Survival Guide for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders (And Their Parents), The by Elizabeth Verdick, and Elizabeth Reed, M.D.
	List Price:   $16.99 Unit Price:   $13.59 You Save:   $3.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   1575423855 ISBN-13:   9781575423852 Publisher:   Free Spirit Publishing Category:   Special Needs Pub. Date:   April 2012 Pages:   240 Format:   paperback
Description/Notes
Kids with autism spectrum disorders (Asperger?s, autism, pervasive development disorders) have special gifts and unique needs. This positive, straightforward book offers kids with ASDs their own comprehensive resource for both understanding their condition and finding tools to cope with the challenges they face every day. Some children with ASDs are gifted; others struggle academically. Some are more introverted, while others try to be social. Some get ?stuck? on things, have limited interests, or experience repeated motor movements like flapping or pacing (?stims?). The Survival Guide for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders covers all of these areas, with an emphasis on helping children gain new self-understanding and self-acceptance. Meant to be read with a parent, the book addresses big questions, like, ?What?s an ASD?? ?What are the symptoms?? ?Why me?? ?Is there medicine for ASDs?? A social skills survival kit provides strategies for communicating, making conversation, making and keeping friends, and succeeding in school. Body and brain basics highlight symptom management, exercise, healthy and helpful eating, hygiene, relaxation, sleep, toileting, feelings, and stims. Special emphasis is placed on helping children handle intense emotions and behaviors and get support from family and their team of helpers when needed. Colorfully and humorously illustrated, the book highlights stories and quotes from real kids, fact boxes, helpful checklists, dialogues, resources, and a glossary. Sections for parents discuss how to use the book, sharing a diagnosis with the child, and more detailed information on topics addressed in the main kids? text. The authors, one an expert in the field and both parents of kids with ASDs, want their readers to know that they aren?t ?their disorder? or a constellation of symptoms?they are whole people, and they aren?t alone.