Siena Castellon on Growing Up Awesome and Autistic
Taken from the first chapter of her first book, The Spectrum Girl ‘s Survival Guide: How to Grow Up Awesome and Autistic, we thought this…
Tag: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Take a look at our new Pastoral Care and SEN catalogue
Our new catalogue provides a full list of new and bestselling resources on important issues for primary, secondary and special schools, including: mental health, counselling,…
An Adult With an Autism Diagnosis
It’s Autism Awareness Week in the UK this week and, while we want to foreground the voices of our autistic authors as much as possible…
Maria and Me: A father, a daughter (and Autism)
To celebrate Maria and Me‘s inclusion in the Reading Agency’s 2018 Summer Reading Challenge collection, we thought we would share with you a snippet from the…
How to develop positive thinking in young people with autism by using Social Stories ™
” What Einstein was to atomic theory, astronomy, and math, Siobhan Timmins is to Social Stories™ “ Carol Gray (founder and creator of Social Stories™) …
5 things about conversation that everyone on the autism spectrum should know
Starting a conversation and then maintaining one can be difficult for teenagers and young adults on the autism spectrum. In the following blog Paul Jordan,…
Take a peek at our 2017 autism catalogue
Our latest autism catalogue is now available to view online and if you would like to request a free print copy please e-mail hello@jkp.com This…
Managing Anxiety and Depression on the Autism Spectrum
The dramatic increase in the prevalence of autism spectrum conditions among children and adolescents and the correspondingly large number of youth transitioning into adulthood has…
My child has autism and has started smearing… what can I do?
In this blog Kate Reynolds, the author of What to do About Smearing, addresses the issue of smearing and what parents and carers of children…
Tony Attwood on autism – how our understanding and approach has developed over the last 30 years
To mark JKP’s 30th anniversary year Tony Attwood has written about JKP’s role in developing the world’s understanding of and approach to autism. In this article he also touches upon his…