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Parenting When You're Autistic: Tips and advice on how to parent successfully alongside your neurodivergence
Pooky Knightsmith
Autism & Asperger’s Syndrome, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Coping with disability, Advice on parenting
The first book to look at how being autistic yourself affects your parenting and give practical tips to support autistic parents.
Parenting is hard. It's one of those universal constants, like water being wet or grass being green. And being neurodivergent can add an extra layer of tricky to the whole thing. So what can you do?
Speaking from a wealth of experience as both a mental health expert and an autistic parent, Pooky Knightsmith guides you through the joys and challenges of raising children in a neurotypical world. From self-care and special interests to meltdowns and managing conflict, the tips and strategies in this book will help you to build a positive relationship with your child, whether they're neurotypical or neurodivergent, all while looking after your own mental health.
Always authentic, always practical, sometimes funny, and never judgemental, this book is an essential read for ADHD and neurodivergent parents (and future parents!) looking for advice from someone who's been there and made it work.
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Praise for Parenting When You're Autistic: Tips and advice on how to parent successfully alongside your neurodivergence
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Praise for Things I Got Wrong So You Don't Have To:
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Such a valuable and practical guide to taking care of your most precious asset - your mental health. Filled with immediately relevant advice, based on a disarming and always honest reflection on life, this book will help huge numbers of people.
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Praise for Things I Got Wring So You Don't Have To:
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This book is a gift for anybody struggling with their mental health or self-esteem. It's full of lessons in learning and growing, and most importantly in forgiving ourselves for living imperfect lives. Pooky shares so much wisdom, and the exercises at the end of each chapter help to personalise the learning we can take from Pooky's wealth of experience, both personal and professional. A truly wonderful resource for anyone hoping to overcome their imposter syndrome and be kinder to themselves.
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Praise for Things I Got Wrong So You Don't Have To:
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Humorous at times, hard hitting but good for the soul.... We can all relate to the lessons learnt, feelings shared and only become a better person after reading this book.
Pooky Knightsmith
Pooky Knightsmith is an autistic educator, speaker, author, and mental health trainer whose resources are widely used in schools. She is a parent to neurodivergent children, has a PhD in child mental health from the Institute of Psychiatry and is the former chair of the Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition. Pooky has published many books with JKP including The Mentally Healthy Schools Workbook and Can I Tell You About Self-Harm? She is based in Sussex, UK.
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