Coaching People with Asperger's Syndrome: Family Coaching Handbook »

Bill Goodyear

How can we best support the people in living successfully with Asperger’s Syndrome? This will involve going into how the condition arises, the best understanding of the condition that is currently available, summarizing the knowledge coming out of research, and considering how the condition actually affects individuals.

During his more than 35 years in the autism business, the author has met hundreds of individuals and their families, and has worked closely with many of them in coaching and teaching situations. He has, perforce, also worked closely with their families in the course of this exploration, and these experiences of individual stories are used to counter balance the generalities that necessarily arise when one examines research and theory, which is constantly trying to identify similarities in order to create a useful pattern. A miracle cure is not proposed, or even a solution that will work for everyone in this group, but the author suggests that a new and accessible, though perhaps slightly quirky approach can make a significant difference to some and that wider application is worth exploring.

Acknowledgements; About the Author; Preface; Introduction; PART I: ALL ABOUT ASPERGER'S SYNDROME 1) Asperger's Syndrome -- Overview; 2) What is Asperger's and Why is it a Problem?; 3) How does it Arise?; 4) What do we Currently Know about This Condition?; 5) Current Support is Poor; 6) We Don't Know What these People are Capable of; 7) We Know that Bad Experiences Generate Negative Psychology; 8) Families are Central; PART II: ALL ABOUT COACHING 9) Coaching; 10) Practical Coaching; 11) Coaching Process; 12) Boundaries and Behavior; 13) Coaching People Forward; 14) Coaching out of Crisis; PART III: SPECIFIC ISSUES 15) Social Skills; 16) Addiction and Habit; 17) Anger Management; 18) Romance; 19) Money; 20)Family Bonds: Parents' Experiences; 21) Special Interests; PART IV: APPENDICES 1) Information Sheets; 2) Coaching Fundamentals; 3) Coaching Tips; References; Index