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Guides and Manuals: For Parents
These books are mostly written by parents, especially for parents and help at diagnosis (of Autism or Aspergers), through to therapy and ongoing support.
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Ten Things Every Child With Autism Wishes You Knew |
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AR10ThingsChild
Out now the new 2013 edition!
This book os brimming with insight, compasion and invaluable tips for new parents. It should definatly be in the hands of every parent, caregiver, teacher, aide, bus driver, administrator, law officer, who work with a child diagnosed with autism.
Framed with both humor and compassion, the book defines the top ten characteristics that illuminate the minds and hearts of children with autism. Ellen's personal experiences as a parent, an autism columnist, and a contributor to numerous parenting magazines combine to create a guide for all who come in contact with a child on the autism spectrum. A gift of understanding.
This updated edition expands on the first looking deeper at communication issues, social processing skils and adds new personal experience stories.
We really do highly recommend this book.
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Asperger's and Girls |
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ARAspGirls
Winner of the Gold Award in the 2006 ForeWord Book of the Year competition, this groundbreaking book describes the unique challenges of women and girls with Asperger's Syndrome. In it you'll read candid stories written by the indomitable women who have lived them. You'll also hear from experts who discuss whether Aspie girls are slipping under the radar, undiagnosed; why many AS women feel like a minority within a minority (outnumbered by men 4:1); practical solutions school systems can implement for girls; social tips for teenage girls, navigating puberty, the transition to work or university, and the importance of careers.
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Toilet Training for Individuals with Autism or other Developmental Issues |
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ARToilet
Toilet training can be a battleground for parents and children. In this book - the only one on the market dealing with the specific issues involved in toilet training children with autism - Maria Wheeler offers a detailed roadmap for success, based on over twenty years of experience.
Easy-to-read bullet lists offer over 200 do’s and don’ts, along with more than fifty real-life examples. Learn, among other things, how to gauge readiness, overcome fear of the bathroom, teach how to use toilet paper, flush and wash up, and deal with toileting in unfamiliar environments. A life preserver for parents and reluctant children!
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Empowered Autism Parenting : Celebrating (and Defending) Your Childs Place in the World |
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JWEmpowerAutism
This thought provoking book, written by William Stillman who has Aspergers, offers hope and real-world information for parents of children with Autism. The book shatters myths about high cost therapies and medications, and is highly recommended for all parents of Autistic children, no matter where they fall on the spectrum.
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Special Diets for Special Kids : Volume 1 and 2 combined. Plus CDROm with printable recipes |
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ARSpecialDietKids
This revised and expanded edition brings together two top selling books and includes the latest research, revised recipes, and color photos throughout!
The first part of the book describes dietary intervention in detail, from both a scientific and a personal approach (the author's son has autism and has been on a GFCF diet for many years). In a nutshell, certain enzymes are required to break down gluten and casein. If those enzymes don’t function well, or are not present at sufficient levels, serious neurological problems can result. Studies have shown that children with autism have a marked deficiency of these enzymes, which may explain why GFCF diets have yielded positive results for many children.
Dr. Lewis explains The Biology behind Dietary Interventions; Leaky Gut; Allergies, Sensitivities, and Intolerances; Antibiotics and Probiotics; Vitamins and Mineralsand much more
The second part of the book is an easy-to-follow cookbook. This section contains nearly 200 recipes, including Banana-Nut Pancakes; Blueberry Muffins; Tortillas/Wraps; Chicken Nuggets; Shepherd’s Pie; Mock Mac and Cheese; Chili; Cakes and Cookies and many, many more!
Best of all, this book comes with a FREE CD of printable recipes, so you can easily print out recipes as you use them and keep the book away from counter spills and drips!
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My Busy Day |
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MMDay
This is a must have, practical aid for parents that defers control and understanding of daily routines over to the child in a clear and easy to use manner.
The My Busy Day set includes a full colour A4 vinyl magnet chart, to put on the fridge or any magnetic surface. PLUS 50 Magnetic activity tiles - each with fun, clear illustrations and a title.
Activity tiles are colour coded, to help children group activities and understand routines :
- Light Blue activities occur in the morning; like breakfast, and getting dressed.
- Dark blue in the afternoon and evening; like dinner, bath time and sleep
- Purple signifies active things like going to the park, gymnastics and swimming
- Red activities are special times, like holidays, parties and cuddles
- Orange activities are sedentary, like television time
- Lilac activities are social, like kindy, childcare and playgroup
- Green items will need a parents guidance, like car time and shopping
- Brown tiles are spares- for you to customise
The left side of the chart is green with space for 7 morining activities. The right is blue for 7 afternoon activities. You assign the tasks in the left columns and when tasks are completed your child can slide them across to the right column. At the base is a puple section where you can place reward stars.
