(The) parents' practical guide to resilience for preteens and teenagers on the autism spectrum

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION = 9
• CHAPTER 1 Resilience and Autistic Preteens, Teenagers and Young Adults = 13
• What is resilience? = 13
• What impedes resilience? = 14
• Why do autistic people need resilience? = 17
• How can resilience change your child's life for the better? = 18
• How does a person acquire resilience? = 19
• What does resilience look like for teens and preteens on the autism spectrum? = 21
• Key concepts around resilience = 21
• Protective factors for resilience = 24
• Challenges to resilience = 27
• Autism and the `two puberties' = 31
• The value of an autistic／neurodivergent peer group = 35
• Controlled challenges and supported risks = 35
• CHAPTER 2 Resilience and Autistic Children Aged 11-15 Years = 38
• Common characteristics of autistic children aged 11-15 years = 38
• Getting a diagnosis in preteen or early teenage years = 38
• Autistic characteristics and resilience = 40
• What are risk factors for resilience? = 41
• Thinking about sexuality = 45
• Issues with other teens = 45
• Resilience and bullying = 46
• What are protective factors for resilience? = 49
• Promoting and supporting independence = 56
• Autistic peers and role models = 57
• What does resilience look like at this life stage? = 59
• CHAPTER 3 Autistic Children Aged 11-15 = 60
• Starting high school = 60
• Activities to help build resilience and confidence around starting high school = 62
• Homework and exams = 66
• Activities to explore different perspectives = 66
• Managing bad news = 68
• Activities around receiving bad news = 70
• Puberty changes = 72
• Activities around the experience of puberty = 72
• Social／emotional puberty = 75
• Letting go of unhelpful activities (e.g. internet addiction) = 75
• Issues with bullying = 78
• Activities supporting resilience and coping strategies around bullying = 80
• Indications of bullying = 81
• Boyfriends, girlfriends and crushes = 81
• Activity around boyfriends, girlfriends and crushes - open forum = 85
• Using public transport or taking a school bus = 86
• Activities to support using public transport and / or the school bus = 87
• Death of a grandparent or other relative = 89
• Starting a bank account and learning to manage money = 90
• Activities around managing money = 92
• CHAPTER 4 Common Characteristics of Autistic Young People Aged 16-20 Years = 95
• What is life like for autistic teens and young adults? = 95
• What does resilience look like at this life stage? = 97
• Forging their own identity = 98
• Belonging, friends and peer groups = 100
• Significant changes - moving to further education and／or work = 102
• Getting a diagnosis in early adulthood = 103
• Social interactions = 105
• Forging their own identity = 106
• Boundaries and limits = 106
• Academic pressure = 107
• Managing the transition to adulthood = 108
• Protective factors and risk factors for autistic young adults = 108
• Navigating available services = 112
• Building self-advocacy skills = 115
• Promoting independence and self-reliance = 116
• CHAPTER 5 Young Autistic Adults Aged 16-20 = 119
• Being told `no' by parents - teenage wishes for independence = 119
• Activities around boundaries and availability = 121
• Attending the school dance, formal or prom = 122
• Activities around school dances, formals and proms = 124
• Parties and social events = 126
• Activities around parties = 130
• Decisions about alcohol and other drugs = 131
• Exercises around the experience of drugs and alcohol = 135
• Making independent decisions = 137
• Activities around responsibility and decision-making = 139
• Thinking about driving and learning to drive = 140
• Activities around driving = 143
• Leaving school = 145
• Activity to help build resilience and confidence around leaving school - open questions = 149
• Transitioning to further study = 149
• Activity to counter perfectionism = 150
• Transitioning to work = 151
• Activities to help build resilience and confidence around transitioning to work = 154
• Life skills for leaving home successfully = 156
• Activities to help build resilience and confidence around leaving home = 158
• Managing food - shopping, preparing, eating and cleaning up = 158
• Activities around managing food = 160
• Managing health = 167
• Activities around managing health = 168
• Managing sexuality and sexual health = 169
• Activities around sexual health, sexuality and gender = 172
• CHAPTER 6 Failing Successfully = 177
• Why failing well is a vital skill = 177
• Failure and mistakes are inevitable = 178
• Making failure useful = 180
• What does successful failure look like in autistic preteens, teens and young adults? = 181
• Challenges for autistic young people around failing = 182
• Impacts of not being able to manage failure well = 183
• Teaching autistic children and young people to fail successfully = 184
• Talking with your children and young people about successful failure = 185
• Exercise around understanding responses to errors = 187
• Building self-esteem and self-confidence for autistic children and young people = 188
• What does self-esteem look like? = 189
• Challenges to self-esteem for autistic children and young people = 191
• Protective factors for self-esteem = 193
• USEFUL RESOURCES FOR PARENTS OF AUTISTIC PRETEENS, TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS = 194
• Web-based resources = 194
• Books = 195
• Books for autistic preteens and teens = 196
• Other resources = 196
• Autism in popular culture = 197
• INDEX = 198