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  A friend of mine who has a child on the Autism spectrum showed me this little 42-page workbook. This is what the child's counselor recommended, and I asked if I could borrow it. Kari Dunn Buron, an Autism Education Specialist and a founding member of the Minnesota Autism Project, has given parents, counselors and educators a nifty tool that can aid children on the spectrum in working through relationships and social contacts. Her goal in this book is "to use a simple 5 point scale to create some possible "guidelines" for thinking about context, and how that makes a difference" (v). It is the third book in a 4-part series called "The Incredible 5-Point Scale." The book is practical and immediately useable. It is packed full of real-life stories, with guidance on how to move toward a different result than the one experienced. There are also several worksheets that help kids to put pen-to-paper and start imagining new actions and directions. This book i...

  Navigating Autism: 9 Mindsets for Helping Kids on the Spectrum Temple Grandin, Ph.D. and Debra Moore, Ph.D. W.W. Norton & Co. https://wwnorton.com/ ISBN: 978-0-393-71484-5; September 2021; $16.95   Throughout the years I have interacted and worked with children and adults who find that they have some form of autism. So, I am always looking for material that is helpful and practically useful for parents and professionals on the subject. Therefore, I was elated when the authors notified me that they had just published this 384-page softback, “Navigating Autism: 9 Mindsets for Helping Kids on the Spectrum”. Temple Grandin, best-selling author, prolific speaker, and Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University, and Debra Moore, psychologist, and Founder and Director of Fall Creek Counseling Associates in the greater Sacramento Area, have teamed up on this manuscript and handed parents and professionals a well-researched, but easy to read dossier. Rea...

The Loving Push: How Parents and Professionals Can Help Spectrum Kids Become Successful Adults by Debra Moore My rating: 5 of 5 stars Most parents grapple with how to guide their children into a valuable and viable adulthood. Through all of my years of parenting and my time of consoling and counseling many parents in churches where I have pastored, this is a steady stream of stress. But add to this the particular struggles of autism, and the frustrations and feelings of futility can be greatly exacerbated. To restore hope and rebuild courage in parents with children on the spectrum comes a new 288 page paperback. “The Loving Push: How parents and professionals can help spectrum kids become successful adults” has co-written by Dr. Temple Grandin, author, professor and lecturer who is on the spectrum; and Dr. Debra Moore, author and psychologist who has worked with many clients dealing with HFA and Asperger’s. As the authors state, they “want to increase the odds that your child grow...

The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum by Temple Grandin My rating: 5 of 5 stars Have you ever worked with anyone who is living with autism? Over the years I have been in situations where I have interacted professionally and informally with folks who have some form of autism, but I have never looked into this subject. Therefore, recently, I decided it was time to look below the surface and find out more. Temple Grandin's 240 page paperback, "The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum" was the first resource I nabbed, and how grateful I am to have picked it up. Grandin, a professor of animal science at Colorado State University and accomplished author speaks on autism from the inside out. The book is her story dancing together with the life-stories of many others who live with autism. "The Autistic Brain" is, surprisingly, an easy read. In spite of the fairly technical chapters on brain formation and functionality, and the different ways aut...