The Handbook of Autism
von: Maureen Aarons
Routledge, 1999
ISBN: 9780203182956
Sprache: Englisch
160 Seiten, Download: 1322 KB
Format: PDF, auch als Online-Lesen
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| THE HANDBOOK OF AUTISM | 2 | ||
| CONTENTS | 6 | ||
| AUTHOR’S NOTE | 8 | ||
| FOREWORD | 9 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 13 | ||
| 1 THE VARIABLE PICTURE OF AUTISM | 18 | ||
| 2 THE HISTORY OF AUTISM | 22 | ||
| IMPAIRMENT OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATION | 26 | ||
| IMPAIRMENT OF SOCIAL IMAGINATION | 26 | ||
| 3 WHAT CAUSES AUTISM? | 32 | ||
| 4 PROBLEMS OF DIAGNOSIS | 37 | ||
| 5 UNDERSTANDING AND ASSESSING CHILDREN WITH AUTISM | 46 | ||
| MEDICAL HISTORY AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT | 47 | ||
| GENERAL OBSERVATIONS: APPEARANCE, MOVEMENT AND BEHAVIOUR | 50 | ||
| ATTENTION CONTROL | 56 | ||
| SENSORY FUNCTION | 56 | ||
| SYMBOLIC UNDERSTANDING | 59 | ||
| CONCEPT FORMATION | 62 | ||
| SEQUENCING AND RHYTHMIC CAPABILITIES | 63 | ||
| 6 PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS – MANAGEMENT AND COUNSELLING | 65 | ||
| HELP AND ADVICE | 69 | ||
| SOME PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS | 76 | ||
| Social understanding | 77 | ||
| Social communication | 78 | ||
| 7 SPEECH AND LANGUAGE | 80 | ||
| Will speech and language therapy help? | 85 | ||
| 8 EDUCATING CHILDREN WITH AUTISM | 93 | ||
| Activities outside school | 103 | ||
| 9 GROWING UP – WHAT LIES BEYOND? | 105 | ||
| 10 A POSTSCRIPT – ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS AND CURES FOR AUTISM? | 109 | ||
| Facilitated communication | 110 | ||
| Drugs and vitamins | 111 | ||
| Holding therapy | 111 | ||
| Higashi | 112 | ||
| Option method | 112 | ||
| Auditory integration therapy | 113 | ||
| Sensory integration therapy | 113 | ||
| Lovaas (behaviour modification) | 114 | ||
| Psychotherapy/family therapy | 115 | ||
| APPENDIX 1 | 117 | ||
| APPENDIX 2 | 147 | ||
| REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING | 150 | ||
| INDEX | 154 |
