This workbook expands upon the authors? Teaching Children with Autism to Mind-Read: A Practical Guide to present the most effective approaches, strategies, and practical guidelines to help alleviate social and communication problems in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Complements the best-selling Teaching Children with Autism to Mind-Read: A Practical Guide for use in practical settings Answers the need for more training of professionals in early interventions for children assessed with ASD called for by the National Plan for Autism Written by a team of experts in the field Covers issues such as how to interpret facial expressions; how to recognize feelings of anger, sadness, fear and happiness; how to perceive how feelings are affected by what happens and what is expected to happen; how to see things from another person?s perspective; and how to understand another person?s knowledge and beliefs

This workbook expands upon the authors? Teaching Children withAutism to Mind-Read: A Practical Guide to present the mosteffective approaches, strategies, and practical guidelines to helpalleviate social and communication problems in individuals withAutism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).* Complements the best-selling Teaching Children with Autismto Mind-Read: A Practical Guide for use in practicalsettings* Answers the need for more training of professionals in earlyinterventions for children assessed with ASD called for by theNational Plan for Autism* Written by a team of experts in the field* Covers issues such as how to interpret facial expressions; howto recognize feelings of anger, sadness, fear and happiness; how toperceive how feelings are affected by what happens and what isexpected to happen; how to see things from another person?sperspective; and how to understand another person?s knowledge andbeliefs

1 Introduction 1Julie A. Hadwin, Hanna Kovshoff, Simon Baron-Cohen and Patricia Howlin2 Visual Perspective Taking 9Level 1: Simple Perspective Taking 10Level 2: Complex Perspective Taking 143 Conceptual Perspective Taking 17Level 3: Seeing Leads to Knowing 21Level 4: True Belief 44Level 5: False Belief 65Level 6: Embedded Beliefs 106Appendix 128Bibliography 137Postscript 140Index 145