this book for someone who really struggles with social skills, not one who is processing through the nuances of social behavior.

I am working with a high school student with ASD. Wonderful age-appropriate pictures, social skills, easy to follow.

I have used this book with my students as a middle school speech pathologist. The pictures are a great resource for the students to visualize the right and wrong way to behave. They enjoy correcting the wrong pictures as part of therapy. An added bonus it that another book of Jed Baker's has worksheets and lessons that directly teach the social skills in the pictures. Truly a great resource for anyone who teaches social skills.

I've been looking for a book like this. It shows normal ways kids relate to one another and show how things can go smoothly. It's helpful.However, real life teen situations involve power struggles the book doesn't address. This book has a scene, for example, where some girls invite a solitary girl to join then at their lunch table. In real life they might not invite her for a thousand reasons that the book doesn't cover--they might not want to be seen with her, she may be overweight or the wrong ethnicity, she may not be wearing the right brand of jeans, she may not be eating a salad, etc. Teen interactions are complicated.