Life Coaching for Adults on the Autism Spectrum: Discovering Your True Potential
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Adults on the Autism Spectrum rarely have access to services once they age out of the school system. Many therapies are simply not appropriate in terms of teaching these adults the practical skills they need to succeed in various aspects of life. Many on the spectrum struggle with forming and building relationships, finding and maintaining a job and managing their day to day life. Life Coaching, specifically for adults on the spectrum or anyone who considers themselves neurodivergent, can provide individuals, other coaches, parents and professionals the tools and skills necessary to guide these amazing people to success.
One-on-one coaching can be expensive and so this book was designed to make these methods and strategies available to everyone in an affordable and concise resource. Everyone can benefit from this self help book that takes you on a practical journey through building relationships from the ground up, developing a rewarding career, managing your day to day life effectively and discovering your true potential.
From the Publisher
We are a neurodiverse world.
What is the key to Life Coaching ASD Adults?
Teach Real Life Skills:
We spend the first 18 years of our lives mastering the school environment. For everyone but especially those on the spectrum, this is not adequate preparation for the real world. We seek to teach each client valuable real life skills necessary to function in the natural environment.
Social Skills:
The majority of people learn social skills by observing others around them. Many people on the ASD spectrum do not intuitively acquire these skills as easily as their neurotypical peers. ASD Life Coaches specifically teach social skills in a step-by-step manner similar to teaching a math problem to someone who struggles with math concepts.
Communication Skills:
It is very common for people on the spectrum to have a difficult time with back and forth reciprocal conversation. It is one of the most complex skills to master. Communication is not monologuing but rather a back and forth exchange where active listening and active participation are equally important to achieve a successful interation. ASD Life Coaches excel at teaching this highly imperative skill.
Independent Living:
It is not uncommon for many young adults to be living at home with their parents. This percentage is even higher for those on the spectrum. From obtaining a driver’s license to taking care of personal space, hygiene, budgeting, planning for the future and much more. ASD Coaches are here to help you achieve the independence you know you should have but are finding it difficult to make happen on your own.
Additional Skills Include:
College/Career Development:
Whether it’s planning for college and training for a very specific career or planning to get into the workforce and find your niche, our coaches are trained to help you discover appropriate educational and employment paths suited to your strengths and supportive of your weaknesses. Your career should be rewarding and fulfilling as well as suitable for making a nice living for yourself.
Non-verbal Communication:
The biggest difficulty for those on the spectrum is understanding non-verbal communication. Our coaches are trained to teach you how to make and properly engage in eye contact, facial expressions, reading and conveying effective body language and all of the nuances of communicating that go far beyond vocal language. Verbal language on the other hand involves noises, gestures, emotions, cultural understanding and more. Let us teach you!
Healthy Relationship Building from the Ground Up:
How many times are we told to get out there and make friends or find a relationship without specific instruction on how to do so? I have developed methods that take you through the levels of friendship, trust and relationships step-by-step so that you build a healthy, safe and sold relationship with friends, family and professionals.
Executive Functioning Skills:
Many people I work with struggle with managing and organizing their lives. Executive functioning struggles are common for those on the spectrum and for a lot of us. Still, these skills can be taught, practiced and improved upon with time and proper instruction. Let’s get your life on track!
Why is this book important?
Adults on the Autism Spectrum rarely have access to services once they age out of the school system. Many therapies are simply not appropriate in terms of teaching these adults the practical skills they need to succeed in various aspects of life. Many on the spectrum struggle with forming and building relationships, finding and maintaining a job and managing their day to day life. Life Coaching, specifically for adults on the spectrum or anyone who considers themselves neurodivergent, can provide individuals, other coaches, parents and professionals the tools and skills necessary to guide these amazing people to success.
One-on-one coaching can be expensive and so this book was designed to make these methods and strategies available to everyone in an affordable and concise resource. Everyone can benefit from this self help book that takes you on a practical journey through building relationships from the ground up, developing a rewarding career, managing your day to day life effectively and discovering your true potential.
