Asperger Syndrome: A Guide for Professionals and Families

Description

Since the first edition was published in 2003, an enormous amount of research into Asperger Syndrome (AS) and autism spectrum disorders has been conducted. New genetic and epigenetic theories, updated findings on viable therapies, and targeted skill-building programs provide a solid foundation of information for professionals to use in practice and impart to concerned families. The Second Edition of Asperger Syndrome synthesizes the current state of the field, beginning with the controversy over the proposed linking of the condition with autism in the DSM-5. This comprehensive guide gives readers a deeper understanding of the disorder, detailing the effective strategies and therapies available to improve the lives of young people with AS and ensure their successful transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood. Focusing on core deficit and treatment areas, expert contributors analyze the evidence base on behavioral and pharmacological interventions as well as educational strategies geared toward bolstering cognitive and social skills. In addition to epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, and assessment, this volume offers the most current information on: Counseling and other therapeutic strategies for children with AS and their families. Early intervention for children and youth with AS. Social skills instruction for children with AS. Evaluating evidence-based instruction for children with AS. Comprehensive education-based mental health services for students diagnosed on the autism spectrum. Practical advice for families, from a parent of a child with AS. The Second Edition of Asperger Syndrome is an essential reference for researchers, clinicians, and scientist-practitioners in clinical child, school, and developmental psychology; child and adolescent psychiatry; education; rehabilitation medicine/therapy; social work; and pediatrics.

Get the book

Amazon.com

Search the book

eBay.com

Search the book

Other editions

• 

  Asperger Syndrome: A Guide for Professionals and Families

  • 2012-12-06
  • 234 pages
  • Ebook
  • Springer
• 

  Asperger Syndrome: Assessing and Treating High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders

  • 2014-04-01
  • 482 pages
  • Paperback
  • Guilford Publications
• 

  Asperger Syndrome: A Guide for Professionals and Families

  • 2013-05-13
  • 212 pages
  • Ebook
  • Springer Science & Business Media
• 

  Asperger Syndrome: What Teachers Need to Know

  • 2011
  • 130 pages
  • Paperback
  • Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Similar books

• 

  Designing Preschool Interventions: A Practitioner's Guide

  By David W. Barnett, Susan H. Bell, Karen T. Carey

  ... 165 Thomson , C. , 52 , 59 Thurman , S. K. , 230 Thyer , B. A. , 308 Timberlake , W. , 165 Webster - Stratton , 237 , 251 , 253 , 366 Author Index.

• 

  Assessing and Treating Low Incidence/High Severity Psychological Disorders of Childhood

  By Stefan C. Dombrowski, Karen L. Gischlar, Martin Mrazik

  Haberstick, B.C., Lessem, J. M., Hopfer, C. J., Smolen, A., Ehringer, M.A., Timberlake, D., et al. (2005). Monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) and antisocial ...

• 

  The War Between Mentalism and Behaviorism: On the Accessibility of Mental Processes

  By William R. Uttal

  Some, like the “behavior systems” approach of Timberlake(1994)assume thatbehavior can be explained by a system of interactingmodules thatareeither built ...

• 

  The Psychology of B F Skinner

  By William O'Donohue, Kyle E. Ferguson

  However, there is clear evidence that this constant ratio does not always produce reinforcement (Timberlake & Allison, 1974). Second and, as we shall see ...

• 

  Finishing Well: Aging And Reparation In The Intergenerational Family

  By Terry D. Hargrave, William T. Anderson

  ... 30, 32 Thomae, H., 40 Thompson, L., 23-24 Timberlake, E. M., 16 Tobin, S. S., ... E, 33 Wolfe, S. M., 81 Wolinsky, M. A., 85 Zarit, J., 11, 30, 31, 32, ...

• 

  The Social Insects: Their Origin and Evolution

  By William Morton Wheeler

  La Crisi Mondiale e Saggi Critici di Marxiano e Socialismo. Bologna, N. Zanichelli. ... TIMBERLAKE (P. H.): 1912. Experimental Parasitism, a Study of the ...

• 

  Principles and Practice of Behavioral Assessment

  By Stephen N. Haynes, William Hayes O'Brien

  ... 143 Tharp, R. G., 80 Thompson, R. H., 250 Timberlake, W., 308,309 Tingey, ... B. W., 70 Ries, B.J., 268 Robins, E.,298 Robinson, S. L., 91,244 Roper, ...

• 

  Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Approaches to a Science of Life: Word Pictures and Correlations Versus Working Models

  By William T. Powers, Philip J. Runkel

  ... R.L., McGrath, Joseph E. McKeachie McPhail, Clark Miller, J.G. Mitchell, ... Jerry 469 Taylor 39 Timberlake, William 464 Tolman 72, 140, 142 Tucker, ...

• 

  Discovering Psychology: The Science of Mind

  By John T. Cacioppo, Laura Freberg

  ... 247 Fromme, H., 523 Frost, P., 106 Frost, R., 161 Fryer, R., 291 Fuhrer, D., 4 Fukuyama, H., 408 Fulbright, R. K., 486 Fulero, S., 440 Fuligni, A. J., ...

• 

  Psychology: From Inquiry to Understanding

  By Scott Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, Laura Namy

  ... C. 638 Ernst, D. 704 Ernst, E. 278 Esch, T. 110 Eslinger, P.J. 448 Esposito-Smythers, ... E. 197 Frontera, W. R. 408 Frost, J. 332 Frost, R. 699 Frost, ...