Life Skills for Teens with Autism

Do you stay up at night worrying about how your teen with autism will get through daily life when they are adults? Has your child always struggled with aspects such as prioritizing, organizing, or juggling multiple tasks? Do you wonder about your own ability to interest your child in honing the life skills that will make a big difference in their academic, professional, and personal life? Here’s something that may surprise you: Inspiring, motivating, and passing on key life skills to teens is not something parents “naturally know how to do” and that’s okay. In Life Skills for Teens with Autism, you will find precise, practical, effective strategies for sharing vital life skills and making your teen aware of how life-changing they can be. Within its chapters, you will find: 12 tips for communicating effectively with others The main executive functioning challenges for teens — and how to deal with them How setting deadlines can be motivational rather than stressful for teens with autism