books about: functioning     books:       Hope for the Autism Spectrum: A Mother and Son Journey of Insight and Biomedical Intervention4 reviews Sally Kirk Jessica Kingsley Pub, 2008 GREAT, LOOKING FOR INFO ON BIOMEDICAL, THIS IS IT I have read practically every biomedical book out there on autism for my little boy. Most of my books find new homes. This book will be on my shelf for a long time. If you have read Dr. Kenneth Bock book on autism and Dr Mccandles book you know they are good and this one is right up there with them. I felt the first part of the book was a little drawn out. The last part of the book has a ...             Workbook for Aphasia: Exercises for Expressive And Receptive Language Functioning (William Beaumont Hospital)3 reviews Susan Howell Brubaker Wayne State University Press, 2006 Workbook For Aphasia The workbook is very beneficial for stroke survivors. There is a variety of lessons that are simple to more challenging. So where ever the stroke survivor is at in his/her recovery, they can start at any section. My mother really enjoys using this workbook. Its a little expensive but well worth every dollar.             Essentials of WISC-IV Assessment (Essentials of Psychological Assessment)7 reviews Dawn P. Flanagan, Alan S. Kaufman Wiley, 2009 Straightforward and easy to use, but lacked on the interpretation details I'm a fan of these sorts of texts having found the Essentials of the WAIS-III a great resource I keep returning too. I imagine it will be the same with this text as I found it really easy to use and easy to read. Perhaps my only complaint is that there is little discussion about interpretation. Otherwise a great resource in scoring up your WISC-IV.             When Babies Read: A Practical Guide to Helping Young Children with Hyperlexia, Asperger Syndrome and ...4 reviews Audra Jensen Jessica Kingsley Pub, 2005 Outstanding I could not understand why my child had traits of both autism and Asperger's. I had heard of hyperlexia but thought it only applied to children that could read by age two. I was mistaken. After reading this book, I realized that my child has high-functioning autism AND hyperlexia (which has now been confirmed by two professionals). I saw so much of my own child in this book, including the way ...             Addressing the Challenging Behavior of Children With High-Functioning Autism/Asperger Syndrome in the ...2 reviews Rebecca A. Moyes, Rececca A. Moyes Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2002 Rebecca Moyes did it again Finding information to assist children with High-Functioning Autism/Asperger Syndrome can be challenging, at best, but Rebecca Moyes' book leads you through the maze with sound steps to help not only the parent but the educator. I would recommend this book to parents, educators,and health care workers, as well as, lay people interacting with our children. Ms. Moyes starts with a fabulous ...             Elijah's Cup: A Family's Journey into the Community and Culture of High-Functioning Autism and Asperger's ...17 reviews Valerie Paradiz, 2002 Marching to a Different Drummer Valerie and Ben are devastated when their then 2-year-old son was diagnosed with autism in addition to epilepsy. Ben has trouble accepting the diagnosis and in time the marriage dissolved. Instead of condemning Elijah to a life of labels and misperceptions about autism, Valerie Paradiz educated her small upstate New York community as well as the world at large in this book about her personal ...             Super Skills: A Social Skills Group Program for Children with Asperger Syndrome, High-Functioning Autism and ...5 reviews Judith Coucouvanis Autism Asperger Publishing Company, 2005 super social skills The social skills program in this outstanding book will be a positive resource for all professionals and parents. The goal is to give an opportunity for success to children and teens with autism spectrum disorders. Children with other impairments could also greatly benefit. The lessons are presented in a clear, helpful, easy to follow manner with strategies for teaching and reinforcing ...             S.O.S. Social Skills in Our Schools: A Social Skills Program for Children with Pervasive Developmentaly ...4 reviews Michelle A. Dunn Autism Asperger Publishing Company, 2005 SOS - - At last, much needed social skills help for our children! As a parent of a child with a Pervasive Developmental Disorder, I know first-hand how Dr. Michelle Dunn is one of the definitive experts in the field of children on the PDD spectrum. Her intervention with our daughter has been invaluable over the past year and one-half. I am also mindful of how difficult it can be for one to access a definitive expert in this growing field. "S.O.S. Social ...             Asperger Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism? (Current Issues in Autism)3 reviews Springer, 1998 A Thoughtful & Balanced Approach This text contains a combination of literature reviews, empirical research, and case histories to show a balanced approach to the Autism/Aspergers diagnostic categorisation debate. While the editors clearly state their belief that what is knowns as Aspergers Syndrome is a misnomer of High Functioning Austism, they have included a critical set of papers which contain strong evidence that Aspergers ...             Learning to Live With High Functioning Autism: A Parent's Guide for Professionals4 reviews Mike Stanton Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000 THIS BOOK IS A KEEPER I was surprised when I first saw the size of this book. It seemed too small to cover such an important topic but I was wrong. This book is not only outstanding in its content but beautiful in its simplicity making it easy yet important reading for anyone working with an Autistic child. Mr. Stanton's beautiful and clear description of Autism offers tremendous insight into the daily lives of ...             