Talk to Me, Heather Jones
Talk to Me, Heather Jones
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Talk to Me
Conversation Strategies for Parents of Children on the Autism Spectrum or with Speech and Language Impairments

Author: Heather Jones

Narrator: Heather Jones

Unabridged: 4 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: John Murray

Published: 04/07/2017


Synopsis

The award-winning book on engaging in more meaningful conversations with your child on the Autism spectrum.

If your child finds talking to people a struggle, this is the book to get the conversation started.

In this hands-on guide, Heather Jones offers practical advice, born of experience with her own son, which will help you teach your child the principles of communication. Full of strategies and examples, it shows how you can allay fears, build confidence and teach your child to enjoy conversation. Once a child gets used to talking with other people, many life skills can develop more easily as they grow up - from making friends and shopping for themselves, to being interviewed and eventually getting a job.

This handy book provides guidance and inspiration to parents, teachers and anyone else who cares for a child who finds language and comprehension difficult.

(P)2017 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

About Heather Jones

Heather Jones's son, Jamie, has Asperger Syndrome and severe speech and language impairments. When Jamie was 10, Heather stumbled across a way of getting through to him. Over the years she developed this methodology in more detail, calling it conversational therapy, and has never looked back. Jamie is now 19 and can hold a conversation, which has enabled him to go on to achieve much more, including passing his driving test and getting a job. Heather is the Director of Milkwood Educational, which publishes ESL textbooks in the Far East. She lives in Queensland, Australia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Katie

I'm giving this book two stars and not one because the author does acknowledge that autistic people do benefit from scripts and need to learn bluntly. In short, they won't pick it up naturally. But I honestly feel sorry for her son, even though it sounds like she loves him a great deal. Pushing autis......more

Goodreads review by Heidi

Lots of awesome strategies. The only thing that I dislike is she mentions punishment regularly in the book which I don’t believe is an effective strategy to teach appropriate behaviours......more

Excellent. Concise and to the point, and charts a very interesting history of how the author helped her son learn to converse.......more