Parenting & Family
Books for parents of children with Autism, adults on the spectrum considering parenting, and everything in between. For the full list please scroll down, or choose from either the ‘personal stories’ or ‘siblings’ tabs below.
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A Parent’s Guide to Autism Diagnosis
Written by a highly experienced author team, this book will support parents from the moment somebody mentions autism, through the diagnosis process and beyond. It provides reliable advice on every stage, with guidance on what to do during the long wait for assessment and diagnosis. Working from a pro-neurodiversity perspective it encourages parents to see beyond the diagnosis and to celebrate each child’s unique personality and strengths.
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A Practical Guide to Happiness in Children and Teens on the Autism Spectrum
Give a young person with autism the tools to grow up healthy and happy, with this practical guide to emotional well-being. Informed by positive psychology (also known as the science of happiness) and filled with activities, this is a refreshing resource for helping young people build lasting foundations for resilience, self-worth and happiness.
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A Smart Girl’s Guide to Starting Middle School: Everything You Need to Know about Juggling More Homework, More Teachers, and More Friends! Revised Editio
Starting middle school can be scary. But knowing what to expect will make girls feel more confident.
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A Social Story for the Rest of Us
In A Social Story for the Rest of Us, Carol merges her expertise and experience as an autism consultant as she describes with disarming honesty what “the rest of us” need to know to work effectively on behalf of those in our care.
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A Thorn in My Pocket: Temple Grandin’s Mother Tells the Family Story
The mother of the most famous person with autism today, Temple Grandin, Ph.D., tells the story of her death-lock struggle with medical authorities and her husband.
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Active Imagination Activity Book: 50 Sensorimotor Activities for Children to Improve Focus, Attention, Strength, & Coordination
The activities in this book tap into what kids love best? PLAY. The activities pictured in this book provide fun, easy, and imaginative exercises to build your child’s skills that are necessary for meeting the challenges of everyday life at home, school, and out in the community.
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Adult Life with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Self-Help Guide
The purpose of this Guide is to assist Alberta families and adults living with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as they pursue or plan for a meaningful adult life.
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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.
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Alone Together: Making an Asperger Marriage Work
Communication is one of the biggest challenges faced by people with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS), yet an Asperger marriage requires communication more than any other relationship.
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An Exceptional Children’s Guide to Touch: Teaching Social and Physical Boundaries to Kids
The rules of physical contact can be tricky to grasp and children with special needs are at a heightened risk of abuse. This friendly picture book explains in simple terms how to tell the difference between acceptable and inappropriate touch, thereby helping the child with special needs stay safe.
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Asperger Syndrome and Long-Term Relationships – 2nd. Edition
Fully updated for DSM-5, the new edition of Ashley Stanford’s bestselling book continues to offer invaluable relationship guidance to couples where one or both partners are on the autism spectrum. By exploring Asperger/ASD traits step-by-step, the book emphasizes the value of understanding and offers solutions that have worked for other couples
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Asperger Syndrome: An Owner’s Manual; What You, Your Parents, and Your Teachers Need to Know
An Owner’s Manual is an interactive workbook designed for young people grades 5 through 8 for use with guidance from a helping adult.
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Asperger’s and Self-Esteem: Insight and Hope
From composer Amadeus Mozart to astronomer Carl Sagan, Ledgin examines the evidence of Asperger’s Syndrome in some of history’s most famous men and women and shows how, despite their apparent challenges, each made an immeasurable contribution…
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Autism and Adolescence: What Teens and Adults Need to Know
Dr. Temple Grandin draws on her hard-won experience to deliver an essential guidebook for guiding and nurturing autistic youth. She gets to the real issues of autistic adolescents—the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day.
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Autism and Education – The Way I See It: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know
In these helpful pages, Dr. Grandin offers do’s and don’ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips, all based on her insider perspective and extensive research. Interestingly, she argues that education for kids on the autism spectrum must focus on their overlooked strengths to foster their unique contributions to the world.
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Autism and Employment: Raising Your Child with Foundational Skills for The Future
This book was written to help you, the parent, to raise your child with the foundational skills he or she will need for the future.
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Autism and the Family – Understanding and Supporting Parents and Siblings
Drawing upon clinical research and firsthand family interviews, this book helps clinicians understand the experiences of parents and siblings of a child with ASD from the time of diagnosis through adulthood.
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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 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 Intervention Every Day! Embedding Activities in Daily Routines for Young Children and Their Families
Children with autism often don’t get a diagnosis in their first few years of life—but if a very young child is exhibiting red flags, what should professionals and parents do in the meantime? This book has accessible, real-world solutions for use with children birth to three, with or without an autism diagnosis
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