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Understanding Me, Understanding You Susan Allen

Understanding Me, Understanding You By Susan Allen

Understanding Me, Understanding You by Susan Allen


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A guide for professionals working with and supporting autistic people. It promotes acceptance of difference, the importance of mutual understanding, and encourages new ways of thinking about the way people interact.

Understanding Me, Understanding You Summary

Understanding Me, Understanding You: A Guide for Supporting Autistic People, Easing Anxiety and Promoting Mutual Understanding by Susan Allen

Good communication is central to all relationships, yet the unpredictability of interpersonal exchanges can cause significant anxiety for autistic people and create a barrier to successful communication. Understanding Me, Understanding You is a guide for anyone working with and supporting autistic people. The aim is to encourage the reader to consider how they can create 'autistic spaces' where there is predictability and trust, enabling autistic people to engage, contribute and grow. It seeks to promote mutual understanding, starting by encouraging the reader to understand themselves, their own beliefs and attitudes and the way that this can influence their behaviour; and then to understand another and, in turn, help them to understand. At its foundation is the 'Triad of Understanding', a beautifully simple model for successful communication conceived together by social work practitioner, Dr Jackie Robinson, and three autistic co-researchers over a three year period. Jackie successfully created an autistic space that allowed the autistic co-researchers to flourish and achieve. This communication model underpins all three sections of the guide, which includes specific guidance for professionals in different fields and tools to facilitate the move towards mutual understanding. CPD accredited: 'This well-written and informative book has learning value for the target audience. It has clear content and progress.'

About Susan Allen

Susan Allen began her career in hospital pharmacy, and then as a teacher practitioner at Brighton University. She has produced many CPD articles and packages for health-related and wider audiences. She worked as a senior lecturer at the Leicester School of Pharmacy for 20 years, where she developed her own model for consultation and an online skills evaluation and development programme. Susan began working with Jackie Robinson and her co-researchers, the Asperger's Consultation Group, following their presentation of the 'Triad of Understanding' at a teaching and learning conference in 2014. Susan and Jackie embarked on a mission to improve the communication between pharmacists and autistic people, knowing that this would be applicable to other professions. The 'Triad of Understanding' is the legacy of Jackie Robinson who sadly died in 2018 and is the foundation and motivation behind this guide.

Table of Contents

Testimonials Preface Foreword The purpose of this Guide 1: Autism, misleading and misunderstanding 1.1 What's in a name? 1.2 Communication, the key to everything 1.3 Mental health and anxiety 1.4 Autism, inclusion and social stigma 1.5 Autism and disability 1.6 Autism and empathy 2: The Triad of Understanding 2.1 The Triad of Understanding 2.2 Me understanding myself 2.3 Me understanding you 2.4 You understanding me 3: Autism and life 3.1 Health and social care 3.2 Education 3.3 The workplace References Appendix

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NGR9781803882666
9781803882666
1803882662
Understanding Me, Understanding You: A Guide for Supporting Autistic People, Easing Anxiety and Promoting Mutual Understanding by Susan Allen
New
Paperback
Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd
2023-06-30
176
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