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A groundbreaking, long overdue book that explains how to identify
your autistic child's strengths and abilities and then use them as
a tool for social communication, improved learning, and overall
growth. The strengths of children and young adults diagnosed with
ASD are commonly overlooked, even by trained professionals.
Outdated attitudes, lack of sufficient training and an overreliance
on standardised testing works against recognising their
capabilities. Focusing on the importance of motivation strategies,
Hidden Strengths shows you how to build on every autistic child's
interests and strengths. Through real-life stories of individuals
whose innate abilities blossomed once they were acknowledged, this
book dispels unhelpful stereotypes and will help you unlock your
child's potential. It also aims to educate the wider community in
how to support, accept and embrace the gifts autistic individuals
offer. 'Will help both parents and teachers find and develop a
child's unique skills in memory, music, math, art, and attention to
details. Development of these skills can lead to both a more
rewarding life and possible careers' Temple Grandin, PhD, New York
Times bestselling author
The first comprehensive guide to helping teens with autism--from
the acclaimed authors of Overcoming Autism
With an estimated half a million Americans under twenty-six on the
autism spectrum, this book offers the reassurance, solace, and
practical solutions that so many people are searching for.
Following up on their work in "Overcoming Autism," which offered
advice for teaching young children on the spectrum, Lynn Koegel and
Claire LaZebnik now present strategies for working with teens and
young adults living with this complex condition. Addressing
universal parental concerns, from first crushes and a changing body
to how to succeed in college and beyond, "Growing Up on the
Spectrum" is a beacon of hope and wisdom for parents, therapists,
and educators alike.
A charmingly hilarious and deeply insightful novel about the
importance and impossibility of making peace with our
family.Despite her name, Keats Sedlak is the sanest person in her
large, nutty family of brilliant eccentrics. Her parents, both
brainy academics, are barely capable of looking after themselves,
let alone anyone else, and her two uber-intelligent siblings live
on their own planets. At least she can count on one person in her
life, her devoted boyfriend Tom. Down-to-earth and loving, he's the
one thing that's kept Keats grounded for the last decade. But when
Keats's mother makes a surprise announcement, the entire family is
sent into a tailspin. For the first time, Keats can't pick up the
pieces by herself. Now she must reevaluate everything she's ever
assumed about herself and her family--and make the biggest decision
of her life.
Despite her name, Keats Sedlak is the sanest person in her large,
nutty family of brilliant eccentrics. Her parents, both brainy
academics, are barely capable of looking after themselves, let
alone anyone else, and her two uber-intelligent siblings live on
their own planets.
At least she can count on one person in her life, her devoted
boyfriend Tom. Down-to-earth and loving, he's the one thing that's
kept Keats grounded for the last decade. But when Keats's mother
makes a surprise announcement, the entire family is sent into a
tailspin. For the first time, Keats can't pick up the pieces by
herself. Now she must reevaluate everything she's ever assumed
about herself and her family-and make the biggest decision of her
life.
When Ava Nickerson was a child, her mother jokingly betrothed her
to a friend's son, and the contract the parents made has stayed
safely buried for years. Now that still-single Ava is closing in on
thirty, no one even remembers she was once "engaged" to the
Markowitz boy. But when their mother is diagnosed with cancer,
Ava's prodigal little sister Lauren comes home to Los Angeles where
she stumbles across the decades-old document. Frustrated and
embarrassed by Ava's constant lectures about financial
responsibility (all because she's in a little debt. Okay, a lot of
debt), Lauren decides to do some sisterly interfering of her own
and tracks down her sister's childhood fiance. When she finds him,
the highly inappropriate, twice-divorced, but incredibly charming
Russell Markowitz is all too happy to re-enter the Nickerson
sisters' lives, and always-accountable Ava is forced to consider
just how binding a contract really is ...
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