Beating Anxiety
What Young People on the Autism Spectrum Need to Know
Published on 21. March 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-1-78592-075-2 (ISBN)
Description
Many young people on the autism spectrum struggle with anxiety, but did you know there are lots of simple things you can do to tackle it?
This illustrated book will help you to identify what makes you anxious, and contains heaps of activities to calm your body and mind, stop unhealthy anxiety building up and head off anxious feelings in the future. Did you know that giving your anxiety a silly name (like Dr Dread!) will give you power over it? That pretending you are a jellyfish can make your body feel better? That writing your worries down and jumping on them as hard as you can will help to squash them?
Ideal for children and young people aged 8 to 14, the ideas in this book will help you feel less stressed at home, at school and with friends, and give you healthy habits and coping techniques to last a lifetime.
This illustrated book will help you to identify what makes you anxious, and contains heaps of activities to calm your body and mind, stop unhealthy anxiety building up and head off anxious feelings in the future. Did you know that giving your anxiety a silly name (like Dr Dread!) will give you power over it? That pretending you are a jellyfish can make your body feel better? That writing your worries down and jumping on them as hard as you can will help to squash them?
Ideal for children and young people aged 8 to 14, the ideas in this book will help you feel less stressed at home, at school and with friends, and give you healthy habits and coping techniques to last a lifetime.
Reviews / Votes
Davida Hartman superbly captures practical tools and strategies to beat stress and anxiety and in turn generate calm and relaxation. Davida's skills as a clinician shine through on every page and the illustrations offer the parent, child and therapists relevant evidence based interventions. -- Dr. Eddie Murphy, clinical psychologist & author An enormously valuable and accessible resource for people on the autism spectrum who are experiencing anxiety. Hartman eloquently strikes the right balance with her tips to tackle anxiety from a physical, behavioural and cognitive perspective, while providing essential psychoeducation around anxiety and emotions in general. This is an empowering 'must read' for anyone with ASD. -- Roisin Doyle, Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, Stillorgan Medical Centre Davida Hartman's book Beating Anxiety is a beautifully written, simple and concise insight into anxiety and autism. Page by page, she demystifies anxiety and provides strategies and techniques to give young people the confidence and tools to overcome worries and stresses that prevent them from enjoying life. Its accessibility to children and positivity is a perfect antidote to the monster that anxiety can be to us all. -- Paula Rudkins, Children's Service Manager, Enable Ireland Anxiety is a big problem for many autistic people, and finding techniques to reduce their anxiety is paramount to coping with everyday life... the book has lots of different techniques to try and there is no "one size fits all" approach. Overall, this book is easy to read with simple language, short sentences and well-spaced paragraphs. Concise chapters make it easy to refer back to techniques which the reader will find helpful. -- Youthinmind * youthinmind.info *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Interest Age: From 8 to 15 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
20 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
182 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78592-075-2 (9781785920752)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
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E-Book
03/2017
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
€17.99
Available for download
Persons
Davida (she/her) is an Adjunct Professor in the UCD School of Psychology and Chartered Educational & Child Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland.
She founded and is Clinical Director at The Adult Autism & ADHD Practice (www.adultautism.ie), a fully online service that covers the UK and Ireland, with a vision of providing respectful, neurodiversity affirmative, autism and ADHD identification (assessment) work within a team that is shaped by the Autistic and ADHD voice and experience. She is also co-founder, Clinical Director and Principal Psychologist at The Children's Clinic, (www.thechildrensclinic.ie) based on these same principals. Established in 2016, The Children's Clinic now has locations now across Ireland supporting Autistic and otherwise neurodivergent children 0-18 with a focus on best practice neurodiversity affirmative child autism identifications. Prior to this, Davida worked for many years within the Irish public health service, in teams supporting Autistic and otherwise neurodivergent children.
Davida has also brought to Ireland the not for profit Gig Buddies (www.gigbuddiesireland.ie), where she is a Board Director. Gig Buddies aims to reduce loneliness and increase social participation for adults with a learning disability who may or may not also be Autistic.
Davida is late identified ADHD and part of a multiply neurodivergent family. She is a passionate ally of the Autistic community.
Davida has written several books (alone and alongside her Autistic colleagues) with Jessica Kingsley Publishers in the area of Autistic experience, including the first ever book on adult autism identification and the first ever book on neurodiversity affirmative child autism identification.
She founded and is Clinical Director at The Adult Autism & ADHD Practice (www.adultautism.ie), a fully online service that covers the UK and Ireland, with a vision of providing respectful, neurodiversity affirmative, autism and ADHD identification (assessment) work within a team that is shaped by the Autistic and ADHD voice and experience. She is also co-founder, Clinical Director and Principal Psychologist at The Children's Clinic, (www.thechildrensclinic.ie) based on these same principals. Established in 2016, The Children's Clinic now has locations now across Ireland supporting Autistic and otherwise neurodivergent children 0-18 with a focus on best practice neurodiversity affirmative child autism identifications. Prior to this, Davida worked for many years within the Irish public health service, in teams supporting Autistic and otherwise neurodivergent children.
Davida has also brought to Ireland the not for profit Gig Buddies (www.gigbuddiesireland.ie), where she is a Board Director. Gig Buddies aims to reduce loneliness and increase social participation for adults with a learning disability who may or may not also be Autistic.
Davida is late identified ADHD and part of a multiply neurodivergent family. She is a passionate ally of the Autistic community.
Davida has written several books (alone and alongside her Autistic colleagues) with Jessica Kingsley Publishers in the area of Autistic experience, including the first ever book on adult autism identification and the first ever book on neurodiversity affirmative child autism identification.
Content
Introduction. 1. Anxiety. 2. Anxiety and the Autism Spectrum. 3. How to Live a Calmer Life. 4. Information for Parents and Professionals.