Midwest Book Review
2014-12-06 11:22:44 UTC
The Autism Shelf
101 Tips for Parents of Children With Autism
Arnold Miller and Theresa C. Smith
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Inc.
400 Market Street, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19106
www.jkp.com
9781849069602, $19.95, www.amazon.com
101 Tips for Parents of Children With Autism: Effective Solutions for Everyday Challenges offers strategies to help children cope with obstacles and inappropriate behaviors, and is directed to parents who want to know more about the successful Miller Method. This book has been featured before but deserves ongoing mention for its expansion of Miller's techniques and for its important keys to understanding behavior modification.
The Asperkid's Game Plan
Jennifer Cook O'Toole
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
400 Market Street, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19106
www.jkp.com
9781849059596, $26.95, www.amazon.com
The Asperkid's Game Plan provides a fine survey on structured play that engages kids with Asperger syndrome and uses strengths they already have to develop skills, making this a solid compendium of games and activities for parents and teachers alike. A range of scenarios shows how Aspie kids learn and how activities can be tailored to make the most of their abilities, making for an education title applicable to a range of budgets and scenarios.
Sleep Well on the Autism Spectrum
Kenneth J. Aitken
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
400 Market Street, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19106
www.jkp.com
9781849053334, $24.95, www.amazon.com
Sleep Well On The Autism Spectrum: How To Recognise Common Sleep Difficulties, Choose The Right Treatment, And Get You Or Your Child Sleeping Soundly is an outstanding book for parents and individuals who look for better sleep patterns for those on the autism spectrum, and considers the special management of these individuals who struggle with sleep disorders. A range of sleep disorders and possible treatments consider their symptoms, how they evolve, and their treatment, making for a fine survey recommended for any psychology, health, and medicine collection.
LEGO-Based Therapy
Daniel B. LeGoff, et.al.
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
400 Market Street, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19106
www.jkp.com
9781849055376, $24.95, www.amazon.com
LEGO-Based Therapy: How to Build Social Competence Through LEGO-Based Clubs for Children With Autism and Related Conditions offers a complete guide to the therapy that contains all the basics needed to set up and run a LEGO-Based Club for special-needs kids. It uses LEGO building to foster social development and social rules, and provides a manual outlining the theory and research of autism treatments and how the LEGO-Based Club idea works in real life. The result is a solid reference for any education or health collection working with autistic kids.
Parenting ASD Teens
Andrew Schlegelmilch
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Inc.
400 Market Street, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19106
9781849059756, $18.95, www.jkp.com
PARENTING ASD TEENS: A GUIDE TO MAKING IT UP AS YOU GO is for any parent of a teen on the Autism Spectrum and comes from a psychologist who offers guidance on difficult issues that go beyond adolescent rebellion and include ASD special concerns. From behavior problems and school struggles to helping a child develop social consideration, this is a 'must' for any who have an ASD child and are looking ahead to the turbulent teen years and how to cope with an Autism child entering these years.
Charting the Course for Treating Children with Autism
Linda Kelly and Janice Plunkett D'Avignon
W. W. Norton & Company
500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110
9780393708714, $25.95, www.wwnorton.com
Charting the Course for Treating Children with Autism: A Beginner's Guide for Therapists offers a beginner's guide to ASD for therapists, and tells newcomers to the disorder how to provide the best support. There's no single treatment for autism, and therapists who need to know the basics receive a fine discussion of various assessment and treatment approaches to the common therapeutic issues that arise. Here ASD is considered as a social communicative disorder, and advice is tailored to handling social issues that stem from ASD habits. Therapists will find this a fine introduction to a complex topic.
EDITOR'S NOTE:
The Midwest Book Review is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. We accept no funds from authors or publishers. Full permission is given to post any of these reviews on thematically appropriate websites, newsgroups, listserves, internet discussion groups, organizational newsletters, or to interested individuals. Please give the Midwest Book Review a credit line when doing so.
The Midwest Book Review publishes the monthly book review magazines "California Bookwatch", "Internet Bookwatch", "Children's Bookwatch", "MBR Bookwatch", "Reviewer's Bookwatch", and "Small Press Bookwatch". All are available for free on the Midwest Book Review website at www (dot) midwestbookreview (dot) com
Anyone wanting to submit books for review consideration can send them to:
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
278 Orchard Drive
Oregon, WI 53575-1129
To submit reviews of any fiction or non-fiction books, email them to Frugalmuse (at) aol (dot) com (Be sure to include the book title, author, publisher, publisher address, publisher website/phone number, 13-digit ISBN number, and list price).
