Advice for parents helping a child on the autism spectrum prepare for and attend college. Covers everything from academic trials, social links and independent living through to mental health, sensory issues and student services, this book provides skills for parent and child to allow teens to navigate the complex world of college independently.
Advice for parents helping a child on the autism spectrum prepare for and attend college. Covers everything from academic trials, social links and independent living through to mental health, sensory issues and student services, this book provides skills for parent and child to allow teens to navigate the complex world of college independently.
Laurie Leventhal-Belfer is a clinical psychologist based in California who specializes in a taking a developmental approach to understanding mental health disorders. She has worked with autism for 25 years and has expertise in children, teens and young adults with Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders /Asperger's Disorder, Stress and Coping and Emotional Regulation Issues. She also works with adults married to a partner on the spectrum and parents of children and has published 2 books with JKP before. She is the founder and director of The Friends Program, a therapeutic group program for high functioning children on the Autistic Spectrum and their parents. The narratives in her upcoming book are drawn from interviews of several young adults and their parents who participated in The Friends Program when they were in elementary school.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword Preface 1: Being on the Spectrum 2: The Transition to College-How Parents Can Help 3: College Freshman Basics 4: Emotional Challenges 5: Mental Health Issues 6: Mental Health Services in Today's Colleges 7: Lessons Learned and Looking Forward Appendices References Further Reading
Foreword Preface 1: Being on the Spectrum 2: The Transition to College-How Parents Can Help 3: College Freshman Basics 4: Emotional Challenges 5: Mental Health Issues 6: Mental Health Services in Today's Colleges 7: Lessons Learned and Looking Forward Appendices References Further Reading
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