There are 50 task tiles, each 25 X 25 mm, as follows:
Breakfast, clean teeth, toilet time, get dressed, lunch, snack, swimming, sport, dance, gymnastics, park, outdoor, walk/ride, library, arts and craft, read books, table top play, toys, games and puzzles, music, cuddle time, holiday, party, surprise, television time, computer time, kindy/childcare, playgroup, visit friends, nap, snack, dinner, toilet time, bath time, clean teeth, plrayers, sleep, car time (3 tiles), job time, shopping time, church, visit (adult), 2 customisable blank tiles and 4 star reward tiles.
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My Busy School Week |
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MMSchoolWeek
This is a must have, practical aid for parents that defers control and understanding of daily routines over to the child in a clear and easy to use manner.
The My Busy School Week set includes a full colour A4 vinyl magnet chart, to put on the fridge or any magnetic surface. PLUS 50 Magnetic activity tiles - each with fun, clear illustrations and a title. PLUS 2 blank tiles for you to customise.
Activity tiles are colour coded, to help children group activities and understand routines :
- Light Blue activities occur in the morning; like breakfast, and getting dressed.
- Dark blue in the afternoon and evening; like homework, bath time and sleep
- Purple signifies active things like swimming, sports and dance
- Red activities are special times, like playrime and cuddles
- Orange activities are school related, like show and tell, tests and library bag
- Green items will need a parents guidance, like job time and instrument practice
- Brown tiles are spares- for you to customise
The top part of the chart documents the week not only by day, but also into morning and afternoon routines.
The bottom half of the chart allows you to set tasks, that your child can slide down when completed. These could be things like pack bag; unpack lunch box and so on. On the right side on the chart you can provide rewards (5 star reward magnet tiles include).
There are 50 task tiles, each 25 X 25 mm, as follows: Day, Night, breakfast, clean teeth, brush hair, sunscreen, make bed, get dressed, shoes and socks, pack bag, homework due, tuckshop (2 tiles), show and tell, test, music, library, library bag, swimming (2 tiles), sports (2 tiles), dance (2 tiles), swimming bag, sports bag, dance bag, play time, reading, cuddle time, snack time, put bag away, unpack lunch box, homework, dinner, toilet time, bath time, pyjamas, prayers, sleep, chores, practice (instrument), church.
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My Toilet Chart |
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MMToilet
This "My Toilet Chart" is specifically designed as an aid for children of all ages that are ready to start toilet training. It features the same easy to use and interactive features that have made the other Magnetic Move Charts in this series so popular for parents and children alike.
There are many small steps to successful toilet training and 'My Toilet Chart' allows you to personalise the experience to your child's particular needs with spaces for up to 5 goals. You may choose to work towards all 5 goals or just a few at a time. Once a goal is achieved a star is placed in the column under the goal. If a child successfully completes 5 goals in one sitting, they will receive 5 stars, one for each goal.
Goal magnets include : Tell an adult; Toilet Room; Pants Down; Sit on Potty; Sit On Toilet; Wee or Poo in toilet; Wipe; Pants Up; Flush toilet; Wash Hands
Each chart includes:
A4 Magnetic base chart 297mm x 210mm
35 (25mm x 25mm) magnetic colour coded activity tiles
Includes 20 star reward tiles and 5 balloon reward tiles
50 extra start stickers for encouragement
Detailed information and 'how to use' guide
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My Busy Weekend Pack |
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MMWeekendPack
This pack includes 10 magnets, each 2.5 X 2.5cm, to add to your Busy Day and Busy School Week sets; and depict common weekend activities. Magnets include Get Dressed, Tv Time, Park, Computer Time, Walk/Ride, Visit friends, Art and Craft, Shopping, Party, Lunch.
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My busy week set (inc My Busy Week, My Busy Day and My Busy Weekend add on) |
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MMBusySet
This set includes :
My Busy School Week,
My Busy Day
The Weekend add-on pack
Together you get:
110 activity tiles
2 A4 charts - 1 documenting to do tasks for today (morning and afternoon). The other documenting your week, day by day.
For full details please see the individual items.
We put this pack together so that you could get all the activity tiles in one bundle at a discount. We found that, especially with primary school children, we needed a mixture of tiles from each set to complete the charts. Personally, we use the to do lists the most (from my busy day). My son has autism (11yrs old) and this has ment I do not have to repeat requests and he does not have to get muddled by thinking about multi step requirements. The school week chart also demisifies the school week- what is going to happen today? When is Swimming and so on. I highly recommend this pack!
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