Shoshana Levin Fox

An Autism Casebook for Parents and Practitioners

The Child Behind the Symptoms

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing from the author's extensive clinical experience, this autism casebook offers stimulating reflections and a fresh perspective on how we assess, diagnose, and ultimately treat young children thought to be autistic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780367434434
• ISBN-10: 0367434431
• Artikelnr.: 59988079

Autorenporträt

Shoshana Levin Fox, EdD, is a child psychologist specializing in play therapy. Since completing doctoral studies in Canada, she has worked in Jerusalem, where she lives with her husband.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction: A Call from the Trenches
PART ONE CHILDREN
Chapter 1. Jack: Misdiagnosis and the Burden of Doubt
Chapter 2. Sasha: The Specter of Early Diagnosis
Chapter 3. Annie: Emergence from the Shadows
Chapter 4. Davie: A Longer Journey
Chapter 5. Joe: Was it Too Late?
Chapter 6. Mikey: Talk to Your Child
Chapter 7. Max: The Impact of Oral Dyspraxia
Chapter 8. Josh: Developmental Drama
PART TWO THEORETICAL GROUNDINGS
Chapter 9. Feuerstein's Vision and Vocabulary
Chapter 10. Searching for Islets of Normalcy
Chapter 11. DIRFloortime Basics
Chapter 12. Islets of Normalcy Revisited
Chapter 13. The DSM on Autism: A Closer Look
Chapter 14. Autistiform but Not Autistic
Chapter 15. Toward a Paradigm Shift
Chapter 16. Concluding Reflections
APPENDIX I
APPENDIX II
APPENDIX III
Index