# Specialisterne: leveraging the unique skills of Autistics at competitive market terms

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**Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/specialisterne-leveraging-the-unique-skills-of-autistics-at-competitive-market-terms/50245/169 "2012-08-13T03:56:47Z")

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I have mentioned the benefits of drama-related therapies for Autism Spectrum Disorders in various earlier posts:

- a [post](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/specialisterne-leveraging-the-unique-skills-of-autistics-at-competitive-market-terms/50245/161) on the nonprofit, ‘Actors for Autism’, and also the ‘Tools of the Mind’ curriculum, which includes regular Mature, Extended, Pretend Play as an integral part of the program;
- a [post](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/specialisterne-leveraging-the-unique-skills-of-autistics-at-competitive-market-terms/50245/162) on short form improvisation games for Autism Spectrum Disorders and the work of Norfolk, Virginia-based, Katie Anderson;
- a [post](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/specialisterne-leveraging-the-unique-skills-of-autistics-at-competitive-market-terms/50245/163) on Shenanigans, an Atlanta, Georgia-based applied theatre program for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders and related conditions across all life stages - children through adults.

Cindy Schneider is another pioneer in the field of drama therapy for people with Autism Spectrum Disorders, and author of the 2007 book, _Acting Antics: A Theatrical Approach to Teaching Social Understanding to Kids and Teens with Asperger Syndrome_.

Schneider has a number of years of experience providing the ‘Acting Antics’ program for students diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome and other social cognition deficits…

> [@](#):
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> …ACTING ANTICS workshops are designed to work with children and teens who have basic conversational skills, but need instruction in the following areas:
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> - Reading non-verbal cues
> - Understanding context cues
> - Generalizing social skills
> - Making friends
> 
> MOVIN’ & GROOVIN’ workshops are designed for younger children with less conversational skills. The class focuses on using music and movement to work on:
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> - Functioning in a group
> - Following directions
> - Motor planning
> - Making friends
> 
> ACTORS IN ACTION workshops are designed for teens with more significant communication difficulties. Music and short skits are used to work on:
> 
> - Communication skills
> - Reading body language
> - Functioning in a group
> - Following directions
> - Making friends…

Here is a set of slides on ‘Setting the Stage for Social Success’ presented by Schneider recently at the National Autism Conference in State College, Pennsylvania: [http://www.outreach.psu.edu/programs/autism/files/13\_and\_23\_presentation.pdf](http://www.outreach.psu.edu/programs/autism/files/13_and_23_presentation.pdf)

Finally, a short video giving a sample of Schneider’s program through the ‘Sell Your Partner’ activity: [SELL YOUR PARTNER](http://www.actingantics.org/%22Sell_Your_Partner%22_video_clip.html)

(source: [http://www.actingantics.org/HOME\_files/brochure%20Jan%202012.pdf](http://www.actingantics.org/HOME_files/brochure%20Jan%202012.pdf))

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