Who is Jaclyn Hunt, MA, ACAS, BCCS?
Jaclyn Hunt MA, ACAS, BCCS holds a Master’s Degree in the Behavioral Sciences with a Specialization in Psychological Services from Kean University in Union, NJ. Additionally, she is an Advanced Certified Autism Specialist Level 2 and Board Certified Cognitive Specialist from the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards. She serves primarily as a Life Coach for Adults on the Autism Spectrum both in-person in her home state of New Jersey as well as all over the world via video conferencing software.
Throughout her career, Jaclyn has worked with hundreds of adults, teaching various real-life skills that most people in the world learn more intuitively than others. She strongly believes that everyone she works with has the potential to progress and grow beyond their present level of functioning. This belief is not only held for her clients who happen to be on the ASD Spectrum but also held and practiced in her daily life. Jaclyn loves meeting new clients and maintaining a steady client base where she gets the opportunity to share experiences and be part of the lives of people all over the world. She also manages a team of coaches trained specifically to work with Adults on the Autism Spectrum while adding their own unique personalities and techniques to her own tried and true methods of real-life skills training. Her hobbies include working out, reading, occasionally playing video games, taking tropical vacations with her husband Joseph, tasting foods and wines from around the world and, of course, enjoying life to the fullest.
ASIN : B09N32NM7S
Publisher : ASD Life Coaches LLC
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : December 5, 2021
Language : English
File size : 3.0 MB
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 180 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-1737107415
Page Flip : Enabled
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andrew owens –
Aspergers mans reviewall of us needed this
I feel this is better for people more strongly afflicted but its nice to hear a compassionate and understanding view for once in my life. This did still provide vital insights into what I was only beginning to figure out in my late 20’s when it comes to talking to people or my issue of monologing and not using proper body language along with not being an active listener or understanding levels of friendship. This book is great for help you realize what the problems are and what solutions to seek out. To the author I truly am thankful to you for writing such a wonderful book and I hate that it took me 28 years to hear an understanding and compassionate voice but it really brought my spirits up. I put massive efforts into trying to conquer my issues and this book helped me identify things for me to work on. To anyone on the spectrum who has been suffering I understand and this book will help you/us.Helps find the gapsTells how to solve problemsProvides insight between ASD and Neurotypicals
sally skaggs –
Enjoy reading
Very informative
Rhonda123 –
Deep
Very specific on data. If you like that you’ll love this. For the provider or recipient. Well thought out.
acs123 –
Excellent Resource For Adults On The Autism Spectrum & Those Who Work With Them
I found this book to be an excellent resource for adults on the autism spectrum, their families, and the practitioners who work with them, especially for those with a recent diagnosis, and those who are new to working with autistic individuals. There are a myriad of ways that autistic people present, and no two are alike. That said, this book helps provide knowledge of common autistic traits as well as the great strengths that come from having this neurotype. It also notes common challenges and ways to help autistic individuals, their families, and their practitioners, work with them effectively and help them reach their fullest potential. The book is broken down into the 3 sections: Information for Autistic Adults, Information for Coaches who work with Autistic Adults, and Information for Parents and Other Professionals who live and work with Autistic Adults. It has forewards written by an Autistic adult, as well as a Coach who works with Autistic adults, and a Parent of an Autistic adult. Reading these 3 different perspectives, all noting positive outcomes for those who do the work that coaching requires, I believe others will find this book very heartening and helpful.
A Schechter –
Fix This!
The book was hard for me to read. Long sections of text that should have been broken into paragraphs. Subtitles needed to highlight major ideas. As an autistic person, I thought she had a lot of important insights to share. Her personal style and her experience lead me to believe she would be a good coach to work with. The book was geared to new graduates starting out on their own. Since I am in my seventies, it was not age appropriate for me. She could write a new book called”Starting Out”. It could be clearer on what a young person needs to do step by step. I wish Ms.Hunt the best.
