Herbert, Martha R.
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 HERTilton, Adelle Jameson.
Summary: Provides practical advice, expert reassurance, and real-life tips to help your family cope with an autistic child.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 618.92 TILEllis, Michael A.
Summary: When your child is diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, you have questions. As ASD parents themselves, Michael and Lori Ellis provide a holistic view of what comes after diagnosis, answer the most commonly asked questions, discuss what medications and therapies are available, and examine the global impact ASD has on the child's environment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2018
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Summary: "A Passionate Memoir about Life with a Teenage Daughter with Severe Autism, Following the Progress of Acclaimed Book, Finding Lina. Like her passionate first book, Finding Lina, about her daughter with severe autism, Helena Hjalmarsson brings an intensity of purpose and love to her second memoir about Lina, Beyond Autism. Lina's world is one of excruciating challenges. Helena's world is the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HJALMARSSON, HELENA HJAPrizant, Barry M.
Summary: Autism is usually portrayed as a checklist of deficits, including difficulties interacting socially, problems in communicating, sensory challenges, and repetitive behavior patterns. This perspective leads to therapies focused on ridding individuals of "autistic" symptoms. Now Dr. Barry M. Prizant, an internationally renowned autism expert, offers a new and compelling paradigm: the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2015
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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, Call number: J616.85 RUSSquire, Ann O.
Summary: Autism affects millions people around the world by limiting their ability to communicate and interact socially with other people. Some face minor difficulties, while others are so severely affected that they require special assistance throughout their lives. Readers will find out what it is like to live with autism, what causes this condition, how it is treated, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.8 SQUHornok, Julie
Summary: "When faced with challenge and hardship, we seek allies, support, and advice from those who have been trhough similar situations. The same is true for families dealings with a world-changing diagnosis of autism in their child. As a mother of a daughter with autism, Julie Hornok brings together thirty inspiring stories from parents raising children from all places on the spectrum and from all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brown Books Publishing Group 2018
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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 BRINichols, Shana.
Summary: "Growing up isn't easy, and the trials and tribulations of being a teenager can be particularly confusing for girls with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). This book covers all the concerns commonly faced by girls with ASDs and their parents, from periods and puberty to worries over friendships and "fitting in"." "Taking a good look at these adolescent issues, and many more, within the context...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85882 NICCoucouvanis, 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: Compiles decades of research and clinical work in a guide to the sometimes bewildering array of therapy options and intervention programs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85882 COPFleischmann, 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 FLETabone, Francis
Summary: Presented in an easy-to-follow format, this workbook is designed to help readers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) gain practice with interactions they will inevitably encounter in everyday life--in school, on the job, and in their communities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Y 362 TabKutscher, Martin L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Pub 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanen Centre 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8588 SUSTilton, Adelle Jameson.
Contents: The world of autism -- Diagnosis: ASD -- Other coexisting medical conditions -- Behaviors -- Communication -- Meltdowns -- ASD and effects on the parents' marriage -- The single parent and the ASD child -- ASD and the effects on siblings -- ASD and the extended family -- Dealing with society -- Starting school -- Child to teenager -- Life as an ASD adult -- Assistive techniques and technologies...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Parents TiltonGreenspan, Stanley I.
Summary: In [this book, the authors] describe the DIR/Floortime approach and show how to enter a child's world and bring her or him into a shared world of relating, communicating, and thinking. Part I presents a new, more accurate way of defining autism and ASD and observing a child's earliest signs, and describes goals for working with children with ASD and other special needs within the DIR framework....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Lifelong Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8588 GRESummary: 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
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Wiseman, Nancy D.
Summary: An essential guide for managing all aspects of a child's autism in the crucial stage after diagnosis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Life Long 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85882 WISPeete, Holly Robinson
Summary: Teenagers Ryan Elizabeth Peete and RJ Peete discuss what it is like for RJ as a teenager with autism and Ryan as a teenager with an autistic sibling.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hampton Roads Pub. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85882 MARAnsloos, Jeffrey Paul
Summary: "When the world gets too loud and chaotic, a young boy's grandfather helps him listen with wonder instead. Kids laughing, sneakers squeaking, balls bouncing--for Thunder, the sounds of the school day often brew into overwhelming noise storms. But when Thunder's mosom asks him what he hears on an urban nature walk, Thunder starts to understand how sounds like bird wings flapping and rushing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ANSSummary: Profiles five children with autism, their parents, and acting coach Elaine Hill as they take on the enterprise of a full-length stage production.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama Films 2008