The Parents' Practical Guide to Resilience for Preteens and Teenagers on the Autism Spectrum

The Parents' Practical Guide to Resilience for Preteens and Teenagers on the Autism Spectrum

by Emma Goodall and Yenn Purkis
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 21/05/2018

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This book empowers parents of autistic young people aged 11 to 20 to help them promote resilience in their child. Full of suggestions and simple activities, this easy-to-use resource will help guide parents on how to build the foundations of resilience and independence for situations such as negotiating sexuality and relationships, entering employment or living away from home.


It includes information about the main developmental stages for preteens and teens on the autism spectrum, and will take parents through life events and milestones at different ages and identify where difficulties and barriers to resilience may arise and how to address them.

ISBN:
9781784505752
9781784505752
Category:
Autism & Asperger‰Ûªs Syndrome
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
21-05-2018
Language:
English
Publisher:
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Yenn Purkis

Yenn Purkis is autistic and non-binary and has published a range of books with JKP since 2006. They actively speak at autism conferences and have increasingly spoken and written on the crossover between autism and LGBTQ+ identities and received the ACT Volunteer of the Year award for work in Autism advocacy Tanya Masterman is an autistic parent of an autistic teen and cowrote the The Awesome Autistic Go-To Guide with Yenn Purkis.

She is Canberra Coordinator for Gifted 2E Support Australia (a national support group for families of twice-exceptional young people) and a former Events Coordinator for Yellow Ladybugs, an organisation that supports autistic girls and gender diverse young people.

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