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Informationen zum Autor Barry Wright is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Christine Williams is a Consultant Clinical Child Psychologist. They have both worked with children and young people, from infancy to young adulthood, with a wide range of different abilities and severity of autism for over 12 years. Much of their work has been in developing and using an extensive range of interventions to help people on the autism spectrum to build on their strengths and to support the families in the process. Klappentext The manual is divided into ten sessions that introduce a topic related to autism and Asperger Syndrome. During each session parents are introduced to a new topic and are invited to participate in exercises and group discussions that serve to reinforce the key messages discussed earlier. Each session closes with recommended reading and 'homework'. Zusammenfassung The manual is divided into ten sessions that introduce a topic related to autism and Asperger Syndrome. During each session parents are introduced to a new topic and are invited to participate in exercises and group discussions that serve to reinforce the key messages discussed earlier. Each session closes with recommended reading and 'homework'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements. Participants. Session 1. An Introduction to Autism and Mindblindness. Session 2. Getting the gist. Session 3. Language and communication. Session 4. Preoccupations, Sensory Interests and Repetitive Behaviours. Session 5. Imagination, Time Perception, Planning and Memory. Session 6. Managing Behaviour. Session 7. Exploring Individual Problems and Developing Strategies for Managing Behaviour (1). Session 8. Strategies for Managing Behaviour. Session 9.Visual Guides/Social Storiesâ"¢ Workshop. Session 10. Exploring Individual Problems and Developing Strategies (2) and Strategies for Managing Behaviour (2) Session 11. Consolidation, Questions and Party. Appendix 1A. Appendix 1B. Appendix 2. Appendix 3. Appendix 4. Appendix 5. List of figures, handouts and OHPs....
