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Autism-- the search for coherence /

Autism - The Search for Coherence takes a multidisciplinary approach to autism, its causes and treatments, bringing together contributors from different fields - psychology, medicine, education, biology - from around the world. The very latest scientific and clinical research is presented and discus...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Richer, John, 1945-, Coates, Sheila, 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Jessica Kingsley, 2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1: Mechanisms and Processes
  • Editorial : Mechanisms and processes / John Richer and Sheila Coates
  • An ethological approach to autism : From evolutionary perspectives to treatment / John Richer
  • The insufficient integration of self and other in autism : Evolutionary and developmental perspectives / John Richer
  • Attachment in children with autism / Nurit Yirmiya and Marian Sigman
  • Neuropsychology of 'mind' / Dermot Rowe and Linda Crawford
  • Why success is more interesting than failure : Understanding assets and deficits in autism / Francesca Happé
  • Evidence for central coherence : Children with autism do experience visual illusions / Iain Garner and David Hamilton
  • Autistic children's talk about mental states at school and home : An empirical investigation / Sophia Mavropoulou
  • Part 2: Physiology and Medicine
  • Editorial : Approaches to the physiology of autism / John Richer and Sheila Coates
  • Early intervention in autistic disorders / Michele Zappella
  • Complementary medicine in autistic disorders : Results from the application of a working hypothesis / Edward Danczak
  • Part 3: Meeting of Minds
  • Editorial : Meeting of minds / John Richer and Sheila Coates
  • The relationship IS the thing / Sheila Coates
  • The young autistic child : Reclaiming non-autistic potential through interactive games / Sibylle Janert
  • Play, performance, symbols and affect / Dave Sherratt
  • Facilitated communication at the Chinnor Resource Unit : A journey ... / Lydia Otter.
  • Part 4: Therapy
  • Editorial : Therapy / John Richer and Sheila Coates
  • The Tavistock Autism Workshop approach : Assessment, treatment and research / Susan Reid and Anne Alvarez with Anthony Lee
  • Integrative play in children with autism and Asperger syndrome / Lalli Howell
  • 'I have a song, let me sing' : Relating part of a journey through music therapy with an autistic boy / Auriel Warwick
  • The pragmatics of languge : Remediating the central deficit for autistic 2-3 year olds / Elizabeth Newson
  • Duality of function of language in communication with people with autism / Ryuji Kobayashi
  • Behaviour management of children with autism : Educational approach in Fukuoka University of Education / Keiko Notomi
  • Coding of active sociability in pre-schoolers with autism (CASPA) / Charlotte Hyde
  • Part 5: Services
  • Editorial : Services / John Richer and Sheila Coates
  • The Chinoor Unit / Richard Brooks
  • Help me get started : An overview of effective teaching strategies to encourage initiation and independence / Jennifer Cantell-Daw
  • The state of the problem of autism in Ukraine / Olga Bogdashina
  • Quality management and staff training throughout health services : Meeting the health needs of clients within the autistic spectrum / Wendy Tucker
  • Part 6: Personal stories
  • Editorial : Personal stories / John Richer and Sheila Coates
  • Coherence from the fragments : An assessment of home programmes and other influences on a 14-year-old boy with auitsm and its implications / Julia V. Stuart
  • Parents' perceptions of autism : A qualitative study / Rachel Tams
  • A home-based applied behavioural analysis (ABA or Lovaas) programme : A personal view / Alan Watkins
  • In the balance : The Lovaas experience / John Lubbock
  • Autism : An inside view / Marc Fleisher
  • The search for coherence from the fragments of autism : Summary of the workshops / Sheila Coates.