Parenting Your Child with Autism: Practical Solutions, Strategies, and Advice for Helping Your Family

Practical, science-based approaches Clear, concise information and suggestions for caregivers Topics include obtaining a diagnosis, navigating health & educational system, daily management, & much more Parenting Your Child with Autism will equip parents, caregivers, and teachers with science-based approaches for meeting the challenges ahead. Readers will learn how to get a diagnosis and navigate the health care and educational systems, make sense of treatment options, and tap into expert opinions and their own observations to find a treatment program that works. Perhaps most importantly, readers will learn how to become the child’s best advocate, and build a better life for the child. This book focuses on the processes and decisions caregivers of children with autism face every day. To help build an everyday life that works for the child with autism and other family members, this book shares suggestions that range from practical and educational to philosophical, closing with