Download or read book Autism and the Grandparent Connection written by Jennifer Krumins and published by Autism Aspirations. This book was released on 2010 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It takes a village to raise a child with autism. The role of grandparents cannot be overstated. As a grandparent, your ability to embrace your grandchild and support his or her parents is perhaps the essential gift you can offer your family. For parents facing the challenges of raising a child with autism, the burden is emotional, physical, financial and social. Parents need family to help them with the responsibility. Grandparents have the power to make life more manageable for your children and your grandchild. Filled with practical information, this book will undoubtedly give you the tools you need to provide stability, support and strength to your grandchild with autism. You will be empowered to be the best you can be.
Download or read book Grandparenting a Child with Autism written by Kate R. Thomas and published by Harmony House Publishers (KY). This book was released on 2006 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through reading Grandparenting a Child with Autism: A Search for Help and Hope you will come to know a grandmother who has poured her heart and soul into searching for information and help for her granddaughter with autism. Kate Thomas shares candidly about the whole range of feelings and experiences from diagnosis to this present time. A thread of hope runs throughout the book, for there is hope for children with autism. Along with hope this book will offer many ideas for help?not only for grandparents, but also parents and family members, teachers, caregivers, and all that work with these children. Many practical suggestions are offered for ways churches can provide ministries for special needs children, communities can organize a social skills camp or plan a grandparenting conference, and much more. Kate shares an abundance of available resources, and offers excellent suggestions about how to apply them in day to day living.
Download or read book Grandparenting Children with Disabilities written by Madonna Harrington Meyer and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-29 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Childhood disabilities, particularly cognitive disabilities, are on the rise yet social programs and services to help US families respond to disabilities are not. Many families turn to grandparents for assistance juggling work, family responsibilities, and specialized therapies. This book is based on in-depth interviews with grandparents who are providing at least some care to grandchildren with disabilities. The analyses will help to better understand (1) under what conditions grandparents provide care and support, (2) what types and intensities of care and support grandparents provide, and (3) the impact of that care and support on grandparents’ social, emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing. In this fascinating and provocative book, Madonna Harrington Meyer and Ynesse Abdul-Malak take readers on a deep dive into the complex lives of grandparents who care for their disabled grandchildren. In Grandparenting Children with Disabilities, their interviews reveal the joy, meaning, and purpose grandparents find in caregiving, the challenges and frustrations they encounter, and the many ways they compromise their own health and well-being for the sake of their grandchildren. Drawing from theories of cumulative inequality and from their deep knowledge of the US policy context, the authors lay bare the systemic failures that leave families of children with disabilities without adequate support and that place the most vulnerable among them at grave physical, emotional, and financial risk... Jane McLeod, Provost Professor, Indiana University Grandparents in the U.S. already take on far more parenting responsibilities as compared to their peers in other countries. Grandparenting Children with Disabilities demonstrates that the intensity of these responsibilities is compounded for those whose grandchildren have disabilities given limited policy supports and a society still largely unaccommodating to those with disabilities. This book beautifully navigates the tension between the love these grandparents have for their grandchildren and the challenges they face caring for them. Pamela Herd, Professor, Georgetown University Grandparenting Children with Disabilities offers important insights about the lived experience of older adults who care for and care about their grandchildren...The authors skillfully integrate the stories they tell with consideration of macro social structural influences and life course perspectives... I recommend it highly! Eva Kahana, Distinguished University Professor, Case Western Reserve
Download or read book Grandparent s Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorders written by Nancy Mucklow and published by Aapc Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helpful guide to prepare grandparents for the special needs and unique talents of children with autism spectrum disorders.--
Download or read book Grandparenting a Child with Autism written by Sylvia Miller Grubb and published by Quill House. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A puzzle piece is the national symbol for autism. This book is directed toward grandparents, extended family members, and friends who sincerely want to become more closely attached to children who are part of the autism puzzle. Aunts, uncles and cousins as well as grandparents search for ways to reach out to children and overburdened parents. Stories of Micah and his family are used to illustrate characteristics common among children with autism. Each illustration is accompanied by discussion of those attributes and suggested ways for a family to react."--p. [4] of cover.
Download or read book Voices from the Spectrum written by Cindy N. Ariel and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling collection of personal accounts, from people on the autism spectrum and those who care for them, presents insights into autism from many different perspectives. The contributors describe their experiences, including reactions to diagnosis and childhood memories.
