Description |
1 online resource (351 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
GIRLS GROWING UPON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM: What Parents and Professionals Should Know About the Pre-Teen and Teenage Years; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; AUTHORS' NOTES; Chapter 1 What Do We Currently Know about Girls and Women with Autism Spectrum Disorders?; Chapter 2 Approaching Adolescence: Anticipation, Anxiety, Adaptation, and ... Acceptance?; Chapter 3 Puberty or "Do My Parents Know You're Here?"; Chapter 4 The Red Spot: Periods, Pads, and Pelvic Exams; Chapter 5 Feeling Good Inside and Out: Self-perception and Self-confi dence |
Summary |
This book is not only reassuring; it is inspiring, and bursting with ideas and achievable strategies. The authors write with authority and conviction, and tackle even the most difficult and delicate of topics. If ever you needed to be convinced that girls with ASD can overcome the difficulties and challenges of puberty and adolescence, have successful friendships and relationships and enjoy a healthy sexuality, then take the time to read this book-it is a must-have for families, teachers and therapists alike."--Sarah Attwood, author of Making Sense of Sex: A Forthright Guide to Puberty |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-342) and indexes |
Notes |
English |
|
Print version record |
Subject |
Autism in children.
|
|
Autism in adolescence.
|
|
Girls -- Mental health
|
|
Autistic Disorder
|
|
Child & Developmental Psychology.
|
|
Coping With Disability.
|
|
MEDICAL -- Pediatrics.
|
|
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Children's Health.
|
|
Autism in adolescence
|
|
Autism in children
|
|
Girls -- Mental health
|
Form |
Electronic book
|
Author |
Moravcik, Gina Marie
|
|
Tetenbaum, Samara Pulver
|
LC no. |
2008021126 |
ISBN |
9781846428852 |
|
1846428858 |
|
9786612059391 |
|
6612059397 |
|