Parenting a Child with Asperger Syndrome: 200 Tips and Strategies
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| Written by | Brenda Boyd |
| Published | 2003 |
| Publisher | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| ISBN | 1843101378 |
Parenting a Child with Asperger Syndrome: 200 Tips and Strategies gives advice to parents of children with Asperger syndrome.
Some of the tips included in the books are:
- Keep yourself stocked up (the Freezer Tip!)
- Get plenty of support
- Don't take things personally
- Don't neglect other areas of your life
- Be realistic about tackling problems
- Give yourself SMART goals
- Let the strategy be "on tap" not "on top"
- Try not to spoil him
- Find someone to talk to
- 10 Mums - let yourself off the hook
The book elaborates and clarifies each one of the tip it suggests.
[edit] Structure
The book begins with Acknowledgments followed by some advice on How to Use This Book in a Hurry, and an Introduction. The book has 5 chapters named as below[1]:
- Laying the Foundations
- Bringing Out the Best in Your Child
- Common Problems, A-Z
- A Word of Personal Reflection
- Tip Finder: A List of All the Ideas, Tips and Strategies Contained in the Book
The book has 14 useful appendices:
- Applied Behaviour Analysis
- Planning an ABA Intervention
- A Token Economy
- Ground Rules
- My Emotions Book
- Anger Dos and Don'ts
- Emotion Vocabulary
- Ways to Earn Happy and Sad Faces
- Breaking a Task Into Smaller Steps
- The Clear Speech Game
- Hurting is Not Always Intentional
- Teasing and Banter
- What is Bullying?
- Bullying Dos and Don'ts
A list of useful websites, bibliography and an index complete the book.
