Unstuck & On Target!

Lynn Cannon, M.Ed., is a social learning specialist at The Ivymount School and The Maddux School. Ms. Cannon received her M.Ed., in Special Education from the University of Virginia. For over 15 years, she has worked as an educator, administrator and program director, serving students with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Ms. Cannon is also a co-author of Solving Executive Challenges, a resource guide for teachers and parents and The Conversation Club, an instructional manual for teaching conversation skills to students with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Her research and teaching interests are in developing interventions and support materials for students with neurodevelopmental disabilities, therapists, educators and their families. She is currently working with federal grant to develop IvySCIP, an assessment, IEP development tool and curricular resource for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Lauren Kenworthy, Ph.D., is Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry at the George Washington University School of Medicine, and Director of the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Children's National Health System. Dr. Kenworthy received her B.A. from Yale University and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. Her research interests are in describing and treating the neuropsychological phenotype of autism. She is an author of more than 60 peer-reviewed publications, and a co-author of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). Katie C. Alexander, M.S., OTR/L, is an occupational therapist and clinician-researcher. Ms. Alexander received her B.S. and post-professional masters from the University of Kansas Medical Center. For over 15 years, she has specialized in community and school-based intervention for individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities and served as the founding program director for the Model Asperger Program at The Ivymount School. Her research and clinical interests are in developing interventions and supports that improve the daily lives of individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families. Monica Adler Werner, M.S., is the Director of the Model Asperger Program (MAP) at the Ivymount School. In that capacity she has spearheaded the development of a social learning curriculum that emphasizes problem solving, self advocacy and self regulation. Ms Werner has been a major contributor to the development of the intervention. In addition, she is a co-founder of Take2 Summer Camp, a program designed to develop social thinking, problem solving and skills. She also serves as an ad hoc public reviewer of NIMH autism grants. Laura Gutermuth Anthony, Ph.D., completed a dual degree Ph.D. program in clinical and developmental psychology at the University of Illinois, Chicago in 1997. Since then, she has focused her research and clinical work on children with neurodevelopmental disabilities, including more than 30 publications. She has also received funding for 11 federally-funded and 7 foundation research grants including a current Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI) Addressing Disparities award for children with autism and ADHD to study this intervention.

Unstuck Fast Facts
About the Online Materials
About the Authors
Foreword John Elder Robison
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Reinforcement System
Icon Glossary
Script Practice Throughout the Manual

Topic 1 Foundational Skills
Lesson 1 Get to Know You
Lesson 2 Introduction to Goal, Why, Plan, Do, Check
Lesson 3 Emotional Identification
Lesson 4 What Can You Do to Feel Better?
Topic 1 Progress Report

Topic 2 What Is Flexibility?
Lesson 5 Flexibility Investigation
Lesson 6 Flexibility
Lesson 7 Getting Stuck
Topic 2 Progress Report

Topic 3 How to Be Flexible
Lesson 8 Plan A → Plan B
Lesson 9 Compromise
Lesson 10 Big Deal/Little Deal
Lesson 11 Choice/No Choice
Lesson 12 Expect the Unexpected
Topic 3 Progress Report

Topic 4 Why Be Flexible?
Lesson 13 The Advantages of Being Flexible
Lesson 14 Being Flexible Can Make Good Things Happen
Topic 4 Progress Report

Topic 5 Your Goals: Getting What You Want
Lesson 15 Setting and Achieving Goals Using GWPDC
Lesson 16 GWPDC Application and Practice
Lessons 17 & 18 GWPDC Stations
Lesson 19 Event Planning
Lesson 20 Event
Topic 5 Progress Report

Topic 6 Flexible/Goal-Directed Futures
Lesson 21 Interview (& Optional Game)
Topic 6 Progress Report

Appendix
Index