Targeting Autism

What We Know, Don't Know, and Can Do to Help Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Shirley Cohen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

258 Seiten

2006 | 3rd edition
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-24838-0 (ISBN)

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First published in 1998, this book is useful for those who live with or care about a young child with autism. It charts the dynamics of the autism world in the first years of the twenty-first century. It provides specifics about the developments that have modified the map of the world of autism or that may do so in the near future.

"Targeting Autism" reaches out to everyone who lives with or cares about a young child with autism. First published in 1998 and updated in 2002, author Shirley Cohen has recast this best seller throughout to chart the dynamics of the autism world in the first years of the twenty-first century. In this expanded edition, she provides specifics about the new developments that have modified the map of the world of autism or that may do so in the near future.

Shirley Cohen is Professor of Special Education at Hunter College of the City University of New York.

Acknowledgments Prologue to the Third Edition Preface to the First Edition PART ONE: WHAT IS AUTISM? 1. Meeting Autism 2. Having Autism 3. Life Cycles 4. Families PART TWO: TREATING AUTISM 5. We Have a Dream 6. Is ABA the Answer? Intervention Approaches 7. Whatever Happened to Equal Opportunity? 8. Some Thoughts on Alternative Treatments and Other Intervention Controversies part three Looking for Cures, Recovery, and Better Lives 9. Recovery? 10. Moving toward Better Answers Appendix A: Diagnostic Criteria for Autistic Disorder Appendix B: Diagnostic Criteria for Asperger's Disorder Appendix C: Resources References Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.2006
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	363 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
ISBN-10	0-520-24838-4 / 0520248384
ISBN-13	978-0-520-24838-0 / 9780520248380
Zustand	Neuware