Category: Autism

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Seeing Through New Eyes: Changing the Lives of Children with Autism, Asperger Syndrome and other Developmental Disabilities through Vision Therapy

By: Kaplan, Melvin

Price: $14.98

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub : October 2005

Seller ID: 267528

ISBN-13: 9781843108009

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

Seeing Through New Eyes offers an accessible introduction to the treatment of visual dysfunction, a significant but neglected problem associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and other developmental disabilities. Dr. Kaplan identifies common ASD symptoms such as hand-flapping, poor eye contact and tantrums as typical responses to the confusion caused by vision disorder. He also explains the effects of difficulties that people with autism experience with ambient vision, including a lack of spatial awareness and trouble with coordination. Other chapters give guidance on how to identify t...
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Sense and Nonsense in the Behavioral Treatment of Autism: It Has to Be Said

By: Leaf, Ron, McEachin, John, Taubman, Mitch

Price: $14.98

Publisher: DRL Books : June 2008

Seller ID: 398876

ISBN-13: 9780975585924

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Social and Academic Abilities in Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders

By: Bauminger-Zviely PhD, Nirit

Price: $3.00

Publisher: The Guilford Press : March 2013

Seller ID: 399058

ISBN-13: 9781462509423

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

A uniquely comprehensive resource for practitioners, this research-based book addresses both the social-emotional and cognitive-academic challenges faced by children and adolescents with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders (HFASD). The author traces these kids' developmental trajectories and explores their distinct combination of strengths and needs. Effective school-based interventions for overcoming the social isolation and learning difficulties often associated with HFASD are reviewed in depth. Appendices include concise descriptions of more than 50 relevant assessment tools, plus a ...
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Son Rise

By: Kaufman, Barry Neil

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Harpercollins : January 1976

Seller ID: 409813

ISBN-13: 9780060122768

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Strengthening Relationships: When Our Children Have Special Needs

By: M, Nicholas R Martin

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Future Horizons : March 2004

Seller ID: 15276

ISBN-13: 9781932565102

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

Winner of an iParenting Media Award When there is a child with special needs in your family, it can be easy to overlook your own needs, desires, and dreams, or those of the ones you love. Long-awaited and much-needed, this book addresses the real-life impact a special needs child has on family relationships. Author Nick Martin gives well-researched and heartfelt advice on avoiding the "blame game," finding support and guidance for all family members, managing financial challenges, improving communication, sharing responsibilities, being intimate, and more. Stories and testimonies from real cou...
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The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Kinds of Minds Succeed

By: Grandin, Temple, Panek, Richard

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Mariner Books : April 2014

Seller ID: 75632

ISBN-13: 9780544227736

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

Temple Grandin may be the most famous person with autism, a condition that affects 1 in 88 children. Since her birth in 1947, our understanding of it has undergone a great transformation, leading to more hope than ever before that we may finally learn the causes of and treatments for autism. Weaving her own experience with remarkable new discoveries, Grandin introduces the advances in neuroimaging and genetic research that link brain science to behavior, even sharing her own brain scan to show which anomalies might explain common symptoms. Most excitingly, she argues that raising and educatin...
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The Child With Special Needs: Encouraging Intellectual and Emotional Growth (Merloyd Lawrence Book)

By: Greenspan, Stanley I., Wieder, Serena, Simons, Robin

Price: $4.98

Publisher: Perseus Books : January 1998

Seller ID: 377424

ISBN-13: 9780201407266

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Stanley Greenspan, internationally known for his work with infants, young children, and their families, and his colleague, nationally recognized child psychologist Serena Wieder, have for the first time integrated their award-winning research and clinical experience into a definitive guide to raising children with special needs. In this essential work they lay out a complete, step-by-step approach for parents, educators, and others who work with developmental problems. Covering all kinds of disabilities--including autism, PPD, language and speech problems, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and AD...
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The Creation of the Self and Language: Primitive Sensory Relations of the Child with the Outside World

By: Rosenfeld, David

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Karnac Books : June 2012

Seller ID: 398873

ISBN-13: 9781780491356

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

This book develops models and hypotheses about the mechanisms of the origin of language and the self. It offers a highly original discussion of language acquisition in relation to Freud's paper on aphasia. The book is useful for psychiatrists, teachers, social workers, and parents.
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The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding Social Mysteries Through the Unique Perspectives of Autism

