Your child has recently been diagnosed with Autism. You have waited a long time to find answers to your child's difficulties in life. Now, you wonder how you can help your child reach their full potential in life. A preschool teacher and volunteer parent educator shares 23 tips with you along with website resources.

You and your wife finally got answers to your child's problems in life. The final diagnosis was Autism. It came after months to years of waiting for this to happen. The doctor gives you a general direction to help your child in life. However, he or she does not give you any full answers on where to go next or what to expect. Dawn Lucan in this book shares more than 25 useful questions and answers to your common questions in order to help you with your child. Topics include schooling, socialization, recreation, family, and your child's future.

An accessible guide to the most recent information about autism The revised and updated second edition of A Practical Guide to Autism offers an authoritative guide to the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of Autism/Autism Spectrum Disorder. Written by two highly regarded medical professionals, the book offers parents, family memberts, and teachers a useful review of the concept of autism, its diagnosis, and the most current treatments available. This comprehensive resource covers the range of the condition in infants, young, and school age children, adolescents, and adults. The authors explore evidence-based treatments and review of some of the alternative and complementary treatments proposed for autism. Information on educational programs and entitlement services are also provided. In addition, the book contains information on issues, such as medical care, medication use, safety, behavioral, and mental health problems. The book covers the range of ages and entire spectrum of autism and provides an introduction to the diagnostic concept. With the expanding number of treatments and interventions this book is a useful guide for all those involved in caring for individuals on the autism spectrum. This important guide: Offers lists of resources for parents and professionals compiled by experts in the field and reviewed by parents. Includes updated research that adheres to DSM-5 standards. Provides an accessible resource with succinct content delivery Contains new discussions on modern treatments that have been identified since the publication of the first edition. Written for parents, teachers, and caregivers, A Practical Guide to Autism, Second Edition offers an updated and expanded edition to the practical guide to autism.

Transitioning from high-school into college and/or the workforce can be extremely challenging for individuals on the autism spectrum as well as their families and teachers. Although some young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) do achieve independence after high school, many continue to depend on their families for support. Understanding the unique problems associated with ASD including socialization, communication, independent daily living skills, academic functions, and self-advocacy is critical when determining a transitional support plan. According to the California Department of Developmental Services, the number of individuals diagnosed with ASD is increasing every year. Many of these students will attend postsecondary educational settings or enter the work force. The purpose of this graduate project is to develop a resource guide for transitioning students with ASD from high school to beyond. The target audiences include students with ASD, their parents and their teachers.

Social Skills involved a lot more than just executing a technical skill set. Social thinking is an advanced pattern of thinking we use in all social situations. For most of us this pattern of thinking comes naturally. We have to put forth little effort to use our social thinking skills. For those with Autism this part of the brain is impaired. We have to work much harder at using our social thinking skills in order to be successful in social relationships. This book is all about social thinking. Having your child in counseling is one thing. In my experience counselors are not social skills coaches and are unable to assist those of us with Autism in learning the necessary social skills that we need. This book gives you some general knowledge ideas about social thinking along with some of my best practice ideas and solutions for teaching social thinking to your child with Autism. Social thinking analyzes the entire social situation. How do we know when it is our turn to speak? How do we know how far apart from someone to stand? How do we know what appropriate body language is for the situation we are in? How do we analyze all of these things. This book helps you prepare your child for the teenage years and the adult years. Don't miss the chance. Pick up a copy of How to Be a Good Social Thinker today to prepare your child for tomorrow. This version of How to Be a Good Social Thinker comes with a complete Autism Resource Guide that touches on subjects such as special interests, make-believe world of autism, coping mechanisms, escape into imagination, and much more.