Specialists at the Fay J. Lindner Center for Autism will discuss and sign their new book, Girls Growing Up on the Autism Spectrum: What Parents and Professionals Should Know About the Pre-teen and Teenage Years, at a presentation on positive behavioral strategies for school-aged, autistic children on Thursday, December 4, starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Lindner Center, located at 4300 Hempstead Turnpike in Bethpage, NY.

Written by Shana Nichols, PhD, with Gina Muscillo Moravcik, SLP, and Samara Pulver Tetenbaum, MA, Girls Growing Up on the Autism Spectrum is a guide to helping girls with utism pectrum isorder (ASDs) and their families cope with the complicated trials and transitions of adolescence. Topics covered include concerns commonly faced by girls with ASDs and their parents, from periods and puberty to worries over friendships and “fitting in.” Practical, candid knowledge and advice are offered on core teen issues like cognition, communication, behavior, sensory sensitivities and social difficulties.

Following the book signing, Ms. Tetenbaum, a behavior specialist at the Lindner Center, will speak on the topic of “Positive Behavioral Strategies for Home and School: When Yelling Isn’t Working!” Ms. Tetenbaum, who has worked in the field of autism and related developmental disabilities for the past five years, is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at Stony Brook University and is completing a dissertation on the influence of family variables on intervention outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorders.

For more information, call (516) 802-8600 for more information.