Hidden Strengths: Nurturing the talents, skills and interests of your autistic child

A groundbreaking, long overdue book that explains how to identify and use the strengths and abilities of autistic children for social communication, improved learning, and overall growth. It dispels unhelpful stereotypes and provides motivation strategies to build on every child's interests and strengths, unlocking their potential and educating the wider community to support and embrace the gifts autistic individuals offer.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 27 April 2023
Publisher: Quercus Publishing

A groundbreaking, long overdue book that explains how to identify your autistic child's strengths and abilities and then use them as a tool for social communication, improved learning, and overall growth.

The strengths of children and young adults diagnosed with ASD are commonly overlooked, even by trained professionals. Outdated attitudes, lack of sufficient training, and an overreliance on standardized testing work against recognizing their capabilities.

Focusing on the importance of motivation strategies, Hidden Strengths shows you how to build on every autistic child's interests and strengths. Through real-life stories of individuals whose innate abilities blossomed once they were acknowledged, this book dispels unhelpful stereotypes and will help you unlock your child's potential. It also aims to educate the wider community in how to support, accept, and embrace the gifts autistic individuals offer.

Will help both parents and teachers find and develop a child's unique skills in memory, music, math, art, and attention to detail. Development of these skills can lead to both a more rewarding life and possible careers.

Temple Grandin, Ph.D., New York Times bestselling author

Weight: 360g
Dimension: 233 x 155 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529432145