Autism Frontiers
Clinical Issues and Innovations
Will be published approx. on 30. April 2008
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-55766-957-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines up-to-date clinical and research activity related to autism. A professional clinical reference from leaders in the field, it offers more in-depth, applied, and accessible information than is typically found in an introductory text or monograph.The book covers issues related to classification and diagnosis, epidemiology, language and social reciprocity, treatment, and outcomes, with a focus on important issues and innovations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 261 mm
Width: 177 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
608 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55766-957-5 (9781557669575)
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Persons
Bruce K. Shapiro is Vice President of Training, Kennedy Krieger Institute, and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Pasquale J. Accardo is Professor of Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Content
Pediatric Approaches to the Evaluation and Management of Children with Autism; Autism on the Spectrum of Developmental Disabilities; Classification Issues in the Developmental Disorders of Higher Cerebral Function; Epidemiology of the Epidemic; Regression and Seizures; A Neurodevelopmental Perspective on Developmental Language Disorders; Language in Autism; Infant Markers for Lasting Deficits in Reciprocal Social Interaction and Communication Deficits; Behavioral Interventions with Autism; Asperger Syndrome in the Classroom; Psychopharmacological Approaches to Hyperactivity and Other Challenging Behaviors in Persons with Autism; Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Autism; Can Autism Resolve?; Autism: A Conceptualization.