| Description |
xxii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Geraldine Peacock -- Preface / John Corbett and Hugh Morgan -- Introduction / Hugh Morgan -- 1. Services for adults with autism: an international perspective / Hugh Morgan -- 2. Underpinning philosophy in the provision of services for adults with autism: a critique of global values related to specific practice / Hugh Morgan -- 3. Evaluating services for adults with autism: the Autism Quality Audit and Accreditation Programme / Hugh Morgan and Bob Reynolds -- 4. Encouraging flexibility in adults with autism / Rita Jordan and Stuart Powell -- 5. Attachment and loss: a focus on transition and bereavement / Hugh Morgan -- 6. The significance of age, status and gender to adults with autism / Eve Matthews -- 7. Developing a support model, within a further education college, for adults with autism / Hugh Morgan, Gwenn Edwards and Lynn Mason |
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8. Employment training and the development of a support model within employment for adults who experience Asperger syndrome and autism: the Gloucestershire Group Homes Model / Alison Matthews -- 9. Health care of adults with autism / Gillian Wainscott and John Corbett -- 10. Psychiatric and behavioural problems and pharmacological treatments / David J. Clarke -- 11. Appreciating the style of perception and learning as a basis for anticipating and responding to the challenging behaviour of adults with autism / Hugh Morgan -- 12. Working with adults with autism in residential settings: a strategy for practitioner training / Hugh Morgan -- Epilogue: Future trends in services for adults with autism within the United Kingdom / Hugh Morgan |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Autistic people -- Services for.
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Autism.
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Social networks.
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Autistic Disorder.
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Social Support.
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Autistic Disorder.
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Social Support.
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| LC no. |
96013982 |
| ISBN |
0521450705 (hardback) |
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0521456835 (paperback) |
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