Making Faces: Understanding Facial Expressions for Autistic Kids

Help your child or student overcome the difficulty of understanding facial expressions with Making Faces! This book features photographs of over a dozen facial expressions, with clues that cue children in to what each facial expression means. There are explanations of each emotion, as well as advice on how to handle different situations during a conversation.Making Faces is a labor of love from author Jacob DC Ross, a writer, interviewer and speaker who specializes in autism-related subjects. It teaches the same techniques that he uses to improve the social interactions in his day-to-day life.Sit down with your child and spend a few minutes each day using the pictures in this book like flashcards. Watch your child learn and improve their social skills as they begin to recognize non-verbal cues.

Jacob DC Ross is a writer who specializes in autism-related issues. He was born and raised in Oregon.