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The parents' practical guide to resilience for preteens and teenagers on the autism spectrum / Jeanette Purkis and Emma Goodall.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
618.928 PURK	Adult Non Fiction		Padstow .	. Available .

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ISBN	9781785922756 (paperback)
Name	Purkis, Jeanette, 1974- author.
Title	The parents' practical guide to resilience for preteens and teenagers on the autism spectrum / Jeanette Purkis and Emma Goodall.
Published	London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2018.
Published	©2018
Description	200 pages ; 23 cm.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	This book empowers parents of autistic young people aged 11 to 20 to help them promote resilience in their child. Full of suggestions and simple activities, this easy-to-use resource will help guide parents on how to build the foundations of resilience and independence for situations such as negotiating sexuality and relationships, entering employment or living away from home. It includes information about the main developmental stages for preteens and teens on the autism spectrum, and will take parents through life events and milestones at different ages and identify where difficulties and barriers to resilience may arise and how to address them.
Subjects	Autism in adolescence
	Autistic youth -- Family relationships
	Autism spectrum disorders in children
	Resilience (Personality trait)
Other Names	Goodall, Emma, 1971- author.
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Autism in adolescence . Autism spectrum disorders in children . Autistic youth -- Family relationships . Resilience (Personality trait) . See Also: Personality . Authors: Goodall, Emma, 1971- . Purkis, Jeanette, 1974- .