New Books & Products
Recently added titles to Autism Awareness Centre’s growing book catalogue.
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Stress Can Really Get on Your Nerves!
Stress can make you feel anxious, awful, and afraid. It can leave you jumpy and jittery, upset and uptight. When kids show signs of stress, they need stress management tools that work.
$14.99Product Details »3 in stock
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Coming Home to Autism – A Room-by-Room Approach to Supporting Your Child at Home after ASD Diagnosis
This friendly book offers a blueprint for family life with autism by using rooms in the home to represent key developmental areas. There are ideas and routines to try at home, including advice on toilet training, diet and nutrition, sensory play,and much more, and you can dip in and out of chapters as you need information.
$27.95Product Details »2 in stock
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I Feel – A book about recognizing and understanding emotions
This reassuring book helps young children identify and understand emotions in terms of up feelings (like happy and loved) and down feelings (like sad and afraid). With straightforward words and warm illustrations, the book guides children to recognize that feelings change and that their own actions can often make a difference in how they feel.
$12.99Product Details »4 in stock
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Autism and Enablement – Occupational Therapy Approaches to Promote Independence for Adults with Autism
This practical guide to the enablement approach shows how to help adults with autism achieve greater independence and become more self-sufficient. The approach draws on occupational therapy and can be adapted for range of abilities, ideal for improving well-being and helping adults to better manage their day-to-day lives.
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The ASD Independence Workbook – Transition Skills for Teens and Young Adults with Autism
The ASD Independence Workbook offers powerful skills to help teens and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) successfully navigate the skills required for daily living and integration into their communities.
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Manners Matter! (Temple Talks to Kids)
This first book in the Temple Talks to Kids series focuses on manners and social niceties… what Temple considers to be the key that unlocks doors to social interaction, social acceptance, and social opportunities across our lives.
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The Autism Job Club: The Neurodiverse Workforce in the New Normal of Employment
The book has its basis in the autism job club that the authors have been part of in the San Francisco Bay Area, the job-creation and job-placement efforts the club has undertaken, and similar efforts throughout the United States.
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Autism Adulthood – Insights and Creative Strategies for a Fulfilling Life, 2nd. Ed.
One of the biggest fears of parents with children with autism is their looming adulthood and all that it entails. In this Second Edition of her lauded book Autism Adulthood, Susan Senator further tackles the challenges of adult life on the autism spectrum on the more severe end of the spectrum – those who cannot communicate for themselves, honestly discussing the complex decisions that await all parents and caregivers.
$23.95Product Details »2 in stock
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Excelling With Autism: Obtaining Critical Mass Using Deliberate Practice
This book is about doing things differently to positively impact individuals on the spectrum by supporting the development of critical mass in areas that are necessary for successful functioning in home, work, and community using the research-based elements of deliberate practice.
$31.95Product Details »4 in stock
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Teaching Essential Discrimination Skills to Children with Autism
Discrimination skills enable us to tell one object from another, understand that different things have different names, and use those names to perform a wide range of cognitive and language skills, including following spoken instructions, communicating, and reading.
$32.50Product Details »3 in stock
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Navigating The Zones
Note: The Adult Facilitator and participants need to already be familiar with the core concepts and vocabulary taught in The Zones of Regulation curriculum to use this product. Navigating The Zones is NOT intended to be a stand-alone tool to teach The Zones of Regulation framework. Navigating The Zones highlights a few core concepts in the book, but does not…
$84.95Product Details »8 in stock
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Video Modeling: Visual-Based Strategies to Help People on the Autism Spectrum
Help your child to learn new skills and overcome existing barriers quickly and independently, regardless of age or ability. Video modeling is an effective method of teaching that uses recorded videos and technology.
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Sensorimotor Interventions: Using Movement to Improve Overall Body Function
This book provides education about using movement to improve overall function, including instruction and pictures for fun-based movement activities. A “menu” of activities for therapists is easily accessible by thumbing through the book; by organizing and categorizing activities by target area, therapists will enjoy choosing fun and easily duplicated therapeutic games.
$20.95Product Details »2 in stock
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Temple Grandin: The Stories I Tell My Friends
In these pages, witness the moments that made her laugh (and cry!), meet those closest to her, and even take a glimpse into her seventieth birthday party and her recent visit to NASA! Discover Temple’s “big message” and her ideas about what makes the biggest difference for children with autism. Lesko has created a truly personal, unique look into the mind and life of Temple Grandin.
$26.95Product Details »1 in stock
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All About Me – A Step-by-Step Guide to Telling Children and Young People on the Autism Spectrum about Their Diagnosis
All About Me is based on a program designed to introduce individual children to their autism diagnosis in the context of their overall personal attributes. Includes practical guidance and tools for parents and professionals on how to approach the subject of a child’s autism diagnosis with downloadable templates and sample lesson plans.
$39.95Product Details »
