Acknowledgements
Introduction
Section 1
1. Follow Your Guide
2. Ready for Action
3. Open and Observe
4. Wise Mind
Section 2
5. Understanding your Brain and Emotions
6. Boosting your Mood and Motivation
7. Working with Worry and Anxiety
8. Creating Confidence to be You
9. Building Friendships and Confident Communication
10.Healthy Life Habits
11.Surviving Setbacks
Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Nuts and Bolts. 2. Diagnosis. 3. The Pervasive Developmental Disorders are Hard Wired. 4. How to Recognise the Person who has ASD. 5. How People with ASD See the World. 6. Stress and Anxiety. 7. And Now for the Good News. 8. Rules of Engagement; So What are We Going to Do About It? Appendix: DSM-IV Criteria for the Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
About the Authors. Introduction. 1. Understanding Social Support and Its Role in Youth Mentoring. 2. Assessing Social Support for Youth within a Mentoring Context. 3. Good Practice in Mentoring Programmes. 4. School-based Mentoring. 5. Providing Social Support through Mentoring for Specific Groups of Young People. Conclusion. Useful Contacts. Subject Index. Author Index.