Francesca Bierens

A Spectrum of Light

Inspirational Interviews with Families Affected by Autism

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Produktbeschreibung

Over a period of fourteen years the author interviewed ten families of children on the autism spectrum. This book records their answers: how they felt, how they coped, and what gave them strength and solace. Each family discusses how they reacted when they found out their child had autism, and their feelings leading up to diagnosis.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781849050135
• ISBN-10: 1849050139
• Artikelnr.: 26474751

Autorenporträt

Francesca Bierens is a speech-language therapist and primary school teacher and was educated at Waikato College of Teacher Education in Hamilton and Christchurch Teachers College, New Zealand. She has worked as a speech therapist in both the Education and Health sectors as well as in private practice. She has a particular interest in working with children with autism spectrum disorders and their families. Francesca has also worked as a speech-language therapist in Malaysia and Canada. She now lives in Auckland, New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Introduction. 1. Life Does Get Easier. 2. We're a Family. We Go
Where She Can Go. 3. We are Not Going to Hide Our Children Away. 4. You
Can't Try and Rush Them. 5. We've Been Able to Gradually Expand His
Environment. 6. We Respect Her Right to Be Different. 7. You Need to Have
Somewhere to Offload. 8. She is So Funny and Mischievous. 9. He's Gone Way
Beyond Functioning in Society, He's Now Excelling.