Summary
Contents
Subject index
This resource helps educators support students with autistic spectrum disorders when they enter secondary school, including teaching social skills, preparing IEPs, and developing work experience.
Adolescence, Sexuality and PSHE
Adolescence, Sexuality and PSHE
This chapter considers the difficulties that individuals may face as they reach puberty and adolescence. It examines ways in which the curriculum might address these issues.
Adolescence
Adolescence is a difficult period in most people's lives as they strive for their independence and try to detach themselves from childhood. However, for the young person with ASD it brings added difficulties and stress as they try to comprehend and cope with so many changes. Coping with change is not easy for individuals with ASD and like every other situation that involves change, planning and preparing for adolescence are crucial. Clare Sainsbury (2000) has Asperger syndrome and says that the most critical point in her life began in her teens. She states ...
- Loading...