The Little Book of Autism FAQs: How to Talk with Your Child about their Diagnosis and Other Conversations

by Davida Hartman, Margaret Anne Suggs (Illustrator)

Overview

Empowering and practical, this guide is the perfect companion for parents who are finding it difficult to tell their children about their autism diagnosis. It provides a realistic yet uplifting approach to autism, treating it not as a disability but as a difference.

Not telling children about their autism diagnosis can have a significant negative impact on their mental health; by equipping parents with a language of positivity around autism, the book will make a difference to many children on the spectrum. It advises on how and when to talk to autistic children with both high and low care needs, and provides guidance on supporting children's relationships with peers at school, as well as how to broach the conversation with the child's siblings.

Concise and easy to read, The Little Book of Autism FAQs answers parents' questions with accessible language, preparing them to approach this difficult conversation in a constructive manner.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785924491
Publisher:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date:	09/19/2019
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	1,040,760
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Davida Hartman is the Director and Senior Educational Psychologist at The Children's Clinic, Dublin, providing child psychology and multi-disciplinary services to children 0-18. She is a lecturer and trainer in the area of autism and consults to a number of different groups and agencies. She has been working with children and adolescents on the autism spectrum for twenty-one in the capacity of a psychologist and a teacher. Davida received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Trinity College Dublin, her MA in Educational Psychology from University College Dublin, and she is a Registered Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI). Her website can be visited at www.thechildrensclinic.ie.

Table of Contents

1. What's Autism Anyway? 2. Do I Really Need to Tell Them they have Autism? 3. Won't Telling them Just make them feel Different? 4. How do I actually go about Telling My Child that they have Autism? 5. What about Telling Other People?

Editorial Reviews

The more I read on, the more there was to love. Hartman covers difficult questions in a compassionate yet straightforward manner, offering clear and positive guidance to parents who may be wondering how on Earth to talk to their children about their diagnosis - all the while discussing autism and neurodiversity in a respectful and encouraging way.

Chris Bonnello

Davida Hartman gives parents an honest, nuanced and above all empowering and heart-warming answer to perhaps the most pertinent question they have: Do we tell our child that he/she has autism?

Peter Vermeulen