Create a Reward Plan for Your Child with Asperger Syndrome »

Reward plans encourage positive behaviour using the incentive of earning rewards. This book provides a thorough nuts-and-bolts guide to creating a reward plan for your child with Asperger Syndrome (AS) to help him or her develop positive behaviours, such as social and communication skills.

John Smith, Jane Donlan and their son Bob, who was diagnosed with AS at age eight, explain the importance of keeping a reward plan positive, specific and challenging enough to be stimulating. Helping your child to learn about positive behaviour while gaining a sense of achievement, a reward plan increases self-esteem, confidence and independence.

Create a Reward Plan for Your Child with Asperger Syndrome is full of advice and practical suggestions for how to tailor a reward plan to meet your child's specific needs.

About the Author:
John Smith is a mental health social worker and father of Bob

About the Author:
Jane Donlan is Bob's mum and is responsible for Bob's home education

About the Author:
Bob Smith is twelve years old and was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome at age eight

Introduction     7
What is Asperger Syndrome?     11
The Triad of Impairments     12
Other characteristics     17
Positive aspects     18
A final word     19
Bob's comments on Asperger Syndrome     19
Making a Reward Plan     25
Positivity     26
Specificity     28
Giving points     29
Should you involve your child's school in the reward plan?     30
Reviewing the reward plan     31
Number of points     33
What to give points for     34
Rewards     38
Personalizing your child's reward plan record sheets     42
Going over your child's points together     45
Age     45
So, to sum up...     46
The original reward plan     47
The first revision to the reward plan     49
Subsequent revisions to the reward plan     49
Bob's comments on the reward plan     50
Other Techniques to Supplement the Reward Plan     51
Scripts     52
Signs     54
Sketches     60
Bob's comments on the supplementary techniques     67
Combining Techniques     69
Specific Reward Plans     75
The Bedtime Plan     75
Bob's comments on the Bedtime Plan     86
The 'Caring for myself tasks' Plan     86
Bob's comments on the 'Caring for myself tasks' Plan     97
What else might you create a specific reward plan for?     98
Conclusion     99
Looking after yourselves as parents     100
Useful Resources     103
Resources relating to Asperger Syndrome and autism     103
Resources relating to home education     106
Advice on and resources for financial help     108