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Summary: "In this title, readers learn common symptoms and behaviors of autism and how it affects kids at school and in relationships. Text includes suggestions on how to be a kind and respectful friend to someone with autism and appropriate activities kids can enjoy together. A famous person who has overcome the challenges of autism is highlighted."--Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.8982 RUSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J616.85 RUSCoucouvanis, Judith
Summary: This book gives parents the tools they need to develop their child's behavior intervention and skill development plans. A major focus is on helping parents answer the question: What can I do that will help my child be successful? Topics include behavior, communication, reward systems, social skills, and medication support.--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AAPC Publishing 2015
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Summary: "Move beyond conventional thinking about autism. . . . After years of treating patients and analyzing scientific data, prominent Harvard researcher and clinician Dr. Martha Herbert offers a revolutionary new view of autism and a transformative strategy for dealing with it. Autism is not a hardwired impairment programmed into a child's genes and destined to remain fixed forever, as we're often...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8588 HERBridges, Holly
Summary: Outlining a new, optimistic way to understand autism, this concise and accessible book offers practical ideas to help children on the spectrum grow. The Polyvagal Theory suggests autism is a learnt response by the body - a result of the child being in a prolonged state of 'fight or flight' while their nervous system is still developing. This book explains the theory in simple terms and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2015
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 BRIFleischmann, Arthur.
Summary: The father of a child who was diagnosed as autistic at the age of two describes the intensive therapies that were pursued before Carly had a breakthrough at the age of ten, when she began using her computer to communicate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 618.92 FLESummary: Narrated by Oscarʼ winner Kate Winslet and directed by Oscarʼ nominee Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, this inspiring film follows one woman's quest to unlock her autistic son's mind. Margret, whose ten-year-old son Keli is severely autistic, has tried a number of treatments to help her son. Consumed by an unquenchable thirst for knowledge about this mysterious and complex condition, she travels from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2010