Parenting a Child With Asperger Syndrome. 200 Tips and Strategies

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Parenting a Child with Asperger Syndrome: 200 Tips and Strategies

2008-04-23
This is a good guide for assisting a parent with a child that has been diagnosed as Autistic or Asperger Syndrome. Currently one in every 150 children in North America are diagnosed with this condition. Parents need all the help that can get to deal with it and this book has some of those answers. My autistic angel is a joy to have as part of my life but he does need to be handled differently than his siblings. This book helps.

EXCELLENT TIPS

2008-04-18
I've read a LOT of books on Autism and on Asperger's in the last 6 years. This one gets an A+. It's a fast read and has a lot of clear and concise tips to implement in additional ways that us inventive and creative parents may not have thought of already, or if you've hit a dead end and need some help!

EXCELLENT!!

Parenting a child with Asperger Syndrome

2008-03-18
This book has helped in numerous ways. Even my older son is now understanding his baby brother.

Parenting a child with AS

2007-05-08
This book is great. I have had it out from the library so many times and had to keep returning it so decided to buy it. It is easy to read, and easy to find things in. It is great in that it has heaps of ideas on how to handle a situation and ideas that are acutally useable and don't take up ages to implement. The beginning section of the book is great as a parent to help you realise you are not to blame, or alone. Also that what you feel is "normal" in this crazy world that we have landed in. The person diagnosed might live on the other planet as all the books say, but we as parents need to negotiate that planet as well to make it all make sence. The emotions were a lot of what I had felt at some time or another and could really relate to. I think this is an excellent book for anyone who is just starting out in the AS diagnosis stage and dealing with AS on a daily basis. It helps make sence of so many things. I've read many books since our diagnosis and this has been the best for me.

Not my favorite

2007-04-13
Our 4-year-old son was recently diagnosed with Asperger's and I've been looking for books to help us understand and help him with certain aspects. I will keep this one around for future reference as it is set up prefect for quick reference. I just didn't care for it much. I wish I could explain why. Maybe I just couldn't connect to the author.
It may be more useful as we come upon certain problems but it didn't help us understand much at this point. I would probably not recommend this book but would rather recommend "Ten Things Every Child With Autism Wishes You Knew" by Ellen Notbohm. That one has been much more helpful in understanding how he might feel. It doesn't necessarily give answers on how to handle things, but it gives us insight into his mind.

What a help!

2007-02-07
For parents of children with Asperger Syndrome (AS) ordinary care and parenting just doesn't always do it - AS kids need a different approach. Brenda is mother to eleven-year-old Kenneth Hall, author of Asperger Syndrome, the Universe and Everything, and since his diagnosis at the age of eight she has gathered together the parenting ideas and tips that have had a positive effect on Kenneth's life. Among other aspects, Brenda discusses parents' reaction to their child's AS, from pre-diagnosis to acceptance of the condition, and gives advice on how parents can better understand 'Planet Asperger'. With an extensive section of practical tips for issues such as anger management and communication, this book will help parents to respond positively to the challenge of AS and find the 'treasure' in their child's way of being.

Wish I had this YEARS ago!

2007-01-12
This is a GREAT book for parents - AND for other family members: grandparents, aunts and uncles, as well as other non-family members who may be involved in the caretaking and/or education process. This mom has been there and lived it and what she tells us is both helpful AND realistic. These kids aren't easy, but sometimes the attitudes you get from OUTSIDERS make the process of parenting an Aspie kid even more difficult. If you're a parent, this is a great tool - for you AND for the others in your life that need some outside perspective. I only wish I had gotten a hold of this when my daughter was younger. I could have used the extra support, plus the knowledge that I wasn't the only one who had ever had to deal with a kid like this.

Brilliance & Humor

2006-11-23
Brenda Boyd, whose son Kenneth Hall wrote "Asperger's, the Universe & Everything" has written a delightfully logical book about raising a child with Asperger's Syndrome (AS) which is the spectrum partner to autism. In reading her words of humor and wisdom, it is easy to see the apple did not fall too far from the tree -- her son, Kenneth has also provided invaluable insight and information about this sensory neurobiological condition.

The book provides a clear guide in broken down steps for all, neurotypical (NT) and a/A (autism/Asperger's) alike to follow. You will want to follow the trail of steps that will take you straight to a wonderfully realistic and logical picture of life with AS. Hats off to this book!

A good companion book to this one is Multicoloured Mayhem: Parenting the Many Shades of Adolescence, Autism, Asperger Syndrome and AD/HD

Excellent book if you have a child with Aspergers

2006-06-30
I have read several books about AS and found this one to be the most helpful. It is the first book I've read that actually gave me ways to deal with my AS son.

Aspie parents need this book

2003-11-04
I have an extensive library of books on Aspergers, always searching for concrete methods to help my 13 year old son, and though I often loan a lot of my books out, this one will not leave my side. If you are the parent, relative or otherwise important to a child with Aspergers Syndrome, please add this book to your library. It takes each of the many 'problems' AS kids have, explains a likely reason for the behavior and gives several suggestions to help you and your child deal with them. Brenda Boyle knows her son and has come up with techniques that work.