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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My Autism Book: A Child’s Guide to their Autism Spectrum Diagnosis
My Autism Book is a beautifully illustrated picture book that helps parents to explain an autism diagnosis to their child in a sensitive, positive and accurate way.
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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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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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No More Victims: Protecting those with Autism from Cyber Bullying, Internet Predators, and Scams
The digital world offers a wonderful way to communicate and socialize with others. Yet, it is also rife with the dangers of being victimized emotionally, physically, and financially.
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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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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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Optimistic Parenting: Hope and Help for You and Your Challenging Child
Happier lives. Less stress. Family harmony. That’s what all parents of children with challenging behavior want. Learn how to get there with this groundbreaking guide to confident, skillful, and positive parenting.
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Overcoming Anxiety in Children and Teens
Author Jed Baker describes motivational techniques, cognitive behavioral strategies, exercises, relaxation and mindfulness guides to lower anxiety to the point where individuals can begin to confront their fears . The book covers: simple phobias, social phobia, selective mutism, separation anxiety and school refusal, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, somatic symptom disorder and/or illness anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, perfectionism, and other common fears.
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Parenting a Child with Asperger Syndrome – 200 Tips and Strategies
Brenda is mother to thirteen-year-old Kenneth, author of Asperger Syndrome, the Universe and Everything, and since his diagnosis at the age of eight she has gathered together the parenting ideas and tips that have had a positive effect on Kenneth’s life.
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Parenting Dual Exceptional Children
This is the first comprehensive guide for parents of children with Dual and Multiple Exceptionality (DME, sometimes called Twice Exceptionality or 2E). Children with high learning potential may also have conditions such as ASD, ADHD, dyslexia and dyspraxia, having ‘flashes of brilliance’ in some areas whilst needing additional support in others.
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Parenting while Autistic: Raising Kids When You’re Neurodivergent
If anyone suggests that autistic people should not have children, in the mistaken belief that they would not be good parents because of their neurodiversity, they are wrong. Completely wrong. This is not to say that every autistic person should have a child, any more than every neuro-majority person should. People usually know for themselves whether or not they want to become parents, and if they don’t, they shouldn’t. It’s as simple as that.
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Parenting Your Asperger Child: Individualized Solutions for Teaching Your Child Practical Skills
Dr. Alan Sohn’s and Cathy Grayson’s groundbreaking Cognitive Social Integration Therapy (CSIT) offers practical solutions that help parents prepare their children for a fulfilling life of social interaction outside the confines of their syndrome
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Play to Progress – Lead Your Child to Success Using the Power of Sensory Play
For children to develop to their fullest potential, their sensory system needs to be stimulated from the time they are born. Their senses flourish when they explore their environment by touching new textures, including food, running, jumping, climbing, and splashing outside. Play to Progress is a vital resource for any parent who wants to help their kid get back out into the world with the activity and engagement they need for healthy development.
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Queerly Autistic – The Ultimate Guide For LGBTQIA+ Teens On The Spectrum
An inspiring survival guide for autistic LGBTQIA+ teens, sharing experience and advice oncoming out, consent, staying safe in relationships, communicating with family members, finding a community and practicing self-care.
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Ready, Set, Potty! Toilet Training for Children with Autism and Other Developmental Disorders
Potty training a child with developmental disorders can be a real challenge, and sometimes the extra difficulties make you feel as though you’ve tried everything, and failed. In this book, Brenda Batts shows how you can overcome problems, big and small, and provides tried and tested methods that really work, tailored to each individual child.
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Rising to New Heights of Communication and Learning for Children with Autism
Exploring the various communication and intervention options available and offering straightforward techniques and strategies for using them effectively, this book clearly explains everything families, teachers, therapists and other professionals need to know in order to improve a child’s communication, behavior, social and academic skills.
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Russell’s World: A Story for Kids About Autism
Russell is a boy with severe autism, and this is his story. In “Russell’s World”, the reader sees the surprises, challenges, and problems that Russell and his family experience as well as the happiness and rewards they recognize.
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Safety and Consent for Kids and Teens with Autism or Special Needs – A Parents’ Guide
This book provides invaluable information for adults who provide care for children with special needs. The book includes teaching interventions to help children to have an increased sense of self-esteem and the skills to protect themselves. Tools are also provided to empower parents to protect their children and ensure a safe learning environment.
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School Isn’t For Everyone (and what you can do instead)
School Isn’t For Everyone shows what is possible when you leave school behind and start living a life of learning. It discusses the principles that form this educational philosophy, explains how unschooling works, sets out what the parents’ role is and explores what children do all day when they don’t follow a curriculum.
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School Shadow Guidelines
Your child may find it difficult to adapt to new surroundings and learning environments from time to time. School Shadow Guidelines helps guide your child to develop appropriate behaviors in school, establish an environment that helps to strengthen academic ability, and also build up on his/her social interaction skills with the goal of independence.
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