| Description |
1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction to Asberger Syndrome: a developmental-lifespan perspective / Kevin P. Stoddart -- PART I: CLINICAL AND SERVICE PERSPECTIVES -- Clinical assessment of children and adolescents with Asperger Syndrome / Rosina G. Schnurr -- Anxiety and depression in children and adolescents with Asperger Syndrome / M. Mary Konstantareas -- Enhancing academic, social, emotional, and behavioural functioning in children with Asperger Syndrome and nonverbal learning disability / Barbara Muskat -- Tourette Syndrome and Asperger Syndrome: overlapping symptoms and treatment implications / Trina Epstein, Jennifer Saltzman-Benaiah -- Young adults with Asperger SYndrome: psychosocial issues and interventions / Kevin P. Stoddart -- Getting to work: helping the adolescent with Asperger Syndrome transition to employment / Gail Hawkins -- Sexuality and Asperger Syndrome: the need for socio-sexual education / Isabelle Hénault -- PART II: DISCIPLINE-BASED PERSPECTIVES -- Communication and Asperger Syndrome: the speech-language pathologist's role / Tracie Lindblad -- Integrating paediatrics and child development: Asperger Syndrome and the role of the developmental paediatrician / S. Wendy Roberts, Tamarah Kagan-Kushnir -- Children and adolescents with Asperger Syndrome: social work assessment and intervention / Kevin P. Stoddart [and others] -- Medication use in children with high-functioning Pervasive Developmental Disorder and Asperger Syndrome / Leon Sloman -- Meeting the educational needs of the student with Asperger Syndrome through assessment, advocacy, and accommodations / Georgina Rayner -- Sensory and motor differences for individuals with Asperger Syndrome: occupational therapy assessment and intervention / Paula Aquilla [and others] -- Psychological assessment of more able adults with autism spectrum disorders / Lillian Burke -- PART III: THEORETICAL AND RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES -- Developing a research agenda in Asperger Syndrome / Peter Szatmari -- In search of an Asperger culture / Charmaine C. Williams -- Child social interaction and parental self-efficacy: evaluating simultaneous groups for children with Asperger Syndrome and their parents / Leon Sloman, Jonathan Leef -- The genetics of autism spectrum disorders / Jeanette J.A. Holden, Xudong Liu -- Quality of life for children with Asperger Syndrome: parental perspectives / Anne Fudge Schormans [and others] -- Depression and anxiety in parents of children and adolescents with Asperger Syndrome / Kevin P. Stoddart -- PART IV: PARENT AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES -- Asperger Syndrome: perceiving normality / Peter Jansen -- From despair to hope: a mother's Asperger story / Fern Lee Quint -- Searching for home in a foreign land: my discovery of Asperger Syndrome / Donna Moon -- Asperger Syndrome: it's a family matter / Margot Nelles -- Life on the outside: a personal perspective on Asperger Syndrome Chris J. Dakin |
| Summary |
This book offers a comprehensive overview of clinical, research and personal perspectives on Asperger Syndrome, including contributions from parents and experts in the fields of psychology, social work, psychiatry, genetics, sexology and vocational counselling |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Asperger's syndrome.
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Adulthood.
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Asperger Syndrome
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Adult
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Coping With Disability.
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Teaching Of Students With Specific Learning Difficulties -- Needs.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness.
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Adulthood
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Asperger's syndrome
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stoddart, Kevin P., 1962-
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| LC no. |
2004021987 |
| ISBN |
1846421195 |
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9781846421198 |
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9781843102687 |
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1843102684 |
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9781843103196 |
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1843103192 |
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