Matthew Hoel –
This is meant for ALL
“The biggest predictor of success in life is not your academic ability; rather, it is your ability to interact with society effectively.“That is the biggest and single most important takeaway from this book. As someone on the spectrum, I had a choice between waiting for NTs to be patient enough to accept my way of speaking, or I could try learning their method of communication. There is nothing wrong with proactively learning about how other NTs act and think. There is nothing inherently wrong with being on the spectrum either. That is what this book is about. Finding a way to overcome our own shortcomings and showcase our strengths.
LarryD –
Utterly useless to the adult on the autism spectrum
As an older adult recently diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum (in the past I would have been identified as having high-functioning Asperger’s), I was really interested in some practical life coaching and “discovering my true potential”. Sadly, this book doesn’t even touch those topics. The book is only 10 chapters that are divided into three ‘parts’. As seen in the photo of the contents, these three parts are “For the ASD Adult”, “For the Coach”, and “For the Parents and Professionals”. Right out of the gate, 2/3 of this book is not even remotely written for the ASD adult. Sadly, it gets worse.Chapter 1 – The High School YearsChapter 2 – The College and University ExperienceChapter 3 – Finding a Job and Establishing a CareerChapter 4 – Independent Living and RelationshipsSo now, Chapter 1, 1/4 of of the 1/3 of the book that is supposed to be for adults isn’t even about adults. Chapter 2 might be helpful if one is young adult. Chapter 3 continues in the progression of assuming that one has never had a job and has no career. Finally, we get to Chapter 4 that dedicates a whopping 7 1/2 pages to the oddly combined topics of independent living and relationships. There are countless books that dedicate tens or hundreds of pages to the topic of relationships, alone. This book only gives some subset of 7.5 pages to this topic.That’s it folks. If you’re an ASD adult you get 62 pages that even pretend to be about “discovering YOUR true potential”. The rest of the book is significantly a rehash, but it’s no longer talking to you. It’s talking to your “handlers”.This book is not for the the ND (neurodivergent) who is already a functional adult seeking to reach their true potential. This book is for the ASD child who may be about to enter high school or for the ASD adult-in-age-only trying to become a very minimally independent adult.This self-published book would also benefit greatly from having a critical review by an accomplished editor. A good editor would have relegated parts 2 and 3 to an ‘afterword’, changed the title of the book to reflect its content, and encouraged the author to dedicate far fewer words to talking about themselves.
Lucille M Eversole –
Life coaching for adults wit autism
Jaclyn explains the disorder well and why there are so many variations. She offers hope and counsels to break down approaches for assistance into many little steps that are achievable for the individual with ASD. Then proceeds to break down understanding for the reader into many little steps.
joanna –
A very good guide for coaching people on the spectrum, but some of it is also applicable to my clients with mental illness. It has good anecdotes and principles, things that helped me focus on my ASD client needs with more of a framework. I would like to see a “level 2”. Some books on the topic are more theoretical, this is more practical
Pete –
Reading the book felt like taking to someone who goes through the issues faced but you’re just not talking to anyone because it’s just a book. A lot can be taken from this book to daily life on understanding complex minds. Would recommend 10/10. For anyone with an interest on the topic.
Andy Pandy –
Has some good stuff for the autistic community to aid their social development
A. E. Gray –
This is one of the worst books I have read. It is full of waffle. It is really this writer celebrating her journey as a coach with a few passages thrown in on how to help people with autism. Anyone with the most basic knowledge of autism will not find this useful. It is full of truisms. This writer has nothing useful or new to say about autism. I seriously could have written a much more informative book myself and I am just the mother of a child with autism.This is the fist review I have ever written on Amazon. But I feel so strongly that this is such a waste of my time and money. This is also the first book where I intend to write to the author to ask for my money back. I am a non-fiction book editor myself and I know how much effort goes into a book. This book – as well as having no real content – has not been looked at my a copyeditor or line editor. The latter I can forgive, but the lack of content is just insulting.
marfahey –
very good book would recommend