Understanding Me, Understanding You: A Guide for Supporting Autistic People, Easing Anxiety and Promoting Mutual Understanding

Good communication is essential for all relationships, but autistic people may experience anxiety and barriers to successful communication. Understanding Me, Understanding You is a guide for creating autistic spaces with predictability and trust, enabling autistic people to engage, contribute, and grow. It is based on the Triad of Understanding, a communication model developed by social work practitioner Dr. Jackie Robinson and three autistic co-researchers, and provides specific guidance for professionals in different fields and tools to facilitate mutual understanding.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 30 June 2023
Publisher: Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd

Good communication is essential to all relationships, yet the unpredictability of interpersonal exchanges can cause significant anxiety for autistic people and create a barrier to successful communication. Understanding Me, Understanding You is a guide for anyone working with and supporting autistic people. The aim is to encourage the reader to consider how they can create autistic spaces where there is predictability and trust, enabling autistic people to engage, contribute, and grow. It seeks to promote mutual understanding, starting by encouraging the reader to understand themselves, their own beliefs, and attitudes, and the way that this can influence their behavior. At its foundation is the Triad of Understanding, a beautifully simple model for successful communication conceived together by social work practitioner Dr. Jackie Robinson and three autistic co-researchers over a three-year period. Jackie successfully created an autistic space that allowed the autistic co-researchers to flourish and achieve. This communication model underpins all three sections of the guide, which includes specific guidance for professionals in different fields and tools to facilitate the move towards mutual understanding. CPD accredited: This well-written and informative book has learning value for the target audience. It has clear content and progress.

Good communication is essential to all relationships, yet the unpredictability of interpersonal exchanges can cause significant anxiety for autistic people and create a barrier to successful communication. Understanding Me, Understanding You is a guide for anyone working with and supporting autistic people. The aim is to encourage the reader to consider how they can create autistic spaces where there is predictability and trust, enabling autistic people to engage, contribute, and grow. It seeks to promote mutual understanding, starting by encouraging the reader to understand themselves, their own beliefs, and attitudes, and the way that this can influence their behavior. At its foundation is the Triad of Understanding, a beautifully simple model for successful communication conceived together by social work practitioner Dr. Jackie Robinson and three autistic co-researchers over a three-year period. Jackie successfully created an autistic space that allowed the autistic co-researchers to flourish and achieve. This communication model underpins all three sections of the guide, which includes specific guidance for professionals in different fields and tools to facilitate the move towards mutual understanding. CPD accredited: This well-written and informative book has learning value for the target audience. It has clear content and progress.

Weight: 416g
Dimension: 155 x 235 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781803882666