Autism
Books and Resources dealing specifically with autism including Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD.
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Autism and the Predictive Brain – Absolute Thinking in a Relative World
This book explains the new theories relating to the predictive brain, summarizing some of the more recent highly technical research studies about the predictive mind and autism into as accessible and understandable language as possible.
$56.95Product Details »In stock
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Autism and the Stress Effect
Practical interventions to reduce stress and anxiety and improve the wellbeing and development of children on the autism spectrum. Focusing on how to regulate the environment, nutrition, emotional self, and energy, the step-by-step approach includes exercises, recipes and a wealth of expert advice.
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Autism and the Transition to Adulthood: Success Beyond the Classroom
Professionals who work with young adults will get hard-to-find information on how specific social, behavioral, and cognitive characteristics of people with autism affect the transition to adulthood, exploring potential challenges…
$55.95Product Details »In stock
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Autism and Us – Old as Time: A Social History of Autism
Autism is old and unruly. It’s been a part of us since we first left handprints on cave walls 40,000 years ago. AUTISM AND US covers a long-stretch view of its neurological history and how society has judged it.
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Autism Fitness Handbook: An Exercise Program to Boost Body Image, Motor Skills, Posture and Confidence in Children and Teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder
A new edition of a popular program by a well-known autism fitness specialist, this book contains a wealth of innovative exercises to boost body image, motor coordination, posture, muscular and cardiovascular fitness and overall health and wellbeing in children and teens on the autism spectrum, and is ideal for use at home or at school.
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Autism in the Early Years: A Practical Guide
Anyone meeting a young child with autism for the first time will find this fully revised edition of a classic text invaluable. The authors provide parents and professionals with an insight into the nature and educational implications of autism…
$47.95Product Details »In stock
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Autism in the Family: Caring and Coping Together
How can parents provide the best support for their child with autism—and ensure that the whole family’s needs are met? It’s a question faced by every parent of a child on the autism spectrum, and this book answers it with keen insight, reassuring honesty, and practical guidance. A psychologist and father of an adult son with autism, Dr. Robert Naseef has both personal and professional expertise to share with overwhelmed families.
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Autism Life Skills: From Communication and Safety to Self-Esteem and More
This book presents a positive and empowering “bill of rights” for every person with autism, regardless of impairment level. With advice and reflections from autistic adults across the spectrum…
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Autism Missed and Misdiagnosed
This comprehensive resource will help multidisciplinary professions to understand, contextualize, and better identify diverse autistic presentations. It includes an overview of the autism diagnostic process, an exploration of controversial and commonly confused diagnoses such as PDA, ODD, CD, ASPD, and BPD; discussions of best practice for investigating FII; and analysis of the specific challenges of autism diagnosis in relation to women and girls, BAME communities, schools, and the criminal justice system.
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Autism Spectrum Disorders
Based on nearly two decades of Chantal Sicile-Kira’s personal and professional experiences with individuals and families affected by this growing epidemic, Autism Spectrum Disorders explains all aspects of the condition, including:
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Autism-Asperger’s & Sexuality: Puberty and Beyond
Written by two adults diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, this ground-breaking, personal look at the sexual challenges of those diagnosed with autism or Asperger’s includes advice on dating, sex, birth control, disease prevention, abuse, and personal grooming and more.
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Autism, Identity and Me – A Practical Workbook to Empower Autistic Children and Young People Aged 10+
This empowering workbook will help children and young people to develop a positive understanding of their autistic identity.
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Autism, Identity and Me – A Professional and Parent Guide to Support a Positive Understanding of Autistic Identity
This informative and engaging guidebook provides key adults – parents, school staff and therapists – with the tools needed to support children and young people as they develop a positive understanding of their autistic identity.
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Autism: Exploring the Benefits of a Gluten-and Casein-Free Diet – A practical guide for families and professionals
Autism: Exploring the Benefits of a Gluten- and Casein-Free Diet offers parents, teachers, and other education or health professionals an easy-to-read alternative to sifting through the combined science. Written by leading experts in autism research, food, nutrition and dietetics, the book cuts through the jargon to offer readers a no-nonsense, accessible and authoritative overview of how diet might affect some characteristics of autism, and provides a range of useful recipes and handy hints for making mealtimes fun for children with autism and related conditions who are embarking on such a dietary change.
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Autism…What Does It Mean To Me?
In this updated edition, new pages include additional pages directed towards older readers. For example, teens exploring how their identity relates to their diagnosis may be interested in the pages titled: The Wording for Me and Autism: “Identity First” and “Person First” (p. 20, 21). Pages 28-29 offer additional resources to the parent or professional regarding this language. Pages regarding the importance and meaning of stimming are new, along with pages regarding Self-Injurious Behavior, tics, emotional pain, empathy, and many, many more. In the section regarding Friends, Catherine includes what she’s learned from adults and teens regarding the importance of internet friendships as a vital and sustaining force in many otherwise isolated lives. She’s also added new information regarding the dangers that may be associated with meeting people online, and practical tips regarding protecting one’s personal safety.
$48.95Product Details »In stock
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Autism…What Does It Mean To Me? Structured Teaching Ideas for Home and School
This workbook gives children and teens with high-functioning autism and Asperger’s Syndrome an opportunity to understand themselves and their diagnosis.
$48.95Product Details »In stock
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Autisme, comprendre et agir, 3E ÉD
Définir : Les premières descriptions de l’autisme, Le diagnostic de l’autisme et des autres troubles du développement, Les signes cliniques de l’autisme, Aspects biomédicaux de l’autisme; …
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Autistic Logistics – A Parent’s Guide to Tackling Bedtime, Toilet Training, Tantrums, Hitting, and Other Everyday Challenges – 2nd. Edition
This updated edition is based on Kate Wilde’s decades of experience and the latest autism research. Tackling a wide range of common parenting milestones, the book offers tried-and-tested techniques to help you transform the challenges of home life and create harmony.
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Bright Not Broken: Gifted Kids, ADHD, and Autism
The future of our society depends on our gifted children—the population in which we’ll find our next Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, or Virginia Woolf. Yet the gifts and talents of some of our most brilliant kids may never be recognized because these children fall into a group known as twice exceptional, or “2e.”
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Can I tell you about Autism? A guide for friends, family and professionals
Meet Tom – a young boy with autism. Tom invites readers to learn about autism from his perspective, helping them to understand what it is and explaining the challenges he faces with issues such as social communication, sensory overload and changes in his routine. Tom tells readers about all the ways he can be helped and supported by those around him.
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