A groundbreaking, long overdue book that explains how to identify your autistic child's strengths and abilities and then use them as a tool for social communication, improved learning, and overall growth.

The strengths of children and young adults diagnosed with ASD are commonly overlooked, even by trained professionals. Outdated attitudes, lack of sufficient training and an overreliance on standardised testing works against recognising their capabilities.

Focusing on the importance of motivation strategies, Hidden Strengths shows you how to build on every autistic child's interests and strengths. Through real-life stories of individuals whose innate abilities blossomed once they were acknowledged, this book dispels unhelpful stereotypes and will help you unlock your child's potential. It also aims to educate the wider community in how to support, accept and embrace the gifts autistic individuals offer.


'Will help both parents and teachers find and develop a child's unique skills in memory, music, math, art, and attention to details. Development of these skills can lead to both a more rewarding life and possible careers' Temple Grandin, PhD, New York Times bestselling author

About the Author
Lynn Koegel (Author)
Dr. Lynn Kern Koegel is a world expert on autism and established a widely-used autism therapy called pivotal response treatment which aims to improve communication in children with autism. Alongside her husband, Robert Koegel, she has won many awards including the first annual Children's Television Workshop Sesame Street Award for "Brightening the Lives of Children", the first annual Autism Speaks award for "Science and Research" and the International ABA award for "enduring programmatic contributions in behavior analysis."

Claire LaZebnik (Author)
Claire Scovell LaZebnik is an American novelist/author. She is married to the American television writer Rob LaZebnik, with whom she has four children. Her novels include Same as It Never Was, Knitting Under the Influence and The Smart One and the Pretty One. She has co-written two books on autism with Dr. Lynn Koegel prior to Hidden Strengths: Overcoming Autism and Growing up on the Spectrum. LaZebnik's son has autism and he inspired her to write about the subject.



Reviews
Will help both parents and teachers find and develop a child's unique skills * Temple Grandin, PhD, Professor, Colorado State University, Author of Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstraction *
Does an outstanding job of helping parents recognize the strengths of their children * Edwin H Cook Jr MD, UIC Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago *
A must-have for all parents of autistic children looking for effective ways to find and nurture their child's unique strengths * Angela Scarpa, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Director of the Virginia Tech Autism Clinic & Center for Autism Research *
Provide[s] a practical and inspirational guide for parents and caregivers raising children on the spectrum. I could not agree more with the premise. * Daniel Geschwind M.D. Ph.D, Neurology Psychiatry and Human Genetics at UCLA *
Well written and understandable, this volume will become must-reading in the field * Fred R Volkmar MD, Irving B. Harris Professor Of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology Yale University *
Rarely have I seen a text that more strongly and decisively demolishes into smithereens the harmful and self-fulfilling societal belief that autism is a lifetime sentence of disability * Ami Klin, PhD. Director, Marcus Autism Center *
Provide[s] families with a wide range of valuable strategies and supports that can be used to help autistic children nurture their talents, succeed academically, and improve their overall quality of life * Zack Williams, autistic self-advocate and autism researcher *
Provides excellent guidance to parents in their journey of supporting their children and making sure they reach their full potential * Antonio Hardan, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine *
Will be illuminating and inspiring to all who seek a deeper understanding of autism * John R. Weisz, Ph.D., ABPP, Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Harvard University *
A essential read for families, professionals and people with ASD * Stephen Camarata, PhD , Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences and a Professor of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine *



Book Information
ISBN 9781529432145
Author Lynn Kern Koegel
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Quercus Publishing
Publisher Quercus Publishing
Weight(grams) 360g
Dimensions(mm) 232mm * 154mm * 24mm