Description
Book SynopsisIntroducing the Special Interest Communication Theory (SICT) Facilitative Framework, this guide will help you to support autistic clients and meet their needs through special interests and pop culture.
Turning away from a culture that has often sought to suppress autistic special interests, Stallings asks that therapists meet autistic children and adults on their own terms. Creating an autism positive environment and engaging with special interests - from video games to K-Pop - builds rapport and helps identify therapeutic goals.
Jessica Woolhiser Stallings combines this practical guide to her evidence-based framework with an overview of the history and applications of therapies and arts therapies used with autism. From a perspective that respects autistic self-advocacy and the role of art therapy in supporting individual emotional health, this guide offers tools to address anxiety, social interaction, communication, identity and more.
Table of ContentsPart One
Chapter 1: Why this book
Chapter 2: An autism positive approach: Understanding autism and neurodivergence
Chapter 3: Autism and therapy
Chapter 4: Art therapy and autism
Chapter 5: Popular media in therapy
Part Two
Chapter 6: Special Interest Communication Theory and Framework
Chapter 7: Popular culture as behavioral reward
Chapter 8: Popular culture as social initiator-
Chapter 9: Popular culture as social facilitator
Chapter 10: Popular culture as personal metaphor
Chapter 11: Popular culture as anxiety mediator
Chapter 12: Popular culture as communication clarifier
Chapter 13: Final thoughts and resources
