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Safeguarding Autistic Girls Carly Jones

Safeguarding Autistic Girls By Carly Jones

Safeguarding Autistic Girls by Carly Jones

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This essential book, written by the UK's leading advocate of safeguarding Autistic girls, outlines the experience of being young, Autistic and female. It highlights the particular risks facing Autistic girls, and sets out the strategies professionals can put in place to support them.

Safeguarding Autistic Girls Summary

Safeguarding Autistic Girls: Strategies for Professionals by Carly Jones

This honest, to-the-point guide illuminates the experience of young Autistic girls and explores the situations they can easily fall victim to.

Powerful case studies show how easily misunderstandings can arise for Autistic girls and help the reader to identify common patterns of abuse.

Providing professionals with access to safeguarding strategies that are straightforward to implement and highly effective, this is essential reading for everyone who wants to better understand the challenges faced by this vulnerable group, and ensure they have access to the same opportunities to secure a good education and build safe and happy relationships as their peers.

Safeguarding Autistic Girls Reviews

As a super proud Nana and advocate to my awesome autistic 11 year old grandson Carly's insight, lived experience and practical strategies, all delivered with empathy, humour and a 'you can do it' attitude have been invaluable. You might not have Carly on speed text like me, but you do now have this book. A must read for any parent, carer, friend or professional who wants to better understand safeguarding in a wider context to protect an autistic young person. -- Melanie Bryan OBE, DL, HFIOEE, FRSA
Carly Jones MBE packs this book with her personal insights in autism and her extensive, professional experience as an advocate for autistic girls and women. Her passion to enable each and everyone of us to safeguard autistic people, is evident throughout the book, which is written with compassion and creativity. Safeguarding Autistic Girls is a frank call to action, that cannot be ignored. -- Oriana Morrison-Clarke, Neurodevelopmental Services Manager (NHS)
Alive with personal insights and the experiences of many, Carly's much-needed book illuminates the vulnerability of autistic girls and young women in modern society. The range of tested tips and strategies provided - from an autistic insider's perspective - make this a must-read for any professional in the field. -- Dr Ruth Moyse, Institute of Education, University of Reading

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - The Current Situation; 1 Why Are Autistic Girls Vulnerable?; 2 Team Diagnosed Vs Team Undiagnosed; 3The Autistic lens Vs the Mental Health lens; 4 The Problem with the Educational System; 5 We Can't Carry On this way; Chapter 2 The Risk To Autistic Girls' Safety; 1 Sexual Abuse; 2 Bullying and Mate Crime; 3 Teen Pregnancy; 4 Radicalisation and Gangs; 5 Childhood Marriage and Domestic Violence; Chapter 3 How to Identify a Girl at Risk; 1 Masking; 2 Drink and Drug Use; 3 Eating Disorders; 4 The Common Scapegoat; 5 Burnout; Chapter 4 Tried and Tested Strategies for Support; 1 Working With Individuals; 2 Working with other Professionals; 3 Keeping an Intersectional Mindset; 4 Working with the Family; 5 The Lifesaving Gift of a Peer Group; Chapter 5 Designing and Sustaining a New Blueprint ; 1 The Untapped Oil; 2 Ideas for the Educational System; 3 Employment and Media
4 Equal Access to Safeguarding in Healthcare; 5 Access to Justice and Legislation Loopholes

Additional information

GOR012241954
9781787757592
1787757595
Safeguarding Autistic Girls: Strategies for Professionals by Carly Jones
Carly Jones
Used - Like New
Paperback
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
2021-12-21
240
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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