A "5" Could Make Me Lose Control! An activity-based method for evaluating and supporting highly anxious students
Description
This unique hands-on activity helps students who are highly anxious cope with their stress by systematizing social and emotional information. Using this self-contained product, the student literally sorts cards describing highly stressful situations into colorful pockets designating stress levels, ranging from 5-1, as a first step in changing the way he thinks about and responds to emotions such as anxiety, sadness and anger. A laminated erasable page and blank cards enable parents and teachers to individualize this innovative program. Suggestions for how to include it as part of a functional behavior assessment and a problem-solving activity are included.
Whiteley, P. , Rodgers, J. , Savery, D. and Shattock, P.
Title
A Gluten-free Diet as an Intervention for Autism and Associated Spectrum Disorders
Description
The opioid-excess hypothesis of autism suggests that autismis the consequence of the incomplete breakdown and excessiveabsorption of peptides with opioid activity (derived from foodswhich contain gluten and casein), causing disruption to biochemicaland neuroregulatory processes. Biochemical evidence has indicatedthe presence of increased levels of peptides in the urine ofpeople with autism, and previous behavioural studies have demonstrateda connection between the long term exclusion of gluten and caseinfrom the diet and improvements in the behaviour of some childrenwith autism. The introduction of a gluten-free diet to childrenwith autism and associated spectrum disorders (n 5 22) was monitoredover a 5 month period using a battery of parental and teacherinterview/questionnaire sessions, observation reports, psychometrictests and urinary profiling. Results suggested that participantson a gluten-free diet showed an improvement on a number of behaviouralmeasures. However there was no significant decrease in specificurinary compounds excreted when compared with controls and agluten challenge group.
Citation
Whiteley, P. , Rodgers, J. , Savery, D. and Shattock, P. (1999). A gluten-free diet as an intervention for autism and associated spectrum disorders. , 3, 45-65
Whiteley, P. , Rodgers, J. , Savery, D. and Shattock, P.
Title
A Gluten-free Diet as an Intervention for Autism and Associated Spectrum Disorders
Description
The opioid-excess hypothesis of autism suggests that autismis the consequence of the incomplete breakdown and excessiveabsorption of peptides with opioid activity (derived from foodswhich contain gluten and casein), causing disruption to biochemicaland neuroregulatory processes. Biochemical evidence has indicatedthe presence of increased levels of peptides in the urine ofpeople with autism, and previous behavioural studies have demonstrateda connection between the long term exclusion of gluten and caseinfrom the diet and improvements in the behaviour of some childrenwith autism. The introduction of a gluten-free diet to childrenwith autism and associated spectrum disorders (n 5 22) was monitoredover a 5 month period using a battery of parental and teacherinterview/questionnaire sessions, observation reports, psychometrictests and urinary profiling. Results suggested that participantson a gluten-free diet showed an improvement on a number of behaviouralmeasures. However there was no significant decrease in specificurinary compounds excreted when compared with controls and agluten challenge group.
Citation
Whiteley, P. , Rodgers, J. , Savery, D. and Shattock, P. (1999). A gluten-free diet as an intervention for autism and associated spectrum disorders. , 3, 45-65
A Very Touching Book has a timeless message for parents on how to avoid scare tactics and encourage children to understand sexual abuse in a healthy and non-threatening manner. This publication enhances understanding and communication between children and adults, creating a partnership of safety for big people and for little people.
Adolescents on the autism spectrum: A Parent's Guide to the Cognitive, Social, Physical, and Transition Needs of Teenagers with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Description
This guide offers parents strategies for helping their children, whatever their ability level, through the changes of the teenage years, and to prepare them for adulthood. Using examples, advice and insights, it covers: preparing for life after secondary school; the specific health risks of adolescence, such as seizures and depression; and teenage emotions, puberty, sexuality, appropriate relationships and dating.
Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum: Foreword by Charlotte Moore
Description
Adolescence can be a difficult time for everyone, but for parents of teens on the autism spectrum it's particularly nerve-wracking. Parents must learn to protect their children from the dangers of an environment that is not always understanding of their disease while also providing them with the skills and support they need to live as independent a life as possible.
Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum offers strategies for helping children, whatever their ability level, through the changes of the teenage years, and prepares them for adulthood. Using clear examples, practical advice, and supportive insights, it covers how to help teenagers understand puberty and hygiene; the specific health risks of adolescence such as seizures and depression; preparing for life after secondary school; and teenage emotions, sexuality, appropriate relationships and dating.
Poetry reflecting the many aspects of a life lived with Asperger syndrome. The author writes about childhood, self-discovery, adulthood and friendship. The author's poetry also conveys the day-to-day challenges presented by divorce, bereavement, emigration, disclosing homosexuality and Asperger syndrome.
Asperger Syndrome and Alcohol exposes the unexplored problem of people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) using alcohol as a coping mechanism to deal with everyday life. Alcohol can relieve the anxiety of social situations and make those with ASDs feel as though they can fit in. Ultimately, however, reliance on alcohol can lead the user down a path of self-destruction and exacerbate existing problems.
Citation
2008, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 144pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-609-8, BIC 2: VFJD JFFH (ISBN 978-1-84310-609-8)
Asperger Syndrome and Anxiety: A Guide to Successful Stress Management
Description
Many people suffer from feelings of stress and anxiety in their everyday lives. For people with Asperger Syndrome (AS), this stress can be particularly difficult to manage. On a daily basis people with AS must fit into a world that seems totally foreign to them and this can increase feelings of alienation and anxiety, making life's challenges especially hard to cope with.
Citation
2009, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-895-5, BIC 2: VFJS JM YXK (ISBN 978-1-84310-895-5)
Asperger Syndrome and Anxiety: A Guide to Successful Stress Management
Description
Many people suffer from feelings of stress and anxiety in their everyday lives. For people with Asperger Syndrome (AS), this stress can be particularly difficult to manage. On a daily basis people with AS must fit into a world that seems totally foreign to them and this can increase feelings of alienation and anxiety, making life's challenges especially hard to cope with.
Citation
2009, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-895-5, BIC 2: VFJS JM YXK (ISBN 978-1-84310-895-5)
