The Emotional Intelligence of Asperger’s Syndrome: Interventions to Achieve Social and Personal Success – Timothy Kowalski

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Join Timothy P. Kowalski, M.A., CCC-SLP, and learn how individuals diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome present with significant deficits in Emotional Intelligence (EQ), on both personal and social levels. We will explore Asperger’s syndrome impact on personal EQ competencies, such as self-awareness, self-regulation and self-motivation and social EQ competencies, such as social awareness and social skills. Suggested intervention strategies will also be included. As a result, you will be able to develop more appropriate goals and produce true positive change in these individuals to allow them greater confidence when presented with the complexities of a social society.

1. Identify key areas of emotional difficulty for individuals presenting with AS
2. Summarize how the concepts of EQ can negatively impact AS intervention
3. Develop appropriate goals for deficiencies in both personal and social EQ competencies
4. Discuss how EQ directly impacts your client’s perception of himself
5. State how EQ impacts your client’s perception of those around him

1. Emotional Quotient (EQ) of Asperger’s Syndrome (AS)
   1. How AS Impacts EQ
   2. AS coping strategies
   3. AS factors limit the ability to recognize emotional states
2. Personal Competences of EQ: Self-awareness, Self-Regulation, Self-Motivation
   1. Develop emotional awareness, self-assessment and self-confidence
   2. Improve self-control, conscientiousness and adaptability
   3. Increase focus, achievement, commitment, initiative and optimism
3. Social Competence of EQ: Social Awareness and Social Skills
   1. Strengthen empathy, service orientation and leverage
4. Develop communication, conflict management, bonds, collaboration and cooperation