Gretchen Mertz Cowell

Help for the Child with Asperger's Syndrome

A Parent's Guide to Negotiating the Social Service Maze

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Produktbeschreibung

Mertz presents a readable and comprehensive parent's guide to developing an intervention program for a child with AS.Beginning with the search for a diagnosis, she outlines an accessible overview of the helpful and appropriate services that are available, how to find them and get funding for them, what to expect of them, and how to evaluate them.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 155mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781843107804
• ISBN-10: 1843107805
• Artikelnr.: 21208657

Autorenporträt

Gretchen Mertz

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Tony Attwood. Introduction. Part I. Diagnosis: How to Make the
Most of It. Chapter 1. Finding a Diagnosis. Chapter 2. Be Aware of Similar
and Overlapping Diagnoses. Chapter 3. The Usefulness of Diagnosis. Part II.
Further Down The Maze: Starting Intervention. Chapter 4. Finding The Right
Program. Chapter 5. Speech Therapy. Chapter 6. Occupational Therapy.
Chapter 7. Related Therapies. Part III. The Education Machine: The Maze to
End All Mazes. Chapter 8. What's Needed for Students with Asperger's
Syndrome. Chapter 10. How to Get It? Part IV. Daily Life: Progressing in
The Maze. Chapter 11. Coordinating Therapy for Healthcare System, School,
and Home. Chapter 12. Home Front Hints Appendix I. DSM-IV Definitions of
Asperger's Syndrome and Related Disorders. Appendix II. Sample IEPs, BIPs
and FBAs. Appendix III. Sample Blank Section 504 Service Plan. Appendix IV.
Key Sections of IDEA Regulations. Appendix V. Key Sections of Section 504
Regulations. Appendix VI: When and How to Hire a Lawyer. Appendix VII:
State Government Numbers for Information on Medical Assistance. References.
Index.