A Practical Guide To Happiness In Adults on the Autism Spectrum
Victoria Honeybourne
A positive psychology approach.
Clear and engaging, this book offers a refreshing positive psychology approach to mental health and autism. Moving away from neurotypical views of happiness, it sets out simple techniques to help adults on the spectrum improve their mental health. Packed with helpful exercises for individuals and groups, it covers topics such as dealing with negative self-talk, building communication skills and self-awareness, and forming coping strategies for the workplace. Autistic individuals and professionals who work with them will find flexible and practical solutions to recurring negative thoughts, helping clear the path to a successful and happy future.
Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum
Chantal Sicile-Kira
Adolescence can be a difficult time for everyone, but for parents of teens on the autism-spectrum it's particularly nerve-wracking.
This book offers strategies for helping children, whatever their ability level, through the changes of the teenage years, and to prepare them for adulthood. Using clear examples, practical advice and supportive insights.
All Birds Have Anxiety
Kathy Hoopmann
Life as a bird can be stressful!
From worrying about airplanes, windows and getting enough worms to eat, it is clear that birds can be anxious beings. Through a humorous, quizzical depiction of bird behavior, this book validates everyday experiences of anxiety, provides an understanding of the associated symptoms and offers compassionate coping strategies.
An Introduction To Supporting People With Autistic Spectrum Conditions
Sue Hatton & Tom Boughton
If you work with people with autistic spectrum condition and are studying for a health and social care qualification, or you want the right information to help your personal development...
then An introduction to supporting people with autistic spectrum condition is for you. This book puts the person with autism at the centre of the support you give. It uses real life stories, activities and thinking points to cover all of the learning outcomes and is full of practical examples of how to apply the ideas to the support you provide.
Asperger Syndrome Pocketbook
Ronnie Young
For many children and young people, the world is a strange and unfathomable place where people don't say what they mean or mean what they say; where the rules change depending on who you are with;
and, where you are never allowed just to be yourself. Welcome to Planet Asperger, located in a parallel universe where everything seems the same as earth, but nothing actually is. The helps teachers and support staff to understand the difficulties faced by pupils with Asperger Syndrome (AS) and provides strategies for overcoming the challenges it poses in the classroom. The book is highly illustrated, using cartoons, diagrams and visual prompts to support the text throughout. The opening chapter explains exactly what AS is – and what it is not. It lists characteristics of the condition and highlights both the complications and delights of having an AS pupil in a class. Subsequent chapters deal with specific challenges: social impairment; obsessive interests; repetition and change; speech and language; non-verbal communication; and, anger or rage. In each case the challenge is described using illustrative examples and is followed by practical solutions. A final section on inclusion covers implications for academic, pastoral and support staff and how to help with study skills, exams and problem-solving. Author Ronnie Young is the mother of a son with Asperger’s. She has taught in schools, PRUs, offender institutions and in FE. Ronnie is now a trainer and consultant specialising in neuro-diversity. She works for the National Autistic Society and regularly contributes to national conference.
Asperger’s On The Job
Rudy Simone
Must-have advice for people with Asperger's or high functioning autism and their employers, educators and advocates.
Up to 85% of the Asperger’s population are without full-time employment, though many have above-average intelligence. Rudy Simone, an adult with Asperger’s Syndrome and an accomplished author, consultant, and musician, created this insightful resource to help employers, educators, and therapists accommodate this growing population, and to help people with Asperger’s find and keep gainful employment.
Asperger’s Syndrome
Tony Attwood
Providing a description and analysis of the unusual characteristics of Asperger's syndrome, with strategies to reduce those that are most conspicuous or debilitating,
this guide brings together the most relevant and useful information on all aspects of the syndrome, from language and social behaviour to motor clumsiness. Incorporating case studies form the author’s own practical experience, the book contains many examples of, and numerous quotations from people with Asperger’s syndrome. Tony Attwood is a practicing clinical psychologist who specialises in the field of Asperger’s Syndrome.
Asperger’s Syndrome & Sexuality from Adolescence Through Adulthood
Isabelle Hénault
Playing the dating game is often tricky: all the more so for individuals with Asperger's Syndrome. How do AS adolescents and their families cope with sexual feelings and behaviour?
What help can be given if a man with AS oversteps the mark in expressing his sexuality? How do people with AS deal with intimacy and communication in sexual relationships? In this comprehensive and unique guide, Isabelle Henault delivers practical information and advice on issues ranging from puberty and sexual development, gender identity disorders, couples’ therapy to guidelines for sex education programs and maintaining sexual boundaries. This book will prove indispensable to parents, teachers, counsellors and individuals with AS themselves.
Australian Autism Handbook
Benison O'Reilly and Seana Smith
The only complete guide to every aspect of raising a child with an ASD in Australia.
This book offers guidance, expert advice and above all support to parents and health professionals from the early signs and symptoms of ASD through diagnosis, the intervention programs, medical theories and schooling. It also contains the most comprehensive state-by-state guide to the resources available to ASD families in Australia. The authors are professional writers and both have children with Autism. They know from first-hand experience the essential information parents need to know to raise your child with ASD.
Autism and the Grandparent Connection
Jennifer Krummins
Practical ways to understand and help your grandchild with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Autism At School
A video resource for teachers and parents in New Zealand.
For children with autism, school can be a frightening place. Their ability to learn may be severely affected by anxiety and difficulties understanding and communicating with teachers and other students. In this DVD, New Zealand teachers show how they are creating learning environments where children with an ASD can thrive. Parents discuss the problems and successes they’ve had dealing with school, and children talk about what works for them. Featuring classroom action in a mainstream school, satellite classes and a special school (80mins), advice and tips for teachers and parents (50mins), and students talking about school (20mins).
Autism in the Classroom
Autism Association of WA
A resource kit for teachers of students with an autism spectrum disorder.
What is ASD? Making the curriculum accessible for students with an ASD. Preventing and managing difficult behaviour.
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