Building Social Awareness in Autistic Children and their Peers Using Minecraft®

<p>Minecraft® provides an ideal space for children of all neurotypes to learn and develop social awareness. The game makes exploring concepts like perspective-taking and communication fun, and it quickly provides common ground for both structured group and playground conversations.<br><br>This new edition shares everything you need to know about setting up and running a Minecraft Social Group that supports both autistic children and their peers, with each session plan focusing on a different aspect of social development, like cooperation, persistence, and accepting difference - all aimed at helping kids to build lifelong skills. It has been fully updated with neuro-affirmative language and principles, including an age-appropriate exploration of the double empathy problem (the idea that communication is a two-way street, and those who aren''t autistic need to make adjustments just as much as those who are).<br><br>With over 100 pages of downloadable session plans and handouts, this manual makes it<br>easy for professionals to use Minecraft to help children develop their social awareness and feel more confident with communication.</p>