The Out-of-Sync Child Grows Up: Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder in the Adolescent and Young Adult Years

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Penguin, May 24, 2016 - Family & Relationships - 320 pages
The long-awaited follow-up to the million-copy bestseller The Out-of-Sync Child, presenting information and advice for tweens, teens, and young adults living with Sensory Processing Disorder, and their parents.
     
The Out-of-Sync Child Grows Up will be the new bible for the vast audience of parents whose children, already diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder, are entering the adolescent, tween, and teen years, as well as those who do not yet have a diagnosis and are struggling to meet the challenges of daily life. This book picks up where The Out-of-Sync Child left off, offering practical advice on living with SPD, covering everyday challenges as well as the social and emotional issues that many young people with SPD face.

Topics include strategies for coping with the sensory aspects of grooming, social lives and dating, playing sports and music, and other issues, as well as how to find support and help from loved ones, occupational therapy, and other resources. Carol Kranowitz's insights are supplemented by first-person accounts of adolescents and teens with SPD, sharing their experiences and hard-won lessons with readers and adding a powerful personal dimension to the book.

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Contents

Facts aboutſypical Developmentand
41
Grooming for the Day Ahead
55
Finding Comfortable Clothes
75
Eating In Eating Out
91
Heading Out into the World
105
Seeking Sleep
139
PART III
151
Living with SPD and YourFamily
153
Nurturing Your Passion
239
Moving into Adulthood with SPD
255
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
265
ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THIS BOOK
267
GLOSSARY
277
REFERENCES
281
SUGGESTED READING
283
RESOURCES
287

Making Friends
169
Dating Kissing and Beyond
189
PART IV
205
Treating SPD
207
INDEX
291
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
299
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CAROL STOCK KRANOWITZ, MA, is the author of The Out-of-Sync Child and The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun, and coauthor of Growing an In-Sync Child. A former preschool teacher who first noticed sensory challenges among her students, she is now world-renowned as a speaker and expert on the subject of Sensory Processing Disorder.

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