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Ann Palmer - A Friend´s and Relative´s Guide to Supporting the Family with Autism: How Can I Help? - 9781849058773 - V9781849058773
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A Friend´s and Relative´s Guide to Supporting the Family with Autism: How Can I Help?

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Description for A Friend´s and Relative´s Guide to Supporting the Family with Autism: How Can I Help? Paperback. This book explains the nature of autism and the likely challenges a family will face when their child is diagnosed. It is full of advice on how extended family members and friends can provide the necessary help, including practical ways they can make the family's daily life easier and help to establish a reliable support system for the child. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: MJNA; VFJD; VFV; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 318.

When a child is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), what the family really need, and often lack, is positive reassurance and understanding from those closest to them. This book is packed with advice on how extended family members and friends can provide the necessary support.

Explaining the diagnosis and characteristics of ASD, this helpful guide uses examples from real families to illustrate the complex feelings that parents and each member of the family are likely to go through after a child is diagnosed. It gives practical tips on help that might be needed most, details the ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849058773
SKU
V9781849058773
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-1

About Ann Palmer
Ann Palmer has spent the last 20 years working in the field of autism as the Parent Support Coordinator for Division TEACCH and the Director of Advocacy and Chapter Support for the Autism Society of North Carolina. At TEACCH she developed a parent mentor program supporting over 800 families. At the ASNC she established support groups around the state and ... Read more

Reviews for A Friend´s and Relative´s Guide to Supporting the Family with Autism: How Can I Help?
The issue of "How can I help?" is a poignant one, however through her own exp0eriences and that of other families, Palmer has produced a thoughtful and supportive guide that tackles a sensitive issue in a practical manner... As a guide to the type of support to offer parents of children with Autism, this book works well... This book ... Read more

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