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Self-Help Skills for People with Autism: A Systematic Teaching Approach (Topics in Autism)
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Self-Help Skills for People with Autism: A Systematic Teaching Approach (Topics in Autism)
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Learning self-help skills (eating, dressing, toileting, and personal hygiene) can be challenging for people with autism, but is essential for independence. SELF-HELP SKILLS FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM thoroughly describes a systematic approach that parents and educators can use to teach basic self-care to children, ages 24 months to early teens, and even older individuals.
With an encouraging tone, the authors--behavior analysts and psychologists--emphasize that it's worthwhile to devote the extra time and effort now to teach skills rather than have your child be forever dependent on others. The many case studies throughout SELF-HELP SKILLS depict individuals with deficits in specific self-care tasks, and demonstrate how a coordinated and systematic approach is effective in teaching more complex skills. For example, a 12-year-old with the self-feeding skills of a toddler (who was excluded from the school cafeteria), is taught to stay at the table to eat a full meal using utensils.
The book's beginning chapters explain the teaching process in detail: Specify the target skill to be taught after prioritizing the self-care tasks that are most important and will likely have the greatest success rate; Use task analysis to break complex skills into a series of small steps that will later be linked together to form the more complex skill; Apply a systematic approach to instruction that consistently employs proven methods for teaching people with autism including verbal prompting, reinforcers/rewards, chaining, graduated guidance, shaping, modeling, visual supports, etc.; Monitor progress by collecting and analyzing data; Modify the approach as needed to achieve the target goal.
A chapter is devoted to each of the four skill areas (eating, dressing, toileting, personal hygiene) offering detailed insight and specific instruction strategies. Appendices contain forms to complete for task analyses, instructional plans, and data collection.
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Raise Your Child’s Social IQ: Stepping Stones to People Skills for Kids
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Raise Your Child's Social IQ: Stepping Stones to People Skills for Kids
Parents, this book offers direct, sense-making, step-by-step exercises that parents can do with their children to increase their social skills and awareness. Based on the highly successful social skills training groups that have been directed by Cathi Cohen for many years, Raise Your Child's Social I.Q. provides parents with the structure to work on skills at home--how to join a group, how to choose friends, how to notice what people around you are feeling, how to handle angry feelings and much, much more.
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How to Talk to Anyone
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How to Talk to Anyone
"You'll not only break the ice, you'll melt it away with your new skills." -- Larry King
"The lost art of verbal communication may be revitalized by Leil Lowndes." -- Harvey McKay, author of “How to Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive”
What is that magic quality makes some people instantly loved and respected? Everyone wants to be their friend (or, if single, their lover!) In business, they rise swiftly to the top of the corporate ladder. What is their "Midas touch?"
What it boils down to is a more skillful way of dealing with people.
The author has spent her career teaching people how to communicate for success. In her book How to Talk to Anyone (Contemporary Books, October 2003) Lowndes offers 92 easy and effective sure-fire success techniques-- she takes the reader from first meeting all the way up to sophisticated techniques used by the big winners in life. In this information-packed book you’ll find:
- 9 ways to make a dynamite first impression
- 14 ways to master small talk, "big talk," and body language
- 14 ways to walk and talk like a VIP or celebrity
- 6 ways to sound like an insider in any crowd
- 7 ways to establish deep subliminal rapport with anyone
- 9 ways to feed someone's ego (and know when NOT to!)
- 11 ways to make your phone a powerful communications tool
- 15 ways to work a party like a politician works a room
- 7 ways to talk with tigers and not get eaten alive
In her trademark entertaining and straight-shooting style, Leil gives the techniques catchy names so you'll remember them when you really need them, including: "Rubberneck the Room," "Be a Copyclass," "Come Hither Hands," “Bare Their Hot Button,” “The Great Scorecard in the Sky," and "Play the Tombstone Game,” for big success in your social life, romance, and business.
How to Talk to Anyone, which is an update of her popular book, Talking the Winner's Way (see the 5-star reviews of the latter) is based on solid research about techniques that work!
By the way, don't confuse How to Talk to Anyone with one of Leil's previous books, How to Talk to Anybody About Anything. This one is completely different!
