How to Help Your Autistic Spectrum Child: Practical Ways to Make Family Life Run More Smoothly

How to Help Your Autistic Spectrum Child: Practical Ways to Make Family Life Run More Smoothly

by RichardCraze (Editor), RoniJay (Editor), JackieBrealy (Author), Beverly Davies (Author)

Synopsis

Over half a million people in Britain are somewhere on the Autistic Spectrum, which ranges from severe autism to Asperger's syndrome. It can be devastating to discover that your child has an ASD (autistic spectrum disorder), and even tougher helping them to cope with life. Many books will tell you the latest theories about what causes ASD, but what you really want to know is how to get a decent night's sleep, or stop your child flapping their arms, or find some time for your other children. Jackie Brealy understands the problems from both a parent's and a teacher's perspective. She was concerned at the lack of down-to-earth, practical help for parents, so she teamed up with journalist, Beverly Davies to write "How to Help Your Autistic Spectrum Child". Together with input from Matt and other parents of ASD children, Jackie and Bev have written this totally practical guide to help parents with all those day-to-day problems that make life so tough for them and their ASD child.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Publisher: White Ladder Press Ltd
Published: 14 Aug 2006

ISBN 10: 1905410050
ISBN 13: 9781905410057

Media Reviews
'Full of sensible and useful advice' --Jane Asher, President of National Autisitc Society
Author Bio
Jackie Brealy is a mother of four whose 13 year-old son, Matt, has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism. She is a primary school teacher who has trained in special needs teaching and now teaches many children with conditions on the autistic spectrum in a mainstream primary school as well as giving talks to parents of children newly diagnosed with autism. Beverly Davies has been a journalist for over 25 years, originally as literary and children's editor of a national women's magazine. As a freelance she has written on all kinds of subjects for consumer magazines, most recently concentrating on health and well-being.