5 Is Against the Law!: Social Boundaries: Straight Up! Paperback – January 1, 2007

This is a well-known book among educators working with kids that need to understand boundaries for actions

I bought this to use with my autistic teenage son to teach him the middle areas of what is clearly right or wrong behavior and how a behavior may be okay in one context, but not another. While the target audience would be tweens-teens, I was able to adapt the material to teach my 3rd grade students the basic concepts.

Wonderful book for those kids who mean to do the right thing but get confused about what the right thing is and how they are being percieved.I've worked where adults on the spectrum who would have had their lives changed had someone provided them this information, instead the HR department had many fires to put out because of "odd behaviors" that caused complaints. There are also universities and high schools and middle schools who suspend those on the spectrum for doing behaviors that appear to be criminal or potentially harmful when that is not the intent of the autistic person doing them. Judges in courtrooms do not care if the behavior is austic in nature, they are going to throw the book at the teen or adult for the law broken.We owe it to our autistic young people to enter the world knowing the expectations and what will happen to them if they can't control themselves...We as parents need to open our eyes. There are no IEP's in adulthood...there is a world that is NOT going to make allowances for them waiting for them.Those meltdowns that parents just deal with? Well the world isn't going to deal with it. This book gives ways for those able to understand what it says, to gain some self control and monitor themselves more effectively. Also good ideas in how parents and teachers can help work with them on it all.Our son is not that bad, but he's at that age where some of his quirky behaviors could be misconstrued. He really wants to know what the scoop is and to have a plan in place...he took to this book like a fish to water. Got him thinking about things.It gave us as parents a good idea too how to help him more to be prepared.I made a worksheet on the book and had him do it just to make sure that he understod the basics. Made for good dialogue (when he was able to talk about parts of it...you now autism)

I love this whole set, we did the previous book and now working on this one. It is great. Son and mom work together on it when the day is just right. If one of us is having a bad day, then we do not work on it. It has been great for communication, discussion starters and pointing out things our autistic son needs to know.

I needed to teach a class to adults with disabilities who may be unintentionally perpetuating sexual harassment and was having a very difficult time finding material that addressed the situation from that perspective.I found this book to be very well written and to explain things in a way that acknowledges how confusing these situations can be for some individuals.I did explain the 1-5 scale as progressing UP toward a 5 rather than starting with 5 and progressing down to safer levels. While I get the concept of why it is presented with 5 at the top, that was confusing to my participants. It made more sense to them to start with the safe stuff and move toward the things that are more “dangerous.”The 3 Strikes concept and flow chart are genius!This book really helped me explain a very tricky and sensitive subject in a way the participants found understandable and helpful.

This book was a little much for my son. I needed something not as intense.

The format is a workbook which we can read together with our autistic teen to help him understand how his behavior is perceived by others. Through the activity suggestions and exercises, our son is learning to recognize when what he does makes another person feel frightened, uncomfortable, or unsafe. I especially recommend this workbook for parents of high functioning autistic boys 13-15 years of age.

I read this with my aspergers son who is in middle school. It helped him understand that some of the behaviors that were tolerated in elementary school are no longer acceptable in a teenager. Tantrums become scary to other kids and adults. He is working on other ways to deal with frustration, including leaving the classroom by himself and fidgets that help him cope. The book has simple text and valuable use cases that resonate. Would recommend to anyone with a teen who has a lack of social awareness.

I bought this thinking it would be good for a youth with aaspergers. It might well be but not for a youth with aspergers who's IQ is greater than your own. It's VERY simplistic and explains things in plain, easy to use language. So if you;ve got a really bright one, then use this at about the age of ten!

this book is an easy read for both my boys..12 and 15....not too young or too old. It has guidelines on behaviour, what is and isnt appropriate and how to choose the right path. My sons have different conditions, one Aspergers, the other, ADHD..This book has stratergies to aid them both

Very practical! Useful and very relevant for lots of young people

used with 3 different upper primary aged pupils on the spectrum , worked well with all 3

Great resource to use with autistic pupils. Very clear. Its not the longest book but the clarity is superb. The activities are clear.