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Asperkids: An Insider's Guide To Loving, Understanding, And Teaching Children With Asperger's Syndrome (2012)

by Jennifer Cook O'Toole(Favorite Author)

4.39 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1849059020 (ISBN13: 9781849059022)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Jessica Kingsley

review 1: I really enjoyed how this book focused on the positives for those with Asperger's and gave examples of how creativity can help these and other children who may not be typical succeed. I definitely think that this book has a broader audience than just those with Asperger's and I'd recommend it to any parent who has a child with a disability. That said, I wish the book went a little further with application of the techniques as the types of Aspies are as numerous as the stars and I sometimes struggled to figure out how to apply the concepts to the Aspies that I know. The main thing that I wish the book addressed though is how she plans to eventually help her children conform more to society. It is great that she is able to place her children in a setting where she can co... morentrol the learning processes, etc. However, it is unclear to me how her daughter for example will handle a college lecture when she doesn't have someone relating it to Aphrodite for her. It is one thing if children are not ever expected to develop enough skills to attend college - Life skills learned in any manner are very valuable. However, many Aspies do attend college or be placed in situations where they don't have control over the learning medium and it concerns me that there is no explanation of how they will make that transition.
review 2: This is now my favorite introductory book for Aspergers. It's well written and should be easy to understand by readers new to Asperkids. I ran into the author in a used book store shortly before the book was published, and she recommended that I read it. It was good advice.My only regret is that Ms. O'Toole has younger children who haven't reached their teens yet. (My Aspie just turned 14.) Nevertheless, the book was well worth reading and gave me new ideas for teaching my Asperkid. less

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