Girls growing up on the autism spectrum : what parents and professionals should know about the pre-teen and teenage years / Shana Nichols, with Gina Marie Moravcik and Samara Pulver Tetenbaum ; foreword by Liane Holliday Willey.

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Nichols, Shana

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (351 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781846428852
1846428858

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Girls growing up on the autism spectrum.DDC classification:

618.92/85882 22

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RJ506.A9 N53 2009eb

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Contents:

GIRLS GROWING UPON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM: What Parents and Professionals Should Know About the Pre-Teen and Teenage Years; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; AUTHORS' NOTES; Chapter 1 What Do We Currently Know about Girls and Women with Autism Spectrum Disorders?; Chapter 2 Approaching Adolescence: Anticipation, Anxiety, Adaptation, and ... Acceptance?; Chapter 3 Puberty or "Do My Parents Know You're Here?"; Chapter 4 The Red Spot: Periods, Pads, and Pelvic Exams; Chapter 5 Feeling Good Inside and Out: Self-perception and Self-confi dence.

Summary: This book is not only reassuring; it is inspiring, and bursting with ideas and achievable strategies. The authors write with authority and conviction, and tackle even the most difficult and delicate of topics. If ever you needed to be convinced that girls with ASD can overcome the difficulties and challenges of puberty and adolescence, have successful friendships and relationships and enjoy a healthy sexuality, then take the time to read this book-it is a must-have for families, teachers and therapists alike."--Sarah Attwood, author of Making Sense of Sex: A Forthright Guide to Puberty.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-342) and indexes.

This book is not only reassuring; it is inspiring, and bursting with ideas and achievable strategies. The authors write with authority and conviction, and tackle even the most difficult and delicate of topics. If ever you needed to be convinced that girls with ASD can overcome the difficulties and challenges of puberty and adolescence, have successful friendships and relationships and enjoy a healthy sexuality, then take the time to read this book-it is a must-have for families, teachers and therapists alike."--Sarah Attwood, author of Making Sense of Sex: A Forthright Guide to Puberty.

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