1st Edition
Children With High-Functioning Autism A Parent's Guide
By Claire E. Hughes-Lynch
Copyright 2010
254 Pages
by
Prufrock Press
254 Pages
by
Prufrock Press
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Children With High-Functioning Autism: A Parent's Guide offers parents the information needed to help them cope with their child's autism and to navigate the path as they first perceive differences, seek assistance and treatment, and help their child develop into his or her full potential. Including examples of the author's own experiences with her child with autism, this book helps families... Read more
Acknowledgements Introduction: How Did I Get Here? Chapter 1 Starting the Journey: From the Beginning—and Even Before Chapter 2 The Landscape and Its Signage Chapter 3 I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas Anymore, Toto: Diagnosis Chapter 4 Down the Rabbit Hole Chapter 5 Education—Joining the Highway Chapter 6 Are We There Yet? Chapter 7 Siblings, Spouses, and Other Passengers Appendix: Travel Agents References About the Author
Biography
Claire E. Hughes-Lynch, Ph.D., is associate professor of special education at the College of Coastal Georgia. She received her doctorate in both gifted education and special education from The College of William and Mary. Her research interests include cognitive interventions for children with autism, Response to Intervention, and twice-exceptional children.
The book is a goldmine about everything from support to therapy, with lots of pointers to research and other books . . . Not for parents of profoundly autistic kids, it focuses on the unique concerns of children who may even be gifted learners and are more likely to be able to “graduate” from their autism into an independent adult life. Also, this is neither the story of a parent's journey through autism nor a book written by a clinician—it spans both genres in a helpful and insightful way.,Suki Wessling,The Babblery, 4/13/13
