Product Description

My Friend with Autism is a coloring book to help peers and siblings understand autism and Asperger's Syndrome. It is the exceptional result of a parent's determination to help her special needs son fit in with his peers, and to foster tolerance and understanding among her son's friends and schoolmates. Author Beverly Bishop teaches high school computer classes and is the technology coordinator for a private K-12 school. She wrote My Friend with Autism for the teachers and students in her son's elementary school class. By helping others understand autism, she is able to encourage tolerance and a positive approach to classroom integration for special needs children.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #79986 in Books
• Published on: 2003-01-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 36 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781885477897
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Beverly Bishop was determined to help her special needs son fit in with his peers, and to foster tolerance and understanding among her son's friends and schoolmates. She wrote My Friend With Autism for the teachers and students in her son's elementary school class. By helping others understand autism, she is able to encourage tolerance and a positive approach to Classroom integration for special needs children. She teaches high school computer classes and is the technology coordinator for a private K-12 school. Her illustrator-husband Craig Bishop taught art in the Michigan public schools for thirty years.

Customer Reviews

This is a "must have" for parents, educators and therapists
I bought this book. It was so fantastic, I bought two more for my son's friends (based on their parents' requests for information about autism). Then, I bought 4 more for teachers, administrators and my neice. I am about to purchase two more for the new school year. Nine copies in one year!! And I'm sure I'm not yet done.

What makes this book such a find is that is is geared to describe children with high-functioning "classic" autism, which tends to be an under represented, yet burgeoning, population. Many of our kids are being mainstreamed/fully included in regular classrooms, yet stand out as "different". This book is perfect in helping to shed light on how we are all different, yet the same. It encourages inclusion and acceptance of others. And it is done with sensitivity and with a light touch.

The added bonus is the appendix in the back which does an outstanding job of explaining and describing key aspects of autism in language well understood by the layperson.

I highly recommend that parents share this with their kids' teachers, parents of schoolmates, therapists and family members. At least one copy should be in every elementary school library!

Perfect for Children and Adults
This is a wonderful book for explaining what a child with Autism is like and how it might effect their behavior.

The children's coloring book section is really good and perfect even for the pre-school level.

The parent section is awesome. It is a wondeful section explaining to the parent how to discuss each page with their child and gives a wonderful understanding for the parent at their level as well.

We orginally bought to give to a couple of parents in our son's play group whose children were starting to ask questions about their friend and why his behavior was different.

We are now buying for all our friends and family (even the grandparents) to have for their own.

A must have book.

Great first resource for children and adults
My five-year-old daughter was recently diagnosed with high functioning autism. It was no surprise to my wife and I as we had been dealing with the effects of autism for several years and had done much research on our own. The formal diagnosis made us realize it was time to try and explain to friends and relatives what autism is and why our daughter acts the way she does. This book has been extremely helpful. It was the first book we read with our eight year old who has been struggling with the fact her little sister is different. The adult section is also very well written and was also the first resource we used for grand parents and other adults in our daughters life. We plan to purchase many more copies. Thank You Beverly Bishop!