Small Miracles Day by Day: A Guide for Parents of Individuals with Low Functioning Autism2 reviews Dara Lane Virtualbookworm.com Publishing, 2003 Miracles Within Reach! In this unique book, Dara Lane explains in readable detail and a genuine voice the techniques that have allowed her to teach her son, who has severe autism, to master tasks of daily living. She offers encouragement, caution, and practical tips that work to teach skills in dressing, toileting, basic communication, and other essentials. Ms. Lane shows love for her son and caring for everyone who's ...             Starting Points: The Basics of Understanding and Supporting Children and Youth with Asperger Syndrome2 reviews Jill Hudson and Brenda Smith Myles Autism Asperger Publishing Company, 2007 What a great starter book! I am a mother to a six year old boy just diagnosed with Very mild aspergers syndrome in December 2007.This book was recommended to me by autismnotes.com forums. What the doctor didn't explain to me this book did. And it was explained in very easy terms to understand I found myself exclaiming "so that's why he does that!" over and over again, it's wonderful. If you are an educator or have a child ...             Cloud Filly1 review Alea Bushardt Trafford Publishing, 2006 Random review Really exciting to read. Constant adventure! I am in love with the horses and unicorns in this book. They can talk! Alea is a great author and is only a teenager!             Understanding Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism (Autism Spectrum Disorders Library)2 reviews Gary B. Mesibov, Victoria Shea, ... Kap/Plenum (E), 2001 Excerpt of review from Contemporary Psychology "The recognition that people with Asperger Syndrome differ from each other and have an individual profile of impairments and needs is a relatively recent one in professional circles. Less has been written about psychological assessment and much less has been written about intervention. This book's attention to both will be welcomed by parents and sufferers, as well as professionals." Digby ...             High-Functioning Individuals with Autism (Current Issues in Autism)2 reviews Springer, 1992 excellent but hard to read This book reads like a college or medical textbook, but it is the best source I have found for information on autism in people who are not mentally retarded as well. It includes lots of details on typical symptoms in both children and adults and lots of first hand accounts from parents and individuals with autism. I found parts of it extemely helpful and parts way over my head. Worth ...             Christians & Jews in the Ottoman Empire: The Functioning of a Plural Society1 review Holmes & Meier Pub, 1982 a multi-cultural state model from history This book is a definitely very important scientific resources to understand roots of current problems of Balkans and Middle-east. Today, mounting micro-identities are being perceived as a new danger for world peace. Some aspects of pessimist theories like Clash of Civilizations unfortunately have been approved all around the world as in Bosnia, Kosova, and Iraq. Most of the trouble areas have ...             The Hidden World of Autism: Writing and Art by Children With High-functioning Autism1 review Rebecca Chilvers Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007 How children perceive their autism Rebecca Chilvers new book looks at high-functioning autism from the child's point of view -not a researchers. Rebecca Chilvers met many children in her work as a psychologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London. Once her experience allowed her to understand the uniqueness of children with autism she wrote this book to allow them to be heard. The amazing thing with this book ...             Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parents' Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning2 reviews Joyce Cooper-Kahn (Ph.D.), Laurie Dietzel (Ph.D.) Woodbine House, 2008 Late, Lost, and Unprepared Now we have a guide to executive functioning that we can read, mark, dog-ear and rely on over and over again. As a learning specialist for over 30 years, I will use the definitions and assessments chapters to remind myself of the nuances of executive functioning in different learners. I will recommend the family sections for those who are struggling with those issues. And the bulk of the book ...             Worksheets! For Teaching Social Thinking and Related Skills: Breaking Down Concepts for Teaching Students ...2 reviews Michelle Garcia Winner Think Social Publishing, 2005 Another highly recommended resource written by Michelle Garcia Winner The author, a speech language pathologist, has a great deal of experience teaching social skills to students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other social cognitive deficits. In this book, she has compiled many of the worksheets she has developed over the years to help break down social skills into understandable formats for these students. The book contains worksheets suitable for ...             Functioning, problem behavior and health services use among nursing home residents with alcohol-use ...1 review Penny L. Brennan, Mark A. Greenbaum Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc., 2005 Excellent Document for Nursing Home Health Professionals This HTML document is from the May 1, 2005 issue of the APA journal: "Journal of Studies on Alcohol (J. Stud. Alcohol 66: 395-400, 2005). It is one of the first studies to compare the cognitive and behavioral functioning and health use of over 3,000 nursing home residents who have alcohol use disorders with demographically-matched residents with no such disorders (at least, not diagnosed). ...              search for books addressing, alcohol-use, assessment, attention, biomedical, challenges, challenging, christians, community, developmentaly, disability, disorders, essentials, exercises, expressive, functioning, high-functioning, hyperactivity, hyperlexia, individuals, intervention, nationwide, nonverbal, pervasive, professionals, psychological, supporting, understanding, unprepared, worksheets books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Sailor Moon : Diamond's Not Forever (#8) we recommend Marching to a Different Drummer leave a comment home  impressum - about us