Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew: Updated and Expanded Edition Paperback Author: Visit Amazon's Ellen Notbohm Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1935274651 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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“The FIRST book you should read when your child is diagnosed. Written by a mum with fantastic insight into the world of autism, through the child’s eyes, and having a son of her own with ASD really shines through in the book. It is an intelligent and empathetic book written FOR our children. Ellen Notbohm is an amazing mother and author! Have bought this book for ALL my family.”
--Trinny Holman, Queensland, Australia
Ellen Notbohm reminds us once again that we should learn more than we teach and that we should listen more than we talk. This new edition of Ten Things emphasizes these points and offers readers new material and dozens of rich questions for discussion.
--Paula Kluth, PhD
Author, You’re Going to Love This Kid and Pedro’s Whale
A superb explanation of how sensory processing challenges can affect a child's behavior, and how occupational therapy in a sensory integration framework can effect wondrous changes!
--Carol Kranowitz, The Out-of-Sync Child and The Goodenoughs Get In Sync About the Author
Ellen Notbohm is the internationally renowned author of one of the autism community's most beloved books, Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew, and three other award-winning books, including 1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism (with co-author Veronica Zysk), a Silver Medal winner in the Independent Books Publishers Awards. The mother of sons with autism and ADHD, Ellen's work has demystified autism for millions of families and professionals. Her books and articles have been translated into 19 languages. Ellen is a long-time columnist for Autism Asperger's Digest, and a contributor to numerous publications and websites around the world. ellennotbohm.com
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- Paperback: 200 pages
- Publisher: Future Horizons; Second Edition edition (October 1, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1935274651
- ISBN-13: 978-1935274650
- Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
I read this book at a time when I was drowning in a pity pool full of my own grief. My heart was so broken by the forecast the professionals were relaying, regarding my son's future to live independently. My son has moderate classic autism. Now almost 10, he has had so many labels attached to him it overwhelms me. I have read countless books on the subject of autism, sensory issues, learning disabilities, mental illness and the like. However, they have all come across as clinical and emotionally void. I identified with this author and her story on so many levels. Her experiences had me saying out loud, "Yes! Exactly!" What she is describing, her situations and frustrations, could have been my own. As I read more though, I found sparks here and a glimmers there that gave me hope. Hope that my child is right where he's supposed to be. Hope that he will unfold and accomplish milestones in his own time, on his schedule (not the statistical 'norm' chart hanging in every pediatricians office). It reaffirmed all of the things I am doing right and enlightened me on things I could do better. It helped me to know I am not alone in parenting an autistic child. There are others out there that do understand the complexities of the diagnosis and the ups and downs of the challenges it brings. When my son was 4, and had yet to be diagnosed, he was attached to a feeding tube. He had never been a good eater and refused solid food of any kind from infancy. No matter how hard or what tactic I tried, nothing worked. He survived by drinking a liquid nutritional supplement from a specific bottle. Not a cup. Not a glass. It HAD to be THAT bottle. His doctor told me, "He was nothing but an M and M. A master-manipulator," and that is was my fault he wouldn't eat solid foods.
This is quite an unusual book. It's not a practical guide to handling day to day issues with Autism, nor is it a dry clinical description of Autism. It's essentially a book promoting a new paradigm, (a whole new outlook) on Autism. It provides you with an understanding of some key positive concepts and then goes on to show how they can be put into practical use on a daily basis.
I feel that this book could be better described with the considerably less catchy title of; Ten concepts which your future happy and successful grown up child with autism needs you to know, understand, believe and "live" now - in order to ensure that the time line works out for the best.
Make no mistake, these aren't ten baby concepts which will only hold true for a small part of your child's life. They're adult ones, mantras for living - and they apply forever.
The book starts with a list of the 10 things which I'll list below because there are no surprises here.
1. I am a whole child.
2. My senses are out of sync
3. Distinguish between won't and can't
4. I am a concrete thinker, I interpret language literally
5. Listen to all the ways I'm trying to communicate
6. Picture this! I am visually orientated
7. Focus and build on what I can do rather than what I can't do
8. Help me with social interactions
9. Identify what triggers my meltdowns
10. Love me unconditionally.
You'll notice that every one of these ten things is open-ended. Each topic contains a lot of important discussion material. I won't say that I agreed 100% with everything but the later chapters put all of my minor niggles to rest.
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