The Hidden Curriculum: Practical Solutions for Understanding Unstated Rules in Social Situations

This book helps adults understand how social situations come across to youngsters with autism and sensory processing disorders. It helps you develop a plan. It includes a long list of usually unspoken rules for living in our society and some common figures of speech that the Asperger's individual might take too literally and not understand. We read a couple of these rules each morning together as well as one of the figures of speech. It has given our older son understanding and confidence in social situations and helped our younger son begin to understand manners better. I have also been able to use it in talking with our youth pastors to help them understand and work with our older son.

This would be great for kids in elementary or middle school. On the cover it says “Young Adults.” After reading through parts of it, I decided not to give it to my 20-yr-Old son because it would probably have offended him with its simplicity and examples of the settings used.

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Amazing book! Thank you Brenda for helping me understand how my son is wired. This book takes a very complex subject, simplifies it and gives practical application guidance. Outstanding!

Packed with some great information!

Good Book

cool but incomplete

I purchased this for my grandson to read. He has Asperger’s Syndrome and this book was recommended for his development.

I bought this book for my daughter who has high functioning ASD. The book has been very helpful but has been written in a slightly patronising manner. The service in ordering through to delivery has been excellent.

It's a great additional resource to have in your library wether you work with children, teenagers, or adults with ASD

A novel way of understanding the autistic mind.

Good reference book! Bought the second one. Recommended to other parents.

This is a great tool to learn social rules! More for teenagers and high school students than adults, but I sure wish I read that as a teen!