SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE AND SOCIAL THINKING DEFICITS IN STUDENTS WITH ASPERGER SYNDROME
I completed my Master's Capstone project on the underlying neurological differences in students with Asperger Syndrome and associated surface level social thinking deficits. Throughout my research I was highly intrigued by the brain scan research that indicates structural and blood flow activation differences in social brain areas for students with Asperger Syndrome. As a speech-language clinician, I can not change brain structures or solve the pressing autism puzzle, but I can provide students with strategies to increase their success in the social world around them. The following table features both my capstone paper and presentation as well as a variety of intervention materials.
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Capstone Paper |
Presentation |
Social Thinking Intervention Materials |
| Facial Expression Organizer (Schreiber & McKinley, 1995) | ||
| Emotions Thermometer Template (McAfee, 2002) | ||
| "Social Detectives" Graphic Organizer (Winner, 2002) | ||
| Social Detective Work | ||
| Social Problem Solving Map |