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Asperger Syndrome and Your Child A Parent's Guide

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ISBN-10: 0060934883

ISBN-13: 9780060934880

Edition: N/A

Authors: Michael D. Powers, Janet Poland, Mich Powers

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Asperger's Syndrome and Your Child, an informative, empathetic, and comprehensive guide to this elusive condition, answers the most common questions and offers an encouraging outlook for your child's future. Dr. Michael Powers weaves together a compassionate account of everything related to AS, offering such practical advice from getting the right diagnosis to helping your child develop social skills. Infused with voices of real children who offer insights about their own conditions, the book gives perspective on how children live with the disorder. Asperger Syndrome and Your Child is an indispensable book for parents as well as teachers and other professionals who have someone with…    
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Book details

List price: $19.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 9/23/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Katarzyna Chawarska, PhD, is Assistant Professor at the Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, where she is also Director of the Developmental Disabilities Clinic for Infants and Toddlers. Dr. Chawarska's research focuses on early expression of ASD and on experimental studies of face and gaze processing in infants and toddlers. nbsp; Ami Klin, PhD, is the Harris Associate Professor of Child Psychology and Psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center. He directs the Autism Program at Yale, which is one of the National Institutes of Health's Autism Centers of Excellence. Dr. Klin’s primary research activities focus on the social mind and the social brain, and on…    

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Understanding Asperger Syndrome
Maps, Globes, Continents, and Seas: What Does Asperger Syndrome Look Like?
The Trains Don't Always Run on Time: What Is Going On Inside My Child's Brain?
He's Ready for His World, But I'm Not: Getting, and Coping with, a Diagnosis
The Thunderstorm Prison: How It Feels to Have Asperger Syndrome
Asperger Syndrome and Your Child
The Wordless Lullaby of Airplanes: Your Child Within the Family
The Wedged and the Winners: Integrating Your Child into the Community
The Code: Your Child's School Experience
The Medieval Women's Clothing Club: Communication and Social Issues in Childhood
Generation "Why": Adolescence: So Much to Learn, So Little Time
The World Beyond: Your Child as an Adult
Questions and Answers
Resources
Reading List
Bibliography
Index