{"product_id":"what-you-can-do-right-now-to-help-your-child-with-autism-9781402209185","title":"What You Can Do Right Now to Help Your Child with Autism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"All children with autism have ways of dropping into their own world, leaving us behind for a minute, an hour, a day.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the essence of autism: a disorder that is, at its heart, about interaction. Many of the symptoms associated with autism come from either a lack of paying attention to other people or a lack of interest in joining in with the rest of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause this is the case, it is important that when you work with your child, you are addressing the core issue of autism: your child, for one reason or another, is not spending enough time in our interactive world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat You Can Do Right Now to Help Your Child with Autism\u003c\/em\u003e gives you the best techniques you can do--right now--to work with your child and draw him or her back into our interactive world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ten techniques in the book are not just explained in detail, they are also illustrated by true stories of Mr. Levy's work with children with autism (and their parents).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTopics include: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDon't React: \u003c\/strong\u003e How you respond to your child's behaviors can make all the difference. Learn why most people are ineffective in discouraging their child's 'problem' behaviors and how you can do it differently.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMake Eye Contact a Priority: \u003c\/strong\u003e Understand why eye contact is vital to your child's development and easy steps you can take to help your child to look more.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJoin with the Stims: \u003c\/strong\u003e A different and powerful approach to your child's self stimulating and repetitious behaviors.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRespond Differently to Crying: \u003c\/strong\u003e Most of us give children great reasons to cry and act unhappy. Learn to teach your child a more effective way to communicate with you and the rest of the world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGive Your Child as much Control as Possible: \u003c\/strong\u003e Most children with autism are told \"No\" much of the time by their parents, teachers, and family members. Make interacting with people more attractive to your child by allowing him to do more of what he wants and moving against him less.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFocus on Your Attitude: \u003c\/strong\u003e A hidden factor in your child's development is how you feel as you work with her. Learn why this is the case and how to feel better, more of the time.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork One-On-One in a Non-Distracting Room: \u003c\/strong\u003e Why school isn't the best place for your child to develop and grow. Understand the three main factors in a successful educational environment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBe Dynamic with Your Child: \u003c\/strong\u003eEnthusiasm matters to your child's growth. Learn the three tools you can use to demonstrate energy, excitement, and enthusiasm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGet More Language: \u003c\/strong\u003e There are three categories of language ability, which does your child fit into? Master techniques that will enable your child to improve her speech, whatever her current level.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMake Sure Food Isn't Part of the Problem: \u003c\/strong\u003e An explanation of dairy and wheat intolerances, and why sugar isn't helping your child. Also, how to introduce new foods so he actually eats them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen parents feel their world spinning out of control, \u003cem\u003eWhat You Can Do Right Now to Help Your Child with Autism\u003c\/em\u003e puts the power back in their hands to work with--and help--their child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Levy has worked one-on-one with over 800 children with diagnosis ranging from severely autistic to Asperger's syndrome and trained parents individually and in seminars since 1994. 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