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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Asperger Syndrome, the Universe and Everything
Kenneth Hall was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome at the age of eight. Kenneth is in a unique position to describe some of the inner experiences and perceptions of autism in childhood.
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Asperger Syndrome: A Different Mind
Narrated by Simon Baron-Cohen, this DVD presents viewers with the opportunity to both see and hear about the nature of Asperger Syndrome from children and adults themselves who have AS, as well as from their family members and school teachers.
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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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Asperger’s Syndrome: A Guide to Helping Your Child Thrive at Home and at School
If you are raising a child with Asperger’s Syndrome, it can be a real challenge to find answers to your questions and make decisions while trying to keep pace with the latest developments in research and changes in the growth and behavior of your child. This book comes to the rescue by combining the latest medical information and interventions with clearcut strategies to help your child thrive at home and at school.
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Attention Games: 101 Fun, Easy Games That Help Kids Learn To Focus
If you want to focus children’s attention, you first have to capture their interest. “Attention Games” is filled with interesting and child-tested activities that can help children of all ages become better at focusing and paying attention.
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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.
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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 Loss
People with autism often experience difficulty in understanding and expressing their emotions and react to losses in different ways or in ways that carers do not understand. In order to provide effective support, carers need to have the understanding, the
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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 and Your Teen: Tips and Strategies for the Journey to Adulthood
If you have a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), your journey together through the teenage years to adulthood is often rewarding but may also be complicated, confusing, and financially challenging. The scientifically validated guidance that Blythe Grossberg offers in this book can help you during this journey.
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Autism As Context Blindness
According to Peter Vermeulen, treatment of autism is still too focused on behavior and minimally focused on observation or determining the way of thinking that leads to the behavior. In this groundbreaking book, inspired by the ideas of Uta Frith, the internationally known psychologist and a pioneer in theory of mind as it relates to autism, Vermeulen explains in everyday terms how the autistic brain functions with a particular emphasis on the apparent lack of sensitivity to and awareness of the context in which things happen.
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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 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 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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Autism Language Launcher: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Your Child Turn Sounds and Words Into Simple Conversations
This book guides parents in helping their autistic children to talk by using games that aid with language development. By responding to issues such as echolalia, scripting and repetitious language in an accessible and simple manner, Wilde provides answers that will help in their success.
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Autism, Bullying and Me – The Really Useful Stuff You Need to Know About Coping Brilliantly with Bullying
This accessible guide for autistic children and teens is full of advice for coping successfully with bullying. It helps the reader understand what bullying is and debunks myths such as ‘bullying makes you stronger’. It also lays out self-empowering strategies and practical tips on how to deal with situations where they are being bullied.
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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.
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