Davida Hartman

The Growing Up Book for Boys

What Boys on the Autism Spectrum Need to Know!
Illustrator: Suggs, Margaret Anne

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This growing up guide for boys is full of facts, tips and colour illustrations explaining puberty, body image, hygiene, friendship, crushes and more! Written in literal language and addressing sensory issues, safety, and social skills throughout, it offers an ideal introduction to the teenage years for boys with autism aged 9 to 14.

Produktdetails

• Growing Up
• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 72
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 159mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 278g
• ISBN-13: 9781849055758
• ISBN-10: 1849055750
• Artikelnr.: 41771808

Autorenporträt

Davida Hartman is the Director and Senior Educational Psychologist at The Children's Clinic, Dublin, providing child psychology and multi-disciplinary services to children 0-18. She is a lecturer and trainer in the area of autism and consults to a number of different groups and agencies. She has been working with children and adolescents on the autism spectrum for twenty-one in the capacity of a psychologist and a teacher. Davida received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Trinity College Dublin, her MA in Educational Psychology from University College Dublin, and she is a Registered Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI). Her website can be visited at www.thechildrensclinic.ie.

Inhaltsangabe

Advice for Parents and Professionals. Introduction. 1. Bodies. 2. Hair. 3.
Boy Stuff. 4. What Is Happening to My Penis? 5. Hygiene 6.Clothes. 7. Skin.
8. Emotions. 9. Crushes. 10. Friends. 11. The Internet. 12. Your Body
Belongs to You. 13. I am Me. All I Ever Need to Be. 14. What About the
Girls? Further Reading.