By: Grandin, Temple, Barron, Sean

Price: $9.98

Publisher: Future Horizons : November 2005

Seller ID: 83710

ISBN-13: 9781932565065

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Silver Award Winner in the 2005 ForeWord Book of the Year Awards Born with autism, both authors now famously live successful social lives. But their paths were very different. Temple's logical mind controlled her social behavior. She interacted with many adults and other children, experiencing varied social situations. Logic informed her decision to obey social rules and avoid unpleasant consequences. Sean's emotions controlled his social behavior. Baffled by social rules, isolated and friendless, he made up his own, and applied them to others. When they inevitably broke his rules, he felt wo...
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Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism (Vintage)

By: Grandin, Temple

Price: $7.98

Publisher: Vintage : January 2010

Seller ID: 137617

ISBN-13: 9780307739582

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one-third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism--because Temple Grandin is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and experiences the world in ways that are incomprehensible to the rest of us. In this unprecedented book, Grandin delivers a report from the country of autism. Writing from the dual perspectivies of a scientist and an autistic person, she tells us how that country is experienced by its inhabitants and how she managed to breach its boundaries to function in...
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Unraveling the Mystery of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder: A Mother's Story of Research & Recovery

By: Seroussi, Karyn

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Harmony : January 2002

Seller ID: 70681

ISBN-13: 9780767907989

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

When their nineteen-month-old son, Miles, was diagnosed with autism, Karyn Seroussi, a writer, and her husband, a scientist, fought back with the only weapons at their disposal: love and research. Consulting medical papers, surfacing the Web, and networking with other parents, they traced the onset of their child's problems to an immune system breakdown that coincided with his vaccinations. As a result, his digestive system was unable to break down certain proteins, which in turn led to abnormal brain development. So Karyn and her husband got to work -- Karyn implementing their program at home...
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Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships, REVISED

By: Grandin Ph.D., Temple, Zysk, Veronica, Barron, Sean

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Future Horizons : April 2017

Seller ID: 143167

ISBN-13: 9781941765388

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

Born with autism, both Temple Grandin and Sean Barron now live famously successful social lives. However, their paths were quite different. Temple's logical mind controlled her social behavior. She interacted with many adults and other children, experiencing varied social situations. Logic informed her decision to obey social rules and avoid unpleasant consequences. Sean's emotions controlled his social behavior. Bafﬂed by social rules, isolated and friendless, he made up his own and applied them to others. When they inevitably broke his rules, he felt worthless and unloved. Both Temple...
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Your Life is Not a Label: A Guide to Living Fully with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome

By: Newport, Jerry

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Future Horizons : September 2001

Seller ID: 154104

ISBN-13: 9781885477774

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

Jerry Newport, diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome / High Functioning Autism at age 47, wrote this book for those with developmental disorders, but it resonates with people with any disability. His message: everyone has the power, and the right, to improve the quality of their lives despite their disability. Don't believe you must be normal to be happy; learn to co-exist with neuro-typicals, and become the best human being you can be. Jerry candidly reveals his own failures and successes. His heartfelt advice stems from a deep sense of caring for his people on the spectrum. If you read only one...
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Category: Autism

Seeing Through New Eyes: Changing the Lives of Children with Autism, Asperger Syndrome and other Developmental Disabilities through Vision Therapy

Sense and Nonsense in the Behavioral Treatment of Autism: It Has to Be Said

Social and Academic Abilities in Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders

Son Rise

Strengthening Relationships: When Our Children Have Special Needs

The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Kinds of Minds Succeed

The Child With Special Needs: Encouraging Intellectual and Emotional Growth (Merloyd Lawrence Book)

The Creation of the Self and Language: Primitive Sensory Relations of the Child with the Outside World

The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding Social Mysteries Through the Unique Perspectives of Autism

Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism (Vintage)

Unraveling the Mystery of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder: A Mother's Story of Research & Recovery

Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships, REVISED

Your Life is Not a Label: A Guide to Living Fully with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome

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