TY - BOOK AU - Buron, Kari Dunn AU - Curtis, Mitzi TI - The incredible 5-point scale : : assisting students in understanding social interactions and controlling their emotional responses SN - 9781937473075 PY - 2012/// CY - AAPC Publishing PB - Shawnee Mission, KS KW - CHILDREN KW - AUTISM KW - ASPERGER SYNDROME KW - EDUCATION KW - SOCIAL INTERACTION KW - EMOTIONS KW - BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT KW - LIFE SKILLS KW - SOCIAL SKILLS N1 - Preface|Introduction|The "Tried and True" scales from the first edition|Scales for young children|Scales for students with more classic forms of autism|More "Pretty Good" scale ideas|Sample goals and objectives related to the use of the 5-point scale|References; Copyright Permission: Yes N2 - "The revised and expanded 2nd edition continues the teaching approach from the first book, adding new ideas for teaching and reinforcing social and behavior management skills across an expanded range of ages and abilities. In addition to offering helpful insights for teaching young children... The book shows how scales can be used to teach nonverbal children or children with more classic forms of autism." - BOOK JACKET; Kari Dunn Buron has published widely on the topic of managing stress and emotions and together with Mitzi Curtis has produced a second edition of the very successful original publication. The 5-point scale is a method of teaching social understanding to children and young people with autism and others facing similar challenges. Once a 5-point scale is developed and understood it can be used for all manner of different issues – voice volume, frustration level and a variety of emotional responses and social interactions. The book is packed full of useful examples and ideas of how the 5-point scale has been applied. The first edition was highly rated by borrowers, the second edition also promises to be a practical and worthwhile resource ER -