Issue 38

Winter 2017/8

Ask the Experts: My daughter bit her Teaching Assistant. What can I do?

What's So Great About Tony Attwood? Who’s he - and why do we like him a lot?

The Inside Angle: Those three little words: Maura Campbell, feature writer for Spectrum Women, discusses the agony of open ended questions.

The Autism Friendly Classroom: Lynn McGann of Reachout ASC, which supports pupils in mainstream schools, gives her ten top tips.

After the Storm: Clinical psychologist Dr Carla Innes talks about the effects of a meltdown on parents, and what to do about it.

Issue 25

Autumn 2014

At the heart of AuKids is practical advice and light-entertainment. The practical advice in this issue comes in the form of Conversation Rivers Part 2, focusing on how you can encourage youngsters who are just starting to develop some verbal skills to increase their interaction and communication.

We also asked some fantastic Teaching Assistants for their top tips for mainstream schooling – we could hardly pack their advice into two pages but we managed! Professor Tommy MacKay and Dr Anne Greig were making waves with their book The Homunculi Approach to Social and Emotional Wellbeing,

and wrote a piece for us on how autistic kids can dream up characters to help their brains make the right choices.

The light-entertainment part, always a highlight in AuKids, was AuKids’ Politically Correct Guide to Clueless Comments, especially for parents who are tired of ‘tactful’ remarks in the playground.

Issue 6

Winter 2010: Includes Pass the Pearls, a colourful collection of advice gems from parents who have been there and got the T-shirt! Ask the Experts has advice on obsessive behaviour. Co-editors Tori Houghton and Debby Elley review a new Lego club for autistic kids. Favourite review book from this issue – Motivate to Communicate! Fantastic, simple, tried and tested ideas for keeping autistic kids happy and occupied at home.

Reviews

The Thomas Centre, Lincolnshire; It Can Get Better…By Paul Dickinson and Liz Hannah, Motivate to Communicate by Simone Griffin and Dianne Sandler and the Day that Ravi Smiled by Gillian Lobel

Debby Elley’s The Last Word: Autism is Other People’s Worry, Not Mine’

Keywords Issue 6: Lego; obsessions; judgement.