Autism and Me - Autism Book for Kids Ages 8-12: An Empowering Guide with 35 Exercises, Quizzes, and Activities!

by Katie Cook

Help children understand their autism and thrive with this positive guide for kids ages 8 to 12

We all think differently. This notion is celebrated in Autism and Me, a guide that helps children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) gain a better understanding of how their brain works. The book highlights positive ASD traits while showing kids how they can work through some of its challenges as well.

Unlike some other autism books for kids, this guide

Awesome activities—Interactive exercises encourage kids to apply the concepts discussed in a fun, low-stakes way, from fill-in-the-blanks and multiple choice quizzes to drawing and coloring.Proven strategies—From improving communication skills to developing self-care habits, kids will find strategies to help them better navigate school, social functions, and family life.True stories—Each chapter begins with real life anecdotes, offering relatable experiences from others on the autism spectrum and helping kids feel less alone.

Kids will learn to manage emotions, make friends, and flourish with this strengths-based autism book.

109 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 30, 2021

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

Katie Cook, MED, BCBA, is the Academic Director at ATCConline.com, an award-winning ABA training center. ATCC offers online RBT Certification, eLearning Caregiver Training, and Remote BCBA Supervision. ATCC just released its first ever Autism Parenting Program & Caregiver Community called Activities-in-Action.com - where fun and easy learning strategies and activities are shared through video demonstrations including access to needed materials and professional support. Activities-in-Action.com is the perfect compliment to the popular book, Thriving with Autism.

Katie graduated with honors from California State University, Long Beach. Katie continued her education at National University, La Jolla, and earned her Master of Education with a Specialization in Autism. She later studied under Jose Martinez-Diaz, Ph.D., BCBA-D, associate dean, professor, and head of the School of Behavior Analysis at the Florida Institute of Technology.

She has dedicated her professional career to building strategies that bring entire families into the therapeutic environment for children with autism. Parent education and caregiver involvement are her passions and she believes these are the cornerstones of successful ABA programs. Katie is guided by her love for ABA and has spent years building her home therapy practice, ABA Services, into a wholehearted organization, characterized by complete sincerity and commitment to helping children with autism.

Katie is also the owner and academic director of Autism Therapy Career College (ATCConline.com), an online training institution which offers parent education resources, Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) certification services, and remote fieldwork supervision for graduate students seeking their Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) certification with the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB).

Reviews

[Kristina Marchiori · Rating 2 out of 5]

This workbook is written in a great language based for kids to understand social norms. However, as a neurodiversity affirming occupational therapist, this is not a neurodiversity affirming book. The section on families especially turned me off as it focused on fitting into a family by not backtalking and had examples of parents punishing behaviour that for autistic children may seem “bad” but often is because of misunderstanding, heightened emotions or trying to advocate for themselves, with punishments that affect meaningful occupations such as forbidding a child to do art when that’s their special interest.

I may be biased because as a neurodiversity affirming OT I am quite hesitant about ABA practices, but I won’t recommend this workbook to my clients