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I am Special: Introducing Children and Young People to their Autistic Spectrum Disorder

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I believe that there is something for everyone in this book. We didn't find it negative at all.
There are many different worksheets in this book. We chose to use this in many different ways, over the course of several weeks.
Our school psychologist also had a copy, and some of the worksheets were done at school with her, either alone, or in a small group.
We chose to take it slow, allowing our son to move at his own pace. We found it really nice to have a book to help us introduce autism to him, since he never really came to us to ask about his differences. (Two psychologists told us it was time.)
As we started progressing through the book, he started asking more questions, and actually wanting to do more of the worksheets!
I really recommend this to parents who are struggling with HOW to explain autism to their children. Just use your own common sense and use the various worksheets in the way that makes the most sense for your child.

When I selected this book I was looking for some ways to access children who are on the austistic spectrum. So this may bias my review as i had certain expectations.

Now that i have been able to look through with more detail i realise that the book does not provide answers to all the questions I had. We (psychologists) all know a lot about what is said about children on the AD spectrum but we don't always have the keys to unlock their communication. I am not sure the book will answer this as it seems to have many exercises where the child has to reflect upon his behaviour or emotions and this to me has been one of the major problems in therapy.

As yet I have not fully utilised the book and so I shall have to hold back until I have really applied myself and it.

I found this book very negative. It was not at all what I was lookin for. I did not find it helpful, to people preparing to introduce autism to those in the spectrum.