Download or read book Autism One Grandparents Roadmap written by Geoffrey Robinson and published by Geoffrey Robinson. This book was released on with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is hard to over emphasize the value of early intervention for children on the spectrum. Although written in a grandparent's voice, the book provides directions for parents and care givers who want to support the child. The child’s future cannot wait for an official diagnosis. Our diagnosis did not arrive until over a year after we had begun early intervention. I believe you should start as soon as you begin having concerns about what you are experiencing with the child. If the child is not on the spectrum, you have still begun good practices to support the child. The book is a compilation of live links and articles to get you started on your journey. For the child's sake, you cannot afford to be behind on knowledge. Early intervention. When it came to learning and understanding what autism is and is not, and how to appropriately support our child; we had to dig out every word on our own. Where do we go? Where do I find this? How do I do that? What does stimming mean? After six years with a lovely grandson on the spectrum, I decided families needed an early intervention a roadmap. With luck, someone smarter than me will write a better one. The links embedded in the book are live so you can go directly to the resources or articles I have cited. I am not a therapist or clinician, but I have spent years accumulating information to help my grandson. Information I wish I had had the day he was diagnosed.
Download or read book What Does the Squirrel See written by C. B. Brown and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy, inexpensive activities you can do to help your autistic grandchild move toward independent adulthood. Many grandparents are unsure how to help both their son or daughter's family and the autistic grandchild. This concise guide not only describes what to expect but offers many activities that are easy and inexpensive. The guide also includes explanations of cause and advice on preventing many behavioral problems and dealing with those that occur. This guide is an excellent, easy-to-understand format that will be very helpful to grandparents and other individuals that play a strong role in the lives of autistic children and adolescents. C.B. Brown, M.S.Ed. is a CK12 Certified Educator and has co-written 11 children's educational activity books for Walter Foster Publishing and 5 for Nickelodeon(tm). Includes an Autism Checklist.Discounted price reflects a time-limited endowment of ASDGrand.net.
Download or read book Grandparenting a Child with Special Needs written by Charlotte Thompson and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2009-04-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a new baby is born into a family, grandparents are excited about having a baby to enjoy and love. If the child is born with a disability, it can be difficult to know how to react and how best to help the child and the family as a whole. This book provides guidance on how to grandparent a child with special needs and give every grandchild the love and care they deserve and parents the added support they need. From coming to terms with a diagnosis, to helping with the transition from adolescence to adulthood, the book gives clear advice on grandparenting a child with special needs throughout their life. The author covers the medical, emotional and practical aspects of being a grandparent and explores important issues such as researching resources for specialized care, accessing financial and legal resources and, just as importantly, how to have fun and spend quality time with a grandchild with a disability. The book also addresses how to handle the diagnosis of a serious accident or progressive illness. Grandparenting a Child with Special Needs is a unique guide for grandparents keen to make a difference to the lives of their children and their grandchildren.
Download or read book Your Special Grandchild written by Josie Santomauro and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2009-03-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So your grandchild has Asperger Syndrome (AS)? You might have noticed that some of his behaviour is a bit different to most kids, that he becomes stressed when faced with change and he doesn't cope well with criticism or failure.' This book offers a fun and accessible introduction for the grandparent of a child diagnosed with AS. Intended as a support tool in the initial period after diagnosis, Your Special Grandchild is varied and engaging, and addresses questions or concerns that grandparents might have, such as 'What are the characteristics of AS?', 'How did my grandchild get AS?' and 'What happens now?'. Also included are poems, stories, illustrations and activities to help grandparents come to terms with and move forward from a diagnosis of AS, and work together with the family to support the child. Your Special Grandchild will be essential reading for grandparents of children in the initial period after a diagnosis of AS.
Download or read book Revolutionary Grandparents written by and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it like to be part of a very special family, one that revolves around a child’s struggle with autism or a related developmental disorder? In Revolutionary Grandparents, twenty-two grandmothers and grandfathers from the Thinking Moms’ Revolution community share their experience and offer advice to others facing this monumental struggle. Many of these grandparents have moved in with their children and grandchildren to help with daily tasks—all have had to alter their lives drastically. From their front-row seat, they recount their stories. They describe what they observed and felt as their grandchildren regressed into autism, as well as the challenges their families faced as a result. But more importantly, they also write about the progress and the successes of their grandchildren. No two stories are alike in their details, but each one is similar in its honesty, passion, and overwhelming hope. Positivity is the common thread that ties together this unique collection of mini-memoirs.
Download or read book Grandma Bear written by Advocate For Autism and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-07 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect graphic designed journal notebook for jotting down daily diary thoughts, keeping notes and phone numbers from appointments, or making lists of things to do. Nice 5" x 8" size with 120 lined pages to take along with you wherever you go in your purse or backpack.This unique design makes a perfect gift for someone special for birthday, Christmas, anniversary, or any special occasion. Autism Awareness Proud Grandma Bear Support And Love A Special Child. There is no nana like an Autism Grandma! She will advocate protect fight and especially love her autistic grandchild like no other! This precious book reflects the strength and adoration for her special grandbaby! Perfect gift for Mother's Day Birthday Autism Awareness Month Or Any Occasion
Download or read book Helping Grandparents Understand Autism written by Jan Luck and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grandparents, here is the book you have been looking for! Helping Grandparents Understand Autism is a Grandparent Friendly Guide by Dr. Linda Barboa and Jan Luck. It was written to help you understand this complex disorder and how it affects your grandchild. It tells how communication difficulties and sensory issues may affect your grandchild's behavior. It explains many of the challenges that children with autism face. Best of all it helps you understand your grandchild and gives you practical ways to help your him or her be more successful in family life. Strategies are provided to strengthen your relationship with the child. Thank you for helping your grandchild!
Download or read book The Verbal Behavior Approach written by Mary Lynch Barbera and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2007-05-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Verbal Behavior (VB) approach is a form of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), that is based on B.F. Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior and works particularly well with children with minimal or no speech abilities. In this book Dr. Mary Lynch Barbera draws on her own experiences as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and also as a parent of a child with autism to explain VB and how to use it. This step-by-step guide provides an abundance of information about how to help children develop better language and speaking skills, and also explains how to teach non-vocal children to use sign language. An entire chapter focuses on ways to reduce problem behavior, and there is also useful information on teaching toileting and other important self-help skills, that would benefit any child. This book will enable parents and professionals unfamiliar with the principles of ABA and VB to get started immediately using the Verbal Behavior approach to teach children with autism and related disorders.
Download or read book Coming Home to Autism written by Tara Leniston and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does an autism diagnosis mean for everyday family life? Explore different rooms in the home to better understand how children with autism experience daily activities, and what you can do to support their development. · Head to the bathroom for guidance on toilet training and introducing a calming bath time ritual. · Discover how to create a safe haven for your child in the bedroom chapter, with tips to try before bedtime to help ease anxiety. · Learn how to transform any corner of your home into a special place for sensory play, fun and learning · Settle down in the parents' corner for top advice on remaining cool, calm and collected in the face of obstacles. Co-written by a mum and a speech-language therapist, and with many more rooms to visit, this book breaks down the information that you need to know to support children with autism at home.
Download or read book A Practical Guide to Autism written by Fred R. Volkmar and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-08-17 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autism is in the public spotlight now more than ever as new research and information appears almost daily. Although in many ways this is a positive development it also presents challenges to families and practitioners who want to keep up with the latest developments and are left to sift through new information by themselves to see what is credible and relevant for them.Each of us needs a personal research assistant who can determine which information we need to pay attention to and let us know how it might affect our daily work and the children we are living with or serve. Since we each don’t have our own research assistants on staff, I am delighted to recommend this wonderful book by Fred Volkmar and Lisa Wiesner. Both of these talented professional leaders have combined their scientific skills and understanding of the field with great practical experience and ideas about how research can be translated into clinical practice. The result is a book that provides the best and most comprehensive information about recent scientific developments and a splendid practical guide for how they are being implemented and what we are learning in the process. The issues are presented in all of their complexity but translated into language that is clear, direct, and easy to follow. The format also lends itself to understanding the complex issues and their implications through excellent charts, question and answer sections, and chapters that vary from describing diagnostic issues to stating very specifically how to expand and evaluate the services one is receiving. The comprehensive references and lists of additional resources also add greatly to the overall package. As a professional dedicated to understanding scientific advances and helping families and teachers to utilize them most effectively, I am very pleased to have an ally like this book available. I am very grateful to the authors for providing a very credible, practical, and relevant addition to our field to help the many advocates and family practitioners to better understand the exciting new developments and how they can be implemented in our day to day work. Those taking the time to read through this superb volume will find it time well spent that pays back dividends in many different ways. —FOREWORD by Gary B. Mesibov, Ph.D., Professor and Director of TEACCH, Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Download or read book Grandparents Young Children with Autism written by Susan Louise Peterson and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-17 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grandparents & Young Children with Autism is written with the hopes of helping grandparents understand the educational testing process of helping young children who may have autism. The book explores some similarities and differences between grandparents and grandchildren with autism. A variety of issues related to health, stress, pets, communication and illness are examined in relation to autism. Grandparents will gain information regarding testing experiences for autism and a walk through understanding a multi-team educational autism assessment. Grandparents & Young Children with Autism is a short, informational book to help grandparents on their journey to understand the educational eligibility and assessment process of their grandchildren who may have autism.
