The Green Zone Conversation Book: Finding Common Ground in Conversation for Children on the Autism Spectrum Hardcover – Illustrated, October 21, 2014

This is an amazing tool to help improve conversation skills. I have used it with people who are as young as eight and as old as 16. I feel it could be great at any age. It has visuals that show a conversation should be something that both speakers enjoy and not just a one-way. They have great print out activities that you can make copies from the back of the book. I highly recommend this book.

I ordered this product in used condition but it looked brand new.We are trying to help our son with his conversational skills and this is a wonderful book. He loves to read it and do the activities. I was surprised at how long the book is, so you get a decent amount of content for the price you pay. Our son has difficulty maintaining attention, but the short bursts of writing and divided sections make it easier for him.

Joel knocked it out of the park on this one!As a clinician (LSW) who works with ASD youth, one of the greatest challenges is helping them conceptualize that it's not all about them, their wants, needs, interests and desires. There is a peculiarity within their brains that it seems just doesn't connect like us so-called typically developed humans. They need a bridge to see that bigger piece. This book has three things that work well: 1 - Its really attractive/compelling, the pictures are a HIT. 2 - The teaching is graphical and simple, they get it w/o a lot of talk talk talk-ing. 3 - And its conceived in a manner that they just GET, it goes with the way these kids process and think.Joel knows his stuff. I use this book over and over. In fact (no lie) they say to me, "Oh, did you bring The Green Zone book today!!!?" Now that says everything when working with this population!---- also I highly recommend Joel's book "Our Brains Are Like Computers!" I use it all the time.Well worth the money and both are well made books!!!

This has been super helpful for teaching social skills with my kids on the spectrum! It lays it out very clearly for them. My only (slight) complaint is that it is very difficult to make copies of the worksheets in the back of the book...I wish we could have access to digital copies.

Great book! Absolutely worth its higher price. Pairs perfectly with The Conversation Train, another book by Shaul. Enjoyable for kids both on and not on the spectrum, making it a good choice for reading in a mixed group. Makes small talk and finding common interests with people concrete and easy to understand. The ideas of zones and levels encourage the reader to listen closely to others and to try to imagine what thoughts others are having, Includes lots of practice pages.If I could only have one social skills book for a kid on the spectrum, this would be it.

This is a great book for any adult wanting to help explain how conversations works. The illustrations are great and helpful. The book is concise and not over complicated. I have used this with several of my clients.

This book was a hit with my 8-yr old nephew. It is very well organized, particularly the coordination between the recommended activities and worksheets as they relate to each chapter of the book. My nephew was really engaged in the activities as well as our reading of the book together, and the worksheets helped expand his perspective of conversation and finding mutual interests. This is an excellent book and it really gave my nephew many "ah ha!" moments.

This book has been so helpful. My son is 9 and has ASD. Making conversation is hard for him. This book has great visuals and really breaks down all aspects of conversation.