The A 5 is Against the Law! workbook was created especially for adolescents and young adults who have difficulty with social boundaries. The book offers an honest and compassionate look at the kinds of social situations many teens and young adults struggle with.

The author uses a concrete, direct and simple approach, incorporating highly systemized scales and stories, to define and visually illustrate what is meant by social boundaries. The book is written in a very user-friendly style with excellent suggestions and activities that can be done in a 1:1 format or a small group, and with the support of a parent, teacher or therapist.

The Incredible 5-Point Scale has sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide and has been used by educators, psychologists, therapists and parents to teach the social and emotional concepts needed for successful social interaction and emotional regulation.

In this revised edition, readers will benefit from work done with the scales over the past 20 years. These refinements now include new scales specifically designed for two groups of individuals: young children and those with more classic presentations of autism, including expanded use of the Anxiety Curve.

This much-awaited, revised edition includes:

• A new section expanding on the usage of the Anxiety Curve Model
• Supplemental information for its use with special educational teams
• Expanded information about diverse student populations
• Examples of scales are included showing usage with young children and those with limited communication skills
• Examples illustrate scales used with elementary school age children, adolescents and young adults
• Goals and objectives for using the scale in an IEP

As in their other writings, the authors emphasize the importance of self-management and self-regulation, two evidence-based practices. Free online downloadable content from the author's website includes blank scales, small portable scales and worksheets for easy duplication.

Buy now to start implementing the 5-Point Scale in your classroom or home today!

Social Context and Self-Management: A System for Clarifying Social Information for Adolescents and Adults uses scales as a way of explaining social and emotional concepts to someone who might struggle with such information, but have a relative strength in understanding systems.

Using this approach can increase communication between someone with autism and their partner or support person. The goal of this easy-to-use book is to teach individuals, teams, or groups how and why to teach social information, as it relates to particular social environments and contexts.

The Incredible 5-Point Scale was developed to increase co-operation and mutual understanding through a concrete visual system. This strategy can help to increase social understanding and self-management skills, and the examples used in this book are related to common social situations and social misunderstandings often faced by young adults.

Foreword by Stephen Shore, EdD.