Supporting Neurodivergent Children and Families: A Practitioner's Guide [Paperback]

Supporting Neurodivergent Children and Families?presents an innovative blueprint using academic literature, research, and theory to provide a best practice approach in equipping practitioners to support neurodivergent children and their families.

Lhara is a passionate advocate for neurodivergent children and their families and presents a lived experience voice to the field of practitioner education. This book is a must-read for those aiming to practice from a truly individualized and informed perspective, which empowers and enables neurodivergent children and their families.

Paula McGowan, OBE, founder of The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training in Learning Disability and Autism

1. An Introduction to Neurodiversity  2. The Autistic Child and their Family  3.The Dyspraxia Child and their Family  4. The ADHD Child and their Family  5. Creating Supportive Environments  6. Communication in the Context of Creating Supportive Environments  7. Making Each Contact Count  8. Managing Conflict with Parents  9. Evidence-Based Practice  10. Parental Wellbeing  11. The Role of Advocacy  12. Family Support  13. Reflective Practice  14. Practitioner Self-Care

Supporting Neurodivergent Children and Families presents an innovative blueprint using academic literature, research and theory, to provide a best practice approach in equipping practitioners to support neurodivergent children and their families.

The knowledge and insight provided in this book allows practitioners to effectively create supportive environments and plan appropriate practice responses, whilst never changing the child. By altering the system perspective and transcending the physical boundaries of space wherlsy