Michael Fitzgerald, John Harpur, Maria Lawlor

Succeeding in College with Asperger Syndrome

A Student Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This guide provides information to help students with AS prepare successfully for the rites and rituals of studying, interact with staff and fellow students, cope with expectations and pressures, and understand their academic and domestic responsibilities. The authors draw on first hand interviews with AS students and direct clinical experience.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 392g
• ISBN-13: 9781843102014
• ISBN-10: 1843102013
• Artikelnr.: 21414352

Autorenporträt

John Harpur was a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. His research included a multidisciplinary project on Emotional Intelligence and Asperger Syndrome. Maria Lawlor is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Child and Family Centre, St. Mary's Hospital, Drogheda, and lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College, Dublin. Michael Fitzgerald is the Henry Marsh Professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the Child and Family Centre at Trinity College, Dublin.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Acknowledgements. 1. Preparing for College: A Brief Preamble.
2. Welcome to the Rest of Your Life. 3. The College Environment for the
Asperger Student. 4. Attending to Academic Demands with AS. 5. Working with
Student Support Services. 6. Communication: Getting Along with Others. 7.
Interacting with the Opposite Sex: Sex and Sexuality. 8. Managing Anxiety
and Stress. 9. Establishing an AS Support Group. 10. Inspirational Thinkers
and Scientists. 11. Life After College. Appendices. References. Index.