Creative Therapy For Children With Autism, Add And Aspergers: Using Artistic Creativity to Reach, Teach, and Touch Our Children

It is no easy task to find ateaching technique that can truly change the course of a child with specialneeds. Thirty years ago, when Janet Tubbs began working with children who hadlow self-esteem and behavioral problems, she developed a successful programusing art, music, and movement. Believing that unconventional children requiredunconventional therapies, she then took her program one step further—sheapplied it to children with autism,ADD/ADHD, and Asperger’s Syndrome. Her innovative methods and strategies notonly worked, but they actually defied the experts. In this new book, JanetTubbs has put together a powerful teaching tool to help parents, therapists,and teachers work with their children.

Creative Therapy for Children with Autism, ADD, and Asperger's  ​​is divided into two parts.Part One provides an overview of Autism Spectrum Disorders and introduces andexplains Janet’s novel approach to teaching. Her goal is to balance the child’sbody, mind, and spirit through proven techniques. Part Two provides a widevariety of exercises, activities, and games that are both fun and effective.Each is designed to reduce hyperactivity, increase and prolong focus, decreaseanger, develop fine motor skills, or improve social and verbal skills. All arepart of a program created to help these children relate to their environmentwithout fear, anxiety, or discomfort.

A child may appear stubborn anddifficult, but that doesn’t mean that the child isn’t intelligent, curious, orcreative. With the right treatment, such a child can be reached, taught, andset on the road to improvement. The lessons provided in this book may be justwhat you and your child have been waiting for.

Janet Tubbs began working with special needs children in 1977, and developed a unique approach to reaching children who had low self-esteem and behavioral problems. In 1984, Janet expanded her program to include children with autism, Asperger’s syndrome, and ADD/ADHD. In the same year, she

established the Children’s Resource Center, a nonprofit organization for children with special needs. Janet has helped thousands of children and trained hundreds of teachers and parents throughout North America.