"You'll not only break the ice, you'll melt it away with your new skills." -- Larry King
"The lost art of verbal communication may be revitalized by Leil Lowndes." -- Harvey McKay, author of “How to Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive”
What is that magic quality makes some people instantly loved and respected? Everyone wants to be their friend (or, if single, their lover!) In business, they rise swiftly to the top of the corporate ladder. What is their "Midas touch?"
What it boils down to is a more skillful way of dealing with people.
The author has spent her career teaching people how to communicate for success. In her book How to Talk to Anyone (Contemporary Books, October 2003) Lowndes offers 92 easy and effective sure-fire success techniques-- she takes the reader from first meeting all the way up to sophisticated techniques used by the big winners in life. In this information-packed book you’ll find:
- 9 ways to make a dynamite first impression
- 14 ways to master small talk, "big talk," and body language
- 14 ways to walk and talk like a VIP or celebrity
- 6 ways to sound like an insider in any crowd
- 7 ways to establish deep subliminal rapport with anyone
- 9 ways to feed someone's ego (and know when NOT to!)
- 11 ways to make your phone a powerful communications tool
- 15 ways to work a party like a politician works a room
- 7 ways to talk with tigers and not get eaten alive
In her trademark entertaining and straight-shooting style, Leil gives the techniques catchy names so you'll remember them when you really need them, including: "Rubberneck the Room," "Be a Copyclass," "Come Hither Hands," “Bare Their Hot Button,” “The Great Scorecard in the Sky," and "Play the Tombstone Game,” for big success in your social life, romance, and business.
How to Talk to Anyone, which is an update of her popular book, Talking the Winner's Way (see the 5-star reviews of the latter) is based on solid research about techniques that work!
By the way, don't confuse How to Talk to Anyone with one of Leil's previous books, How to Talk to Anybody About Anything. This one is completely different!
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Jobs Requiring People Skills, Talent And Experience
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If you have ever visited a doctor who gives you a quick diagnosis and clears up your illness right away, but makes you feel like a nuisance or does not offer you comfort, you understand how important good bedside manner is. The fact is, you can be the most talented at what you do and spend years in school studying and understanding your craft, but something will be lacking in some jobs if you do not have people skills. To an extent, you can learn people skills, but being warm and comforting is often something a person is born with. Some professions you would not even realize you need people skills for like Cincinnati janitorial services. Some people think all you need are Cincinnati cleaning supplies to be a good janitor, but if you will be working during the regular operating hours of a school or business, it is a good idea to be friendly and easy-going so people will enjoy working with you.
As mentioned before, having good people skills is essential if you work in the field of medicine. Not only should doctors be personable, but nurses, office assistants and anyone who comes into contact with patients should be patient and compassionate. People often only consider doctors and nurses when it comes to bedside manner, but it is important throughout the entire medical field. Imagine yourself receiving a serious diagnosis like cancer and being forwarded on to x-ray technicians and those who operate CAT scan machines. If these people treat you poorly, so soon after receiving life-altering news, it is going to be tough to stay strong. People in the medical community need to understand they are working with sensitive patients and they need to be kind.
Working with kids might try your patience on the daily basis, but the best teachers have patience and people skills. A common misconception is that those with good people skills do not know how to discipline children. This is not the case at all. The best teachers are kind and understanding, but also able to offer firm guidance. Just because you are kind and understanding does not mean you are unable to guide children toward healthy, responsible decisions.
Often, when you think of a salesperson, you may imagine someone pushy and in the worst cases, a bit shifty. The most successful sales people have great personalities and are able to help buyers with their choices without seeming pushy. Customers may not even know they are being sold on something. They respond to the sales person’s concern for what is the best choice and follow their guidance, more often than not leading to a sale.
Finally, one of the most important positions for developing great people skills is social work. By definition, you are working with society as a job. You are often intense or sensitive situations that require patience and understanding. Not everyone can handle social work, but if you are compassionate and people feel comfortable with you, it might be the right work for you.
Quiz your People Skill
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I have great friends. All my colleagues are happy with me. I am the favorite of my boss. Many of us believe glowingly about ourselves. What is the reality? It can be different also. Why not find out if your people skills are as good as you believe?
