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From Like to Love for Young People with Asperger's Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder): Learning How to Express and Enjoy Affection with Family and Friends

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Tony Attwood, Michelle Garnett Australian author

  • From Like to Love for Young People with Asperger's Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder)

160 pages
2013
ISBN: 9781849054362

If your child rarely shows you that he or she loves you, it can be profoundly distressing. This is the experience of many parents of children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and most fear that it reflects the truth. In fact the truth has generally more to do with the difficulty that young people with an ASD have in communicating like or love for someone physically and verbally. They may not know how to go about expressing themselves in these ways, or understand that family members and friends can find the absence of demonstrative affection upsetting.

This book, by world leading experts Tony Attwood and Michelle Garnett, addresses this issue in practical terms. They provide carefully designed activities for parents to work through with their children to help them to understand and express affection. Their child will learn to identify his or her own and others' comfort and enjoyment range for gestures, actions and words of affection and the different ways to express feelings for someone, appropriate to each relationship and situation. The activities are simple, straightforward, and very carefully structured, so that they can be undertaken at the pace that works for the individual family. The book also guides the adult through the challenges faced by the child, leading to greater understanding and confidence in their relationship with their child, and increased ability to nurture the child's ability to form engaged relationships and friendships with others.

Readers of Tony Attwood's previous books will recognise his warm, positive and empowering approach. The book will be a transformative resource for parents and family worried about their child's emotional life.

Table of Contents

Part 1.

  • Introduction.
  • 1.1. Why children and adolescents who have Asperger's syndrome (autism spectrum disorder) need a programme to understand and express affection.
  • 1.2. Aims of the programme.
  • 1.3. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.

Part 2. How the programme works.

  • 2.4. Assessing the ability to communicate affection.
  • 2.5. How to conduct the sessions.
  • 2.6. Activities for each session.
  • 2.7. Overviews of the sessions.

Part 3. Sessions.

  • Session 1.
  • Session 2.
  • Session 3.
  • Session 4.
  • Session 5.

Recommended resources.

References.

Appendix.

  • Affection Questionnaires.

"A million thanks to Attwood and Garnett for writing this illuminating and user-friendly book that will surely help caregivers teach adolescents with Asperger's syndrome or mild autism how to recognize and share emotions and affections in positive, nourishing and healthy ways."
- Liane Holliday Willey, author of several bestselling books on Asperger syndrome

"This book is clear, concise and practical... in other words, it is a parent's dream. The book gives us usable information in a blessedly short book. I recommend this book for parents, caregivers, and teachers. Tony is one of the world's most empathic and creative experts on those individuals on the higher end of the autism spectrum. Michelle's work is already known in Australia, and she is a rising global star."
- Susan Moreno, founder and president of MAAP Services, Inc., editor of The MAAP and author of The Partner's Guide to Asperger Syndrome and More Cognitively Advance Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders