Parenting Girls on the Autism Spectrum: Overcoming the Challenges and Celebrating the Gifts

Each chapter in this book explores a topic of concern for parents of children on the autism spectrum, offering support on issues such as school, friendships, meltdowns, special gifts, therapies and interventions. This book is full of advice and insight on the unique and rewarding challenges presented when you have a daughter on the autism spectrum.

This book is a celebration of all the wonderful and unexpected gifts that having a daughter on the autism spectrum can bring to a family. Each chapter offers encouragement and guidance on issues such as school, friendships, meltdowns, special gifts, family relationships, therapies and interventions. Having daughters on the spectrum presents unique and rewarding challenges and this book is packed with friendly advice and real life examples from a mother who has experienced it all first hand.

This positive, upbeat book is guaranteed to offer support to parents, grandparents and family members, as well as providing educators and anyone else working in a supporting role with an insight into what life is like for girls on the spectrum and their parents.

• | Author: Eileen Riley-Hall
• | Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• | Publication Date: Apr 15, 2012
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781849058933
• | ISBN-10: 1849058938