Quiz body language-
When you are with friends, observe their body language. Words can be manipulated but body always gives away the truth. Look in to your friends’ eyes. Watch the way they lean. Do they lean towards you or away from you? All right, suppose you whisper, do they come very near to you to hear or don’t not change the posture? Body language will give you the clue about how much your friends love you.
In office when you are with your colleagues, do they look at their watch after few minutes? Are their legs towards you or away from you? Do you see a glow in their eyes when you meet them first in the morning? Are they willing to share your work if you request? Or do they make excuses? These are pointers to your relationship with your colleagues. It is true with your boss.
Importance of people skills-
People skills are very important to grow in life. Our relationships and our work both depend on our people skills. Those who are expert in people skill, invariably earn much more. Quiz your people skills and improve if required.
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Personal Statement for Medical School: Highlighting Your People Skills
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The success of a doctor is not only measured through his or her healing abilities. A successful doctor should also possess the skills on how to deal with people. More than anyone else, the patients are sometimes the most difficult people to deal with. It’s really understandable because their illness stir various emotions within them–fear, pain, and, uncertainty among other things. If a doctor has a good interpersonal skill, he or she would be able to get the cooperation and the trust of the patients. Aside from this, a doctor usually works with other medical professionals. So having good communication and people skills would bring harmony in the work place. It only goes to show that interpersonal skills is a valuable asset in order to gain success in a medical career, especially when the profession involves dealing with patients most of the time.
Discussing these skills in your personal statement for medical school is a great way to catch the attention of the admissions committee. Through this, you can make the admissions officers see that you have what it takes to become a good doctor. Below are some tips on writing your personal statement.
Think about your experience
“Show, don’t tell” is what experts recommend when writing a personal statement for medical school. Enumerating your skills won’t do the trick. To make your essay more effective, you should talk about your experiences where you were able to exhibit your own skills. Surely, you can think of numerous experiences. And because personal statements are supposedly short, you have to include only the experiences that you think influenced your life a great deal.
Talk about your future goals
Talking about your goals is also an effective way to be able to make the admissions officers see that you are good at dealing with people. You can do this by including short and long term goals related to your planned career, showing that you really want to serve the people and that you will try your best to be the best.
Avoid bragging
Be warned that talking too much about your expertise in dealing with people will make you appear conceited, boastful, and pretentious. Therefore, it is best if you keep a humble tone while discussing your skills. You should highlight your skills, but be careful not to brag about them too much. It is also ,pre effective if, instead of saying “you did this and you did that,” you focus more on what you can do in the future that would make your interpersonal skills useful.
You really have to exert effort in writing your admission essay because this can make or break your application to med school. You have to make sure that your essay is not written solely to compliment yourself. While it is true that you have to sell yourself to the admissions officers through your personal statement, you have to remember not to overdo it, or else, you risk giving a negative impression of yourself to the admissions panel.
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Accomplished People Skills Are Required To Be A Successful Leader
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Those who have learned to minimize these problems are referred to as having good ‘people skills’. Others may do very well technically, but they are not always the best at team play and often not good at managing.
There are four fundamental approaches to good communication that meld into four merged techniques, which layer into eight blended methods. Each method has separate yet predictable actions; all are instrumental in understanding how we relate to other individuals and teams. Once you have learned to recognize certain behaviors for what they are, you can improve your communication channels with co-workers and achieve the results you desire.
Do you have, for example, a person who is very task-oriented, direct and a high achiever? How well does that person get along with enthusiastic idea people? How about with someone who is not very forceful, needs consensus, and avoids risks? Or, do you have someone who is detail-oriented and prides him/herself on accuracy and analytical problem solving skills?
Each of these people is a very necessary ingredient to an outstanding team. Getting each of them to recognize everyone’s strengths and accept and appreciate the differences can be a difficult task. This diversity in each of us can be better understood and managed, producing positive outcomes.
We will look at different parts of Behavioral and Commutative traits as they relate to human action and reaction in the work place. This article is about speaking and how the human factor can make or break any speaking engagement in both professional and private environments.
Quickly Gaining Rapport: Speaking Patterns
One of the quickest ways to gain rapport with others is to match their speaking patterns. You don’t need to match their patterns to the extent the other person senses you are mocking them – or being disrespectful. What exactly could you match?
