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Recently added titles to Autism Awareness Centre’s growing book catalogue.
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Make Social and Emotional Learning Stick! 2nd Edition
This book offers a “social learning diet” of concepts and actions that can be used in everyday life to increase verbal and nonverbal language, listening skills, understanding of hidden rules, perspective taking,executive functioning, and more. The activities are recipes for social and emotional learning for which parents, teachers, and therapists typically already have the ingredients.
$36.95Product Details »In stock
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Me and My PDA – A Guide to Pathological Demand Avoidance for Young People
A PDA diagnosis can be confusing for parents and children alike. This beautiful picture book helps children understand their diagnosis, develop self-awareness and implement personalised problem-solving strategies. A clear and gentle guide to complicated issues, complete with interactive exercises and engaging full-colour illustrations.
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My Interoception Workbook – A Guide for Adolescents, Teens and Adults
A great prelude to the Interoception Curriculum! This workbook can be used with a variety of ages, but it was specifically written for adolescents, teens, and adults. This book can be completed independently, but many people find it helpful to read it with a trusted person.
$55.95Product Details »In stock
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Navigating Autism: 9 Mindsets for Helping Kids on the Spectrum
International best-selling writer and autist Temple Grandin joins psychologist Debra Moore in presenting nine strengths-based mindsets necessary to successfully work with young people on the autism spectrum. Examples and stories bring the approaches to life, and detailed suggestions and checklists help readers put them to practical use.
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Nurturing Your Autistic Young Person – A Parent’s Handbook to Supporting Newly Diagnosed Teens and Pre-Teens
Cathy Wassell, CEO of Autistic Girls Network, has tailored this handbook to support parents with older children or teenagers who are at the identification stage, walking them through the basics in an engaging and accessible manner. She addresses key challenges for this age group, including co-occurring conditions, puberty, and safeguarding, as well as looking to the future, advising on schooling options, and beyond.
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Managing Your Money
This down-to-earth guide is filled with practical advice on everything from how to budget and be a smart shopper to student loans, mortgages and insurance. An essential book for equipping young people with the skills they need to manage their money now and in the future.
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Navigating PDA in America
The authors of this book explain PDA with an emphasis on promoting well-being both for PDA individuals and all those who support them. They provide a neurodiversity-affirming framework for supporting anxious, demand avoidant individuals across a range of settings and services. As awareness spreads across the pond, the compassion and clarity in this book will become a valuable guide to many.
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My Senses Are Like Cups – What to Do When Everything Feels Too Much or Not Nearly Enough
Help your child aged 7+ think about, explore and develop ways to manage sensory overload and feeling under stimulated with quirky cartoons that visually illustrate the approach. Sections on each of the eight senses (including your internal ‘body signals’ like hunger) feature noticing and knowledge-building activities to help kids get their own, unique, senses cups feeling ‘just right’ for them. Get going on some sensory experiments!
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Nurturing Nature: A Guide to Gardening for Special Needs
Learn how to start a garden, encourage growth and get great results—for both individuals and their plants!
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Neurodiversity and Technology – Neuroscience-led strategies for parents
Beatrice Moise, neurodivergent author, mother to neurodivergent children and parent-expert for NBC, is here to provide practical, non-judgmental advice on engaging with technology in a positive way. Drawing on her own lived experience, this parental survival guide helps you unpick the relationship between screen time and behaviour, reinforce positive behaviours, and draw boundaries when needed.
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