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Author Coplan, James.

Title Making sense of autistic spectrum disorders : create the brightest future for your child with the best treatment options / James Coplan.

Publication Info. New York : Bantam Books, [2010]
©2010

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  616.858 COP    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xxii, 424 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Compiles decades of research and clinical work in a guide to the sometimes bewildering array of therapy options and intervention programs.
Contents The world of the child: Patterns of development -- Getting a diagnosis -- Why my child? A medical primer -- Speculative causes of ASD, and the Autism "explosion" -- What does the futrue hold? The natural history of ASD -- The world of intervention services: What can I do? intervention basics -- In the beginning: intensive behavioural intervention -- Next steps: playful sabotage, watchful waiting -- Language therpies: communication first, speech sceond --Socially based therapies -- Hands-on therapies -- Behavior management and psychopharmacology -- Going to school -- Sense and nonsense in the treatment of ASD -- The world of the family: Family matters -- Practical concerns.
Subject Autism in children.
Autism -- Treatment.
ISBN 9780553806816
0553806815
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