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Targeting autism : what we know, don't know, and can do to help young children with autism spectrum disorders /

Targeting Autism reaches out to everyone who lives with or cares about a young child with autism. First published in 1998 and updated in 2002, author Shirley Cohen has recast this best seller throughout to chart the dynamics of the autism world in the first years of the twenty-first century. In this...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cohen, Shirley, 1937-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007.
Edición:3rd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. What is autism?
  • 1. Meeting autism
  • 2. Having autism
  • 3. Life cycles
  • 4. Families
  • pt. 2. Treating autism
  • 5. We have a dream
  • 6. Is ABA the answer? : intervention approaches
  • 7. Whatever happened to equal opportunity?
  • 8. Some thoughts on alternative treatments and other intervention controversies
  • pt. 3. Looking for cures, recovery, and better lives
  • 9. Recovery?
  • 10. Moving toward better answers
  • Appendix A. Diagnostic criteria for autistic disorder
  • Appendix B. Diagnostic criteria for Asperger's disorder
  • Appendix C. Resources.