226 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
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Autistic Adults at Bittersweet Farms is a touching view of an inspirational residential care program for autistic adolescents and adults. This compelling book focuses on adult autism treated through the concepts used at Bittersweet Farms, an 80-acre farm in northwest Ohio. Through historical rationale for a therapeutic community, a comparison between the Bittersweet Farms model and treatment... Read more
Contents
Preface
Preface
- Introduction Section I: Treatment Environments: Residential and Community-Based
- Historical Rationale of the Therapeutic Community
- Farmstead Residential Community: Bittersweet Farms
- A Potpourri of Information From Staff
- Treatment Settings in the United Kingdom for Autistic Adults
- Community Services for Autistic Adults and Children
- Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children
- Section II: Individual Treatment and Training
- Consulting Behavioral Management Team
- Communication Issues
- Farm Life and Physical Activitiy
- Music and the Handbell Choir
- Behavioral and Research Influences on Educational and Clinical Programs
- Section III: Practical Issues and Viewpoints
- State Funding Regulations
- Funding and Politics
- Perspectives on Bittersweet Farms
- Adaptation and Change in a Residential Farmstead Community
- Index
Biography
Norman Giddan, Jane J. Giddan
