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Summary: A "Must Have" For Every Educational Library
Review: "My Friend with Autism" is a wonderful educational tool for teachers, peers of autistic children, and other family members. This book is highly informative, yet simple to understand, and short enough to keep the younger readers' attention. I have bought 4 of these books for my autistic son's teachers, and plan to buy more for my extended family. I will also be using this book next fall to educate my son's first grade class at the beginning of the school year.Thank you, Ms. Bishop, for creating a brilliant tool!
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Summary: This is a "must have" for parents, educators and therapists
Review: I bought this book. It was so fantastic, I bought two more for my son's friends (based on their parents' requests for information about autism). Then, I bought 4 more for teachers, administrators and my neice. I am about to purchase two more for the new school year. Nine copies in one year!! And I'm sure I'm not yet done.
What makes this book such a find is that is is geared to describe children with high-functioning "classic" autism, which tends to be an under represented, yet burgeoning, population. Many of our kids are being mainstreamed/fully included in regular classrooms, yet stand out as "different". This book is perfect in helping to shed light on how we are all different, yet the same. It encourages inclusion and acceptance of others. And it is done with sensitivity and with a light touch.
The added bonus is the appendix in the back which does an outstanding job of explaining and describing key aspects of autism in language well understood by the layperson.
I highly recommend that parents share this with their kids' teachers, parents of schoolmates, therapists and family members. At least one copy should be in every elementary school library!
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Summary: Great first resource for children and adults
Review: My five-year-old daughter was recently diagnosed with high functioning autism. It was no surprise to my wife and I as we had been dealing with the effects of autism for several years and had done much research on our own. The formal diagnosis made us realize it was time to try and explain to friends and relatives what autism is and why our daughter acts the way she does. This book has been extremely helpful. It was the first book we read with our eight year old who has been struggling with the fact her little sister is different. The adult section is also very well written and was also the first resource we used for grand parents and other adults in our daughters life. We plan to purchase many more copies. Thank You Beverly Bishop!
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Summary: Great first resource for children and adults
Review: My five-year-old daughter was recently diagnosed with high functioning autism. It was no surprise to my wife and I as we had been dealing with the effects of autism for several years and had done much research on our own. The formal diagnosis made us realize it was time to try and explain to friends and relatives what autism is and why our daughter acts the way she does. This book has been extremely helpful. It was the first book we read with our eight year old who has been struggling with the fact her little sister is different. The adult section is also very well written and was also the first resource we used for grand parents and other adults in our daughters life. We plan to purchase many more copies. Thank You Beverly Bishop!
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Summary: HATS OFF TO THIS BOOK!
Review: This book does a wonderful service in describing autism and its related spectrum condition, Asperger's. The gently written text; the clear explanations and the child friendly form of coloring in the pictures provides a safe ground in exploring spectrum behaviors from a child's point of view. How I wish I had owned this book when I was a child! This is a must-have for educators, parents and persons in related fields who work with people who are on the spectrum. This book is really for everybody because it opens new doors and provides a fresh approach in discussing spectrum behaviors.
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Summary: HATS OFF TO THIS BOOK!
Review: This book does a wonderful service in describing autism and its related spectrum condition, Asperger's. The gently written text; the clear explanations and the child friendly form of coloring in the pictures provides a safe ground in exploring spectrum behaviors from a child's point of view. How I wish I had owned this book when I was a child! This is a must-have for educators, parents and persons in related fields who work with people who are on the spectrum. This book is really for everybody because it opens new doors and provides a fresh approach in discussing spectrum behaviors.
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Summary: Perfect for Children and Adults
Review: This is a wonderful book for explaining what a child with Autism is like and how it might effect their behavior. The children's coloring book section is really good and perfect even for the pre-school level. The parent section is awesome. It is a wondeful section explaining to the parent how to discuss each page with their child and gives a wonderful understanding for the parent at their level as well. We orginally bought to give to a couple of parents in our son's play group whose children were starting to ask questions about their friend and why his behavior was different. We are now buying for all our friends and family (even the grandparents) to have for their own. A must have book.
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