Working with Girls and Young Women with an Autism Spectrum Condition, 9781785924200
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Understand, connect, and empower autistic girls and young women to thrive.

Working with Girls and Young Women with an Autism Spectrum Condition

a practical guide for clinicians

$66.22

  • Paperback

    152 pages

  • Release Date

    14 June 2018

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Summary

Unlocking Potential: A Guide to Supporting Girls and Young Women with Autism

This guide shows how clinicians can help girls and young women with ASC to reach their full potential, by adopting more relationship-based, individualised approaches. With contributions from young women about their experiences in clinical settings, the book reflects on what clinicians have done right and wrong to date, why girls and women with ASC are too often misunderstood, and how the culture of how clin…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781785924200
ISBN-10:1785924206
Author:Fiona Fisher Bullivant
Publisher:Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Imprint:Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:152
Release Date:14 June 2018
Weight:240g
Dimensions:228mm x 152mm x 18mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

This book is a practical and valuable addition to the literature on the female experience of autism. With both clinical approaches and the unique and insightful voices of young autistic women, it should be on every clinician’s bookshelf. – Sarah Hendrickx, Autism Consultant, author and autistic adultThere are many ways in which a girl or woman may covertly express her Autism Spectrum Condition, and many ways in which she and her family need understanding and support. This practical, succinct and wise guide for clinicians provides advice on how to identify the female presentation of ASC, as well as how to adapt conventional individual and family therapy to accommodate the abilities and experiences of girls and women. – Tony Attwood, clinical psychologist and author

About The Author

Fiona Fisher Bullivant

Fiona Fisher Bullivant is an Advanced Specialist Nurse Practitioner in ASC and ADHD working for CAMHS in Manchester. She has 30 years’ experience in clinical practice.

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