The World of the Autistic Child - Understanding and Treating Autism Spectrum Disorders

By far the most complete and comprehensive book ever written for the parents of autistic children, and for the teachers, child specialists, and other professionals who care for them, "The World of the Autistic Child" guides readers through the thicket of symptoms and labels, explaining the crucial importance of intensive early education and how to find the resources and help currently available. Illustrations.

About the author

Dr. Bryna Siegel has directed the Pervasive Developmental Disorders Clinic and Laboratory at Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute at the University of California, San Francisco for the past six years, and earlier, was one of the founders of the Autism Clinic at Stanford University. She is the author of The Working Parents Guide to Child Care, What About Me? Growing Up with a Developmentally Disabled Sibling, and numerous
professional publications.

Summary

This is by far the most complete and comprehensive book ever written for parents of autistic children, and for teachers, child specialists, and other professionals who care for them. It includes current thinking on causes, diagnosis, and treatment, using illustrative case studies throughout.

Additional text

Bryna Siegel's book gives some of the best descriptions of the range of autistic behaviours in children that I have read. She also, admirably, attempts to explain the reasoning and purpose behind many of these behaviours.

Product details

• Authors: Siegel, Bryna Siegel
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.06.1998
• EAN: 9780195119176
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511917-6
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 203 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Illustrations: line figures, tables
• Series: European Political Science
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; MEDICAL / Diseases, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, HEALTH & FITNESS / Physical Impairments, MEDICAL / Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Coping with disability, Paediatric medicine, Coping with / advice about physical impairments / disability, Congenital diseases & disorders, Congenital diseases and disorders