Exploring Feelings: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to Manage Anxiety by Tony Attwood. (XIN Attwo 2004anxiety) Anxiety can be debilitating for anyone, but it can be especially confusing for a child. Learning about emotions helps children recognize connections between thinking and feeling, and helps them identify the physiological effects of anxiety on the body (sweating, increased heart […]
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Exploring Feelings: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to Manage Anger
Exploring Feelings: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to Manage Anger by Tony Attwood. (XIN Attwo 2004anger) Many children, especially those with developmental delays, have trouble understanding or expressing their feelings. The result can be difficulty with anger management. Listing possible responses to situations – and the likely outcome of each one – allows the child to make […]
Exploring Feelings: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to Manage Anxiety
Exploring Feelings: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to Manage Anxiety by Tony Attwood. (XIN Attwo 2004anxiety)(DVD) Asperger’s (AS) is a neurobiological condition that affects sensory integration, processing and communication. People on the autism spectrum lack intuitive knowledge of “being able to adopt viewpoints from another’s shoes,” so this skill needs to be learned cognitively. In his book, […]
Asperger’s Syndrome, Vol. 2 DVD: Anger Management, Teaching Teachers, and Teenage Issues
Asperger’s Syndrome, Vol. 2 DVD: Anger Management, Teaching Teachers, and Teenage Issues (XAS Attwo 2003DVD) Tony gives teachers great advice on how to effectively manage a classroom that includes students with Asperger’s. He offers tips for success and social/behavioral warning signs to watch for. He also shares helpful strategies for teaching adolescents with Asperger’s. Since […]
Asperger’s Syndrome And Sexuality: From Adolescence Through Adulthood
Asperger’s Syndrome And Sexuality: From Adolescence Through Adulthood by Isabelle Henault and Tony Attwood. (XAT Henau 2006) This book provides practical information and advice on issues ranging from puberty, sexual development and gender identity disorder to couples therapy and maintaining sexual boundaries. It is a comprehensive sex education program for those with AS. Pp. 208. […]
Asperger’s Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Asperger’s Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals by Tony Attwood (1998). (XAS Attwo 1998) This book explains Asperger’s Syndrome and the unusual characteristics of those who have it. The book suggests strategies to help someone with Asperger’s Syndrome reduce the unusual behaviors and become less conspicuous. Pp. 224. If available, item can be checked […]
Asperger’s Diagnostic Assessment
Asperger’s Diagnostic Assessment a DVD by Tony Attwood. (XAS Attwo 2004) This DVD features Tony Attwood lecturing on the diagnostic characteristic of Asperger’s Syndrome and describing a process for explaining the diagnosis to a child or adult. It also features an interview with a young man with Asperger’s and his parents. Disc One: 3 hours, […]
Asperger’s and Girls
Asperger’s and Girls by Tony Attwood, Temple Grandin, Teresa Bolick, and Catherine Faherty. (XAS Attwo 2006) You find in this book up-to-date information for girls and woman with Asperger’s syndrome. It covers topics such as diagnoses, education, puberty, relationships, and careers. Experts in the field share practical advice for both caregivers and the women and […]
Pretending to Be Normal
Pretending to Be Normal by Liane Holliday Willey. (XAD Wille 1999) Provides comprehensive guidance for those with AS on how and who to tell about their AS, how to survive college, what employment options might be suitable and so on. Pp. 173. If available, item can be checked out from the resource room at no […]
The Oasis Guide to Asperger’s
The Oasis Guide to Asperger’s Patricia Romanowski Bashe, Barbara L. Kirby, Simon Baron-Cohen, and Tony Attwood. This book includes information on diagnosis, evaluation, medication, therapies, and social skill development. Pp. 486. If available, item can be checked out from the resource room at no cost.