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Parenting bright kids with autism : helping twice-exceptional children with Asperger's and high-functionng autism / Claire E. Hughes-Lynch

By: Hughes-Lynch, Claire [author]Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Routledge, c2022Description: xx, 246 pages ; 23 cmISBN: 978-1-64632-063-9Subject(s): AUTISIM IN CHILDREN -- POPULAR WORKS | AUTHISTIC CHILDRENLOC classification: RJ 506 H84 2022

Contents:

Preface Starting the journey: from the beginning and even before The landscape and its signage: autism causes and terms I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto: diagnosis Down the rabbit hole: treatments and therapies Everyday strategies Education: joining the highway Detours and bumps: middle school, high school, and beyond Parental rest stops and self-care Siblings, spouses, and other passengers Essential resources About the author

Summary: "Parenting Bright Kids With Autism discusses the frustrations, the diagnoses, the challenges, and the joys as parents help their gifted children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) thrive in school and at home. This book: Helps families navigate twice-exceptional life by translating best practice into helpful advice. Guides parents who are trying to reach out, find information, and develop their child's talents. Helps parents acknowledge and get help for, but not focus on, areas of challenge. Is written by a professor of special education who is also a mother of a gifted child with high-functioning autism. Is a revision of the popular Children With High-Functioning Autism. Topics range from understanding the first signs of autism and the diagnosis, finding a support network, and filling out necessary paperwork, to determining the various types of therapies available and planning for adulthood. The book also discusses issues that these kids may face as they become teenagers and enter college. With the advice and encouragement provided in this book, parents will receive valuable insight into this new world of caring for a gifted child with autism. Provided by publisher

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Preface
Starting the journey: from the beginning and even before
The landscape and its signage: autism causes and terms
I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto: diagnosis
Down the rabbit hole: treatments and therapies
Everyday strategies
Education: joining the highway
Detours and bumps: middle school, high school, and beyond
Parental rest stops and self-care
Siblings, spouses, and other passengers
Essential resources
About the author

"Parenting Bright Kids With Autism discusses the frustrations, the diagnoses, the challenges, and the joys as parents help their gifted children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) thrive in school and at home. This book: Helps families navigate twice-exceptional life by translating best practice into helpful advice. Guides parents who are trying to reach out, find information, and develop their child's talents. Helps parents acknowledge and get help for, but not focus on, areas of challenge. Is written by a professor of special education who is also a mother of a gifted child with high-functioning autism. Is a revision of the popular Children With High-Functioning Autism. Topics range from understanding the first signs of autism and the diagnosis, finding a support network, and filling out necessary paperwork, to determining the various types of therapies available and planning for adulthood. The book also discusses issues that these kids may face as they become teenagers and enter college. With the advice and encouragement provided in this book, parents will receive valuable insight into this new world of caring for a gifted child with autism.
Provided by publisher

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