Library's review
New edition of this book (PA0007), Advice for parents, carers and those working with children with autism on various subjects including sensory problems, language and communication, social interaction. Written from the point of view of the child.
Publication
Future Horizons (2012), Edition: Second, 200 pages
User reviews
LibraryThing member touchthesky
This book was a great insight about children with Autism. However, I don't think it's "guidelines" JUST apply to Autism... they can definitely apply to other disabilities as well. It's an easy and quick read and gives great explanations about Autism. It's not too wordy or confusing. Short, simple
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and to the point! I highly recommend this to parents, family members, friends and teachers. It's worth reading! Show Less
LibraryThing member Reacherfan
I found out that my friend's child had autism so I wanted to read as much as I could on it. I thought I'd start with this book. As I said it was an okay read. There was a lot of info in this book, but it was a lot longer than it needed to be.
The Strengths: The first part of the book is fantastic!
The Weakness: For me this book falls short in a few places. The biggest issue I had with this is that the author talks as if she has a PhD, and she doesn't. She's a parents of a child with autism., She does give a lot of good suggestions, but she writes as if her word is law. There are a lot of levels of autism, and I had the feeling that she feels that every child has a severe case of autism.
She mentions that children of autism needs a daily schedule, and they do. However, the author never gives an example.
Again, I'm glad I read this book, and I didn't learn a lot, but I wish there was more. I consider this a 'starter' book. It has a lot of good ideas, but it's not perfect. I do plan to read other books on the subject.
The Strengths: The first part of the book is fantastic!
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When she goes over the 10 things we need to know as parents, I really liked and I learned a lot. There are a lot of good suggestions for parents and teachers should know. I really liked that part of the book. The first part I highly suggest. The Weakness: For me this book falls short in a few places. The biggest issue I had with this is that the author talks as if she has a PhD, and she doesn't. She's a parents of a child with autism., She does give a lot of good suggestions, but she writes as if her word is law. There are a lot of levels of autism, and I had the feeling that she feels that every child has a severe case of autism.
She mentions that children of autism needs a daily schedule, and they do. However, the author never gives an example.
Again, I'm glad I read this book, and I didn't learn a lot, but I wish there was more. I consider this a 'starter' book. It has a lot of good ideas, but it's not perfect. I do plan to read other books on the subject.
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LibraryThing member ScribbleScribe
I would say that this book is valuable as a starting point in learning about autism. It's very short (110 pages + Introduction). By no means does it cover any aspect of Autism in depth, but it's, as I said before, a starting point. Personally, I prefer books that cite studies that back up claims
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because I am a psychology major. I don't quite trust advice books that give advice of the cuff. Because, quite frankly, I could say anything as long as it sounded good and people would eat it all up. However, I do think this book gives a valuable voice because it's written by a mother of a child with autism. Clearly, throughout the book, you can sense that she loves her child very much. It gives a unique perspective of the disorder, that of the parent, and that makes the book valuable. However, again, due to lack of statistical evidence cited for claims, I gave this book 3 stars Show Less
Pages
200