telling child about diagnosis

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For those of you who have told your child about his/her diagnosis, have you come

across any good books (for example a storybook) that you have found helpful

reading to the child or letting them read, to help with your discussion with the

child? Thanks a lot!

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I would suggest Tony Attwood's book, but I assume you're not talking about a teenager?On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 9:05 AM, nynydad <ktaylorrat@...> wrote:

For those of you who have told your child about his/her diagnosis, have you come across any good books (for example a storybook) that you have found helpful reading to the child or letting them read, to help with your discussion with the child? Thanks a lot!

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YES, YES, YES! Faherty has a book called " Aspergers, What

does it mean to me? " and it is WONDERFUL! We call it

Katrina's " journal " because she was at a point where she was refusing

to acknowledge that she had autism or aspergers or anything " wrong "

with her and this book explains everything very simply, very

wholesomely and she gets to write in it too. She takes it to therapy

and works on it with her therapist (for pencil-grip) and they get to

talk about it there too but it's an AMAZING book. I also like it

because it'll end up being a diary for her when she's older because it

talks about her likes and dislikes, her favorite foods, why she doesn't

like certain foods (maybe texture sensitivity), etc.

It also has a section for parents and teacher at the end of each

chapter that helps us understand how to understand how our children may

be thinking. For instance, one thing that I would have never thought

of is that on a checklist, asperger kids will often like to check off

the task as they begin it, instead of when it's done because that makes

more sense to them. It would have NEVER EVER dawned on me to do that!

And it explains why and everything but it really takes you outside the

box and gives you ideas on how you can help your children achieve

more. I think I paid around $25-30 for it new.

I bought my book online at Amazon.com She also has other books for

Autim in Girls that goes all through adolescence and dating, marriage,

childbearing, etc.

Good Luck to you!

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> For those of you who have told your child about his/her diagnosis,

have you come across any good books (for example a storybook) that you

have found helpful reading to the child or letting them read, to help

with your discussion with the child? Thanks a lot!

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>> For those of you who have told your child about his/her diagnosis, have you come across any good books (for example a storybook) that you have found helpful reading to the child or letting them read, to help with your discussion with the child? Thanks a lot!>

It would depend on the age of the child...there are a lot of books out there. Google autism in books on Amazon, and see what is available. And good luck...not an easy job.

Judy www.judithmammay.com

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If your child is in elementary school, a decent book that is highly recommended is Tacky the Penguin. Tacky is different from the other penguins and it is a pleasant way of showing your child why he/she may be different.Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars.

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and noble has a book called " Can I Tell You about Asperger

Syndrome? by Jude Welton, another good one is I Am Utterly Unique:

Celebrating the Strengths of Children with Asperger Syndrome and

High-Functioning Autism by Elaine Marie Larson, Vivian Strand

I hope these help

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Hello,I am new to your group. I have a 13 year old daughter with aspergers. She is a good reader. I had her read The Curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon and A Walk with I believe by Sparks. After she read some of the books, I asked her if she could identify with the characters. We had some great conversations about how people think differently and thats ok. Since she was six, she asked why God made her brain different than her peers.Louisesunrose101@... wrote: No. And I'm writing one! In a message dated 6/24/2008 10:06:23 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ktaylorrat writes: For those of you who have told your child about his/her diagnosis, have you come across any good books (for example a storybook) that you have found helpful reading to the child or letting them read, to help with your discussion with the child? Thanks a lot! Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars.

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>> For those of you who have told your child about his/her diagnosis, have you come across any good books (for example a storybook) that you have found helpful reading to the child or letting them read, to help with your discussion with the child? Thanks a lot!

Check out http://www.asperger.net/, a publishing company just for such books. They have several listed that might work.

My daughter-in-law started talking to my grandson early on, often after there had been a melt-down and he was calm again, to help him understand his actions and learn more appropriate behaviours. You can also use ANY book about autism, and just point out how your child is similar, and/or use it to open up dialogue about his own situation...that is the important thing. D-I-L did that regularly as a bedtime story, since that was part of M's routine.

Judywww.judithmammay.com

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Hi

I found a book called Aspergers Syndrome, the Universe and Everything

it is written by a boy called Hall who was around 10yrs at the

time he wrote it. I found it useful for my son to read to understand

that he is not alone in his thoughts and feelings.

Regards Nicoa

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I read the book Can I tell you about Aspergers Syndrome by Jude Welton, to my kids. My girls, not on the spectrum, learned quite a bit from it and went on to share it with their classes at school. My son with Aspergers listened and related a bit, but he's not the type to elaborate on a book, so it's kind of hard to fully gauge his response. I made a point to use the examples in the book to point out how he does some of the same things as the character and also how he doesn't do certain things the character did.

I think the most important thing we did with our kids was make sure they knew that being different isn't bad, and that they can come to us at any time with questions. Be prepared for any response, my oldest daughter was very worried about my son when we told her, pretty much anytime we mentioned Aspergers for the first month she would cry. Once she realized, with our help, he's still the same person he's always been, she's gotten a little better. She's 10 and very intelligent and pretty much pieced together that he may need help from us for the rest of his life, and that made her feel bad. My other daughter, his twin, pretty much took it all in stride, she's always been her brother's best advocate even before we had a diagnosis.___

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> Our kids do best with some visuals, so I found it useful to explain it

> (especially efforts towards symptom reduction) using charts I created

> while talking. Made custom mini-lessons. (Works well for HFA.)

> -JS

> (I've checked out the books, but none of them are as good as what you

> can probably say/piece together.)

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you tell him in bits and pieces, over the course of about 10 years, as

the understanding of the child increases.