Autism - the search for coherence

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TextPublication details: London Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2001 Description: 350p. illISBN:

9781853028885

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MED RJ506 . A9 A9243

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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

Summary: 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 discussed by experts, and questions such as the structure of thought and the nature of autism are analysed. Parents and teachers describe practical strategies which have proved successful and give their views of the treatments currently available. Autism - The Search for Coherence shares the knowledge accumulated by all fields studying autism to provide a greater coherence to our understanding of it. It is a significant contribution to the literature, and will be welcomed by all those working with autistic people

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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

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 discussed by experts, and questions such as the structure of thought and the nature of autism are analysed. Parents and teachers describe practical strategies which have proved successful and give their views of the treatments currently available. Autism - The Search for Coherence shares the knowledge accumulated by all fields studying autism to provide a greater coherence to our understanding of it. It is a significant contribution to the literature, and will be welcomed by all those working with autistic people

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