1. Rate of speech (fast vs. slow)
It can be irritating to talk with someone who talks either faster or slower than you do. Generally speaking, a fast talker will mentally handle information more quickly than a slower talker. Let’s look at situations from each perspective (to make it easy, assume a fast talker is a fast listener and a slower talker is a slower listener):
a. Fast talker -> slower listener
Fast talkers will become annoyed because their listeners cannot keep up, and they have to repeat themselves again and again. They may not even be able to repeat what they initially said, because in their minds, they said it so long ago. Slower listeners will get lost early in the conversation. They will miss not only important highlights but also many details because they are focused on deciphering the jumble of words that are being hurled at them.
b. Fast talker -> fast listener
The fast talker will be in heaven and may not only talk faster, but also leave out words and just hit upon the higher points of discussion. The fast listener will be nodding quickly in agreement and will respond just as fast.
c. Slower talker -> fast listener
The slower talker will be meticulous in speech and detail, and will become frustrated when the fast listener doesn’t appear to be interested. The fast listener will be taking mental vacations, popping back into this reality to check in and be sure nothing is missed.
d. Slower talker -> slower listener
The slower talker will feel comfortable with the slower listener. There will be numerous pauses and head nodding. The slower listener will be totally in tune with the slower talker and, between the two of them, will examine every point meticulously.
2. Pauses
Pauses are critical to slower listeners; pauses give them the opportunity to mentally review what has been said. When the fast talker does not give enough pauses, slower listeners will become annoyed because they may not be able to keep up. When slower talkers pause, it is because they are gathering their thoughts before they verbalize them. They will express these ideas clearly once they have mentally composed them.
3. Words
The words you use when conversing play a major part in gaining rapport. For instance, when you use words like ‘well prepared’, ‘high standards’, and ‘very thorough’ to a process-driven and analytical person, then you are indeed speaking the same language. Using words like ‘high energy’, ‘enthusiastic’, and ‘full potential’ to the same person will result in discomfort and possibly a loss of respect. Listen to the types of words the other person uses and substitute those words for your regular ones in your conversations.
4. Enthusiasm
Enthusiasm takes many forms, and it is important to match your enthusiasm level to the other person’s. Not doing so can have unintended results; you may be perceived as ‘too emotional’, ‘not excited enough’ or ‘overly-enthusiastic’. To some people, it is unnerving and possibly intimidating to express enthusiasm quite differently than they do.
5. Tone and vocal variety
Have you ever had to strain to hear someone talk? Or felt you had to take steps backwards because it felt like the other person was SHOUTING at you? Either method will dampen willingness to continue the conversation. That’s not to say you cannot talk softly or loudly. If the person you are talking to is speaking softly, you should soften your voice. If they are more forceful in their speech, you can be more forceful in yours by standing up straighter and speaking from your diaphragm. You can also speak more forcefully in phrases.
6. Facial expressions
Some people smile a lot when they talk; others not so much. If you are talking with a person who has a more solemn nature, constant smiling could remind them of the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland. They could be wondering what you are hiding, or if you are not taking them seriously. That could damage your relationship before you even begin. An occasional warm smile along with a nod during a conversation will show your interest and your encouragement.
If the other person is very animated, you would do better to be more animated yourself. You can do this by smiling a bigger smile, opening your eyes wider, and even making your mouth into an ‘O’ to convey surprise or unexpectedness.
Matching the rate of speech, pauses, enthusiasm and words of other people may not guarantee you instant success in dealing with them. It is more like acknowledging their individuality and showing you respect them. They, in turn, will sense that you understand them and are looking out for their best interests.
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People Styles at Work… .And Beyond: Making Bad Relationships Good and Good Relationships Better Reviews
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People Styles at Work...And Beyond: Making Bad Relationships Good and Good Relationships Better
Why is it so hard to work well with and get along with some people? "People Styles at Work...and Beyond" presents a comprehensive, practical, and proven method readers can use in any situation. The book reveals the strengths and weaknesses of four different people styles, providing practical techniques that work both on the job and off. Now including all new chapters on personal relationships, parenting, and more, this is the ultimate guide anyone can use to enhance even the most difficult relationship.
