Know Your Spectrum!
An Autism Creative Writing Workbook for Teens
by Finn Monahan
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Pub Date 21 Jan 2019 | Archive Date 21 Jan 2019
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Description
Not everyone with autism is the same. This workbook will help teenagers recognise their own individual spectrum of autistic behaviours, and reflect on the specific challenges they face, their own strengths and how they relate to other people.
Using creative writing activities, this book helps teenagers to identify connections between events and their emotions - which can be difficult for people with autism - while improving their writing skills through fun activities. A range of examples of poetry and short stories are included to make each activity accessible to all levels and to show how writing narrative and poems can help support personal reflection.
The book encourages the reader to explore the core aspects of autism including social communication, executive function, and sensory processing, and then allows the teen to create a template of their own spectrum of abilities within autism. This unique understanding of autism can then be used to develop individual strategies and encourage self-advocacy. Using this book collaboratively with teachers or parents means the teen can be supported in a way that is specific to them.
Available Editions
EDITION | Paperback |
ISBN | 9781785924354 |
PRICE | US$25.95 (USD) |
PAGES | 224 |
Featured Reviews
Excellent! As someone on the spectrum this is a must read.
Review will be on my blog for the publication date.
This book was really interesting.
It's called a "spectrum" because it is not simply one thing or another. Often it is somewhere in between.
This book highlights all those points in between, and how they affect each individual differently.
This book also points to a solution, and what each individual person can do to overcome the challenges they may face.
This book is great for people on the spectrum as well as their loved ones, educators and employers.
It is important to educate ourselves as Autism is something that will probably touch our lives in one way or another, and it is always beneficial to be informed. To understand why someone may be behaving the way they are.
Very informative and interesting read.
While it's not quite the right fit for our shop, it's a very insightful and practical way to better understand someone with ASD. This could be a very useful tool indeed for those with an older family member on the spectrum.
A perfect workbook for those who are on the spectrum, or for people wanting to understand and support people in their lives.
It has helped me no end. The workbook uses clear instructions and questions In Order to work through any issues people may face.
Know your Spectrum, a creative workbook for teens is a unique and useful book, the approach taken is from a different angle to any Autism books.
This really is worth spending the time to work through. It helps understand and cope with many of the hurdles thrown in the way of people on the Spectrum.
I will be ordering a physical copy for my Son as i know he will gain alot from this.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
This book contains a wide variety (a spectrum, if you will) of needs, traits, and topics for teenagers on the autism spectrum to explore. Although the workbook can be used by teenager alone, information is also provided for an adult caregiver to explore the book with their teenager or for teachers/counselors, etc to use the book as a course/curriculum.
The author, Finn, is autistic and provides her own responses to the worksheets and activities that are presented in the book. This offers both examples for the teen to follow but also allows them to feel like the information is being provided by someone who knows what their experiences are like, rather than just an adult or caregiver who wants to educate them.
Including such topics as executive functioning, sensory things, processing differences, and theory of mind, some of the areas explored are complex/abstract and might be difficult for some individuals to follow. This book is definitely most useful for an individual with Asperger's or very high functioning on the spectrum.
One of my only complaints about the book is the fonts used to complete the worksheets. The font is very thin, ornate, cursive font. I'm sure it was chosen to imitate the worksheets being handwritten by Finn herself. However, the font was very hard to read and some individuals on the autism spectrum have processing issues that make it difficult for them to read cursive. I think it would have been better to have the font be less ornate and more readable.
Overall, as both the parent of a teen on the spectrum and a professional who works with individuals with autism, I found this book to be well written and useful. I'll be purchasing a physical copy to give my son, as I believe it would be very beneficial for him.