Reframe Your Thinking Around Autism

Description

Outlining a new, optimistic way to understand autism, this concise and accessible book offers practical ideas to help children on the spectrum grow. The Polyvagal Theory suggests autism is a learnt response by the body - a result of the child being in a prolonged state of 'fight or flight' while their nervous system is still developing. This book explains the theory in simple terms and incorporates recent developments in brain plasticity research (the capacity of the brain to change throughout life) to give parents and professionals the tools to strengthen the child's brain-body connection and lessen the social and emotional impact of autism. REFRAME your thinking around AUTISM......Page 5 Disclaimer......Page 9 Foreword......Page 11 Preface......Page 13 1. Where We Are......Page 15 2. What We Know......Page 17 3. Something New – The Polyvagal Theory......Page 20 4. The Polyvagal Theory in More Detail......Page 25 5. The Social Engagement System......Page 29 6. Living is an Embodied Experience......Page 37 7. Learning to Be......Page 41 8. The Gifts of the Autist......Page 44 9. Integrating the Nervous System......Page 47 10. Brain Plasticity and Autism......Page 49 11. The Process of Discovery and Self-Image......Page 54 12. Anat Baniel and Brain Plasticity......Page 60 13. The Nine Essentials......Page 64 14. Some Other Integration Techniques......Page 82 15. Where We Go From Here......Page 89 Conclusion......Page 92 Some Resources to Explore......Page 95 Bibliography......Page 98 About the Author......Page 100 Index......Page 101 Blank Page......Page 2