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Tony Alessandra – The Platinum Rule: Powerful People Skills for Building Relationship (free)
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Dr. Tony Alessandra delivers a LIVE program in front of several hundred business people in a Detroit theatre. You get nearly 75 dynamic minutes of The Platinum Rule topic and a BONUS of nearly 45 minutes on Customer Loyalty and Collaborative Selling on a single DVD. Lucky for you and me, there were two studio-quality cameras rolling that caught every word, every laugh, and every nugget-of-wisdom Tony had to share that day. Now you can laugh as you learn how to gain instant rapport and get along with nearly anybody you meet no matter who they are.
That day, Dr. Tony Alessandra, author of 13 books, veteran of over 2,000 paid speeches, taught several hundred people the easiest, most fun way to master people skills and selling skills. Now he wants to teach you too.
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Yes. There have been countless books and videos produced on this subject, but if you weren’t in Detroit, you have not seen the best of the best. And it was magic.
After you watch this DVD, you’ll understand why corporations like IBM, Ford, AT&T and numerous other Fortune 500 companies are willing to pay Tony thousands of dollars for 60 minutes of his time.
But don’t be fooled. Even though Tony keeps you laughing, he doesn’t forget to deliver powerful content. Apply the simple techniques Tony shares with you and you get immediate results.
Dr. Tony has spent over 30 years tweaking his findings into two simple questions. Know the answers to these two questions, along with some additional knowledge Tony shares with in this highly entertaining DVD, and you hold the key to one of the most powerful human relationship concepts in the world. Don’t put off getting this DVD of Dr. Tony in action. You’ll watch it again and again.
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How to Guarantee Great People Skills by Connecting with People
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Do you know how to improve your people skills? Improving your people skills entails knowing to create a good connection with people. And there are certain things you have to remember if you want to connect well with the people around you.
1) Connecting with people does not mean you have to be a phony. It is the direct opposite of pretending to be someone you are not.
2) Connecting with people means you should be aware of who you are first and what you hold dear to yourself. This means being aware of what values you espouse and stand for.
3) You must then be able to form a relationship between your personal set of values with the values that other people hold dear to themselves. This then is the act of connecting with people.
How does one go about connecting with people?
1) You connect with other people by taking advantage of your potential for communicating with other people. This means using your body and your faculties during the communication process.
2) Make eye contact with the other person. This may be one of the most valuable non-verbal means of communication you can use. One glance from another person can speak volumes about that person’s feelings and attitude about you. How many times have fights broken out in bars and restaurants simply because one person looked at the other person “the wrong way”? Much of what we want to communicate can be delivered through the eyes.
3) Be conscious of the different channels for communication that you and other people use. Many misunderstandings crop up when someone uses a communication channel that the other person is unfamiliar with. For example, some people like to talk a lot so they don’t understand people who aren’t so vocal. Others are “touchers” who like to convey part of what they are feeling to the other person through touch – perhaps a pat on the shoulder, or a friendly swat on the behind are all it takes for this person to show approval.
4) Be conscious of gaps between cultures. In this age of multiculturalism, where different cultures can co-exist in the same community, it is inevitable that communication can breakdown occasionally (and sometimes more often than is comfortable.) It helps if you are tolerant towards other cultures because then you do not instantly become hostile at the mere presence of a person from another culture.
If you are aware of what you stand for and know you will not be immediately convinced to follow another cultural perspective, then there is no need to bristle when a new person from another culture makes his presence known. On the contrary, you will welcome cultural exchanges for their potential value to you.
5) Be aware of your potential for change. Sometimes, it is necessary to interact with other people because you have a need to change something about yourself. Fanatics have a hard time changing because they believe their beliefs are superior to other beliefs.
If you look inside yourself and find that there are aspects of your beliefs, thoughts, or personality that could be adjusted, then this can only help to improve your relationships with other people. If another person is able to point out that need to change, it is beneficial if you are open to changing. Otherwise, hostilities will result but you will remain the same person who needs to change.
People skills can be improved if you only know how to go about it. And improving your people skills will benefit you in a myriad of ways. So do take the appropriate steps to enhance your people skills and see the difference these make in your relationships with other people.