Inspired by personal experience, she knew there had to be a better way to treating children who have trouble with staying focused, regulating, managing senses, and other challenges.

This book consists of two sections:

It begins with Part 1, an introduction to the nervous system and brain. With a foundation in the science behind the exercises, it makes it easier to understand why the lessons following are important to implement. Part 2 is the continuation of neuro foundations and is designed for children to learn through hands on activities. It includes self-assessments, games, journals, log charts, and coloring pages. These tools are easy to use and provide necessary strategies to improve function at home and school.

Things You’ll Learn By Reading “Self-Regulations and Mindfullness”

• Why our kids have meltdowns using a neurological perspective.
• How to identify environmental triggers and avoid meltdowns before they happen.
• Exercises provide ways to help slow the brain down for time to accurately process the environment in order to react with an appropriate response.
• The book will concisely explain the brain functions relevant to ADHD, sensory issues, autism, and how they can be related and the science backing up the upcoming activities/ exercises.

Using an alphabet grid to painstakingly construct words, sentences, and thoughts that he is unable to speak out loud, Naoki answers even the most delicate questions that people want to know. Questions such as: “Why do people with autism talk so loudly and weirdly?” “Why do you line up your toy cars and blocks?” “Why don’t you make eye contact when you’re talking?” and “What’s the reason you jump?” (Naoki’s answer: “When I’m jumping, it’s as if my feelings are going upward to the sky.”) With disarming honesty and a generous heart, Naoki shares his unique point of view on not only autism but life itself. His insights—into the mystery of words, the wonders of laughter, and the elusiveness of memory—are so startling, so strange, and so powerful that you will never look at the world the same way again.

In his introduction, bestselling novelist David Mitchell writes that Naoki’s words allowed him to feel, for the first time, as if his own autistic child was explaining what was happening in his mind. “It is no exaggeration to say that The Reason I Jump allowed me to round a corner in our relationship.” This translation was a labor of love by David and his wife, KA Yoshida, so they’d be able to share that feeling with friends, the wider autism community, and beyond. Naoki’s book, in its beauty, truthfulness, and simplicity, is a gift to be shared.

What You’ll Learn By Reading “The Reason I Jump”.

• Learn what autistic children are feeling and thinking about in different situations.
• Enlighten those who may have a tough time understanding behaviors that are not considered “typical”.
• Build solid foundations for creating better relationships.
• Ability to relate to individuals on the spectrum.
• Offers up evidence that locked inside the helpless-seeming autistic body is a mind as curious, subtle and complex as yours, as mine, as anyone’s.