Caring for a child with autism: a practical guide for parents

✍ Scribed by Martine Ives, Nell Munro

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 305
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This comprehensive and readable guide answers the questions commonly asked by parents and carers following a diagnosis of autism, and discusses the challenges that can arise in home life, education and socializing. The authors cover a wide variety of therapies and approaches to autism, providing clear, unbiased information so that families will be able to evaluate different options for themselves. Throughout, the emphasis is on home and family life, and the everyday difficulties encountered by families of autistic children. Caring for a Child with Autism is an informative handbook in association with the National Autistic Society, written for parents with a recently diagnosed autistic child. This is a thorough introduction to autistic spectrum disorders, to be consulted time and time again as new questions arise.

✦ Table of Contents

Caring for a Child with Autism......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
1. Explaining autism......Page 14
2. What causes autism?......Page 38
3. A concise history of autism......Page 46
4. Diagnosis......Page 50
5. Accepting the news......Page 66
6. Moving forward after diagnosis......Page 74
7. Siblings......Page 92
8. Sources of help......Page 100
9. Education......Page 108
10. Social ability......Page 130
11. Understanding behaviour......Page 156
12. Responding to behaviour......Page 182
13. Therapies and approaches......Page 248
References......Page 284
Index......Page 294