Know Your Spectrum!

An Autism Creative Writing Workbook for Teens

Finn Monahan

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English

Jessica Kingsley Publishers
15 January 2019

Teaching of specific learning difficulties & needs; Teaching of autistic students; Educational: English language: reading & writing skills

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.

By: Finn Monahan
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 296mm, Width: 210mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 740g
ISBN: 9781785924354
ISBN 10: 1785924354
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 15 January 2019
Recommended Age: From 12 to 18 years
Audience: Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Children's (6-12) , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Finn Monahan is a specialist SPLD teacher working as a freelance Asperger's/Dyslexia Tutor and Disability Needs Assessor at Queen's University Belfast and the University of Ulster. She received a late diagnosis of Asperger's aged 38 and the impact of growing up without a diagnosis inspired her to write this book.

Reviews for Know Your Spectrum!: An Autism Creative Writing Workbook for Teens

Know Your Spectrum! is a much-needed resource: an innovative, insightful and extremely practical guide for young autistic people. Written in a clear and attractive style, and packed with useful information and ideas, it will empower them to embrace their neurology, develop their own strategies and learn how to self-advocate based on their personal spectrum of autism. -- Maura Campbell, Senior Editor and Features Writer, Spectrum Women Magazine