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
101 Tips for Parents of Children With Autism
Arnold Miller and Theresa C. Smith
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Inc.
400 Market Street, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19106
www.jkp.com
9781849069602, $19.95, www.amazon.com
101 Tips for Parents of Children With Autism: Effective Solutions for Everyday Challenges offers strategies to help children cope with obstacles and inappropriate behaviors, and is directed to parents who want to know more about the successful Miller Method. This book has been featured before but deserves ongoing mention for its expansion of Miller's techniques and for its important keys to understanding behavior modification.
The Asperkid's Game Plan
Jennifer Cook O'Toole
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
400 Market Street, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19106
www.jkp.com
9781849059596, $26.95, www.amazon.com
The Asperkid's Game Plan provides a fine survey on structured play that engages kids with Asperger syndrome and uses strengths they already have to develop skills, making this a solid compendium of games and activities for parents and teachers alike. A range of scenarios shows how Aspie kids learn and how activities can be tailored to make the most of their abilities, making for an education title applicable to a range of budgets and scenarios.
Sleep Well on the Autism Spectrum
Kenneth J. Aitken
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
400 Market Street, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19106
www.jkp.com
9781849053334, $24.95, www.amazon.com
Sleep Well On The Autism Spectrum: How To Recognise Common Sleep Difficulties, Choose The Right Treatment, And Get You Or Your Child Sleeping Soundly is an outstanding book for parents and individuals who look for better sleep patterns for those on the autism spectrum, and considers the special management of these individuals who struggle with sleep disorders. A range of sleep disorders and possible treatments consider their symptoms, how they evolve, and their treatment, making for a fine survey recommended for any psychology, health, and medicine collection.
LEGO-Based Therapy
Daniel B. LeGoff, et.al.
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
400 Market Street, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19106
www.jkp.com
9781849055376, $24.95, www.amazon.com
LEGO-Based Therapy: How to Build Social Competence Through LEGO-Based Clubs for Children With Autism and Related Conditions offers a complete guide to the therapy that contains all the basics needed to set up and run a LEGO-Based Club for special-needs kids. It uses LEGO building to foster social development and social rules, and provides a manual outlining the theory and research of autism treatments and how the LEGO-Based Club idea works in real life. The result is a solid reference for any education or health collection working with autistic kids.
Parenting ASD Teens
Andrew Schlegelmilch
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Inc.
400 Market Street, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19106
9781849059756, $18.95, www.jkp.com
PARENTING ASD TEENS: A GUIDE TO MAKING IT UP AS YOU GO is for any parent of a teen on the Autism Spectrum and comes from a psychologist who offers guidance on difficult issues that go beyond adolescent rebellion and include ASD special concerns. From behavior problems and school struggles to helping a child develop social consideration, this is a 'must' for any who have an ASD child and are looking ahead to the turbulent teen years and how to cope with an Autism child entering these years.
Charting the Course for Treating Children with Autism
Linda Kelly and Janice Plunkett D'Avignon
W. W. Norton & Company
500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110
9780393708714, $25.95, www.wwnorton.com
Charting the Course for Treating Children with Autism: A Beginner's Guide for Therapists offers a beginner's guide to ASD for therapists, and tells newcomers to the disorder how to provide the best support. There's no single treatment for autism, and therapists who need to know the basics receive a fine discussion of various assessment and treatment approaches to the common therapeutic issues that arise. Here ASD is considered as a social communicative disorder, and advice is tailored to handling social issues that stem from ASD habits. Therapists will find this a fine introduction to a complex topic.
EDITOR'S NOTE:
The Midwest Book Review is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. We accept no funds from authors or publishers. Full permission is given to post any of these reviews on thematically appropriate websites, newsgroups, listserves, internet discussion groups, organizational newsletters, or to interested individuals. Please give the Midwest Book Review a credit line when doing so.
The Midwest Book Review publishes the monthly book review magazines "California Bookwatch", "Internet Bookwatch", "Children's Bookwatch", "MBR Bookwatch", "Reviewer's Bookwatch", and "Small Press Bookwatch". All are available for free on the Midwest Book Review website at www (dot) midwestbookreview (dot) com
Anyone wanting to submit books for review consideration can send them to:
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
278 Orchard Drive
Oregon, WI 53575-1129
To submit reviews of any fiction or non-fiction books, email them to Frugalmuse (at) aol (dot) com (Be sure to include the book title, author, publisher, publisher address, publisher website/phone number, 13-digit ISBN number, and list price).
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review