info@woodslane.com.au
Contact us on (02) 8445 2300
For all customer service and order enquiries

WOODSLANE

Popular Subjects

Woodslane Online Catalogues

9781803881997 Add to Cart Academic Inspection Copy

The Good Box

Beyond Sensory Turmoil and Pain in Autism
Description
Author
Biography
Table of
Contents
Google
Preview

In her influential and successful book The Anger Box, expert practitioner Phoebe Caldwell shifted attention away from the surface symptoms of autism and towards understanding sensory experiences and alleviating the distress associated with them. The Anger Box of the title was a drawing by William, then aged six, of the sensations he felt when he lost control due to sensory overload. The book ended with Williams Good Box, representing his experience of calm and relief. Bringing together ideas and material from The Anger Box as well as the later Hall of Mirrors, Shards of Clarity (which explored sense of self), and integrating updates and findings from a further decade of autism research, The Good Box gathers and extends insights from a pioneer of the field now in her ninetieth year. It also reflects a further shift of focus away from distress and towards acceptance and more positive interpretations of autistic experiences.

PHOEBE CALDWELL DSc is a Responsive Communication Practitioner who has pioneered the development of support for people on the autistic spectrum for almost fifty years, opening channels of communication and emotional engagement for thousands of individuals who had previously experienced social and emotional isolation. Internationally, Phoebe collaborates with professionals from countries including Australia, the Netherlands, Denmark and Canada. Her contribution was recognised when she won The Times/Sternberg Award, which celebrates the achievements of people aged seventy or over who have done most for society in their older age.

Preface 1. A People Spectrum 2. Defensive Systems 3. Flight Evolutionary Interlude 4. All In the Mind? 5. Neurological Damage 6. Vision In a Grey World 7. Auditory Processing 8. Feelings, Touch and Pressure 9. Emotional Overload Historical Interlude 10. Brain Wiring 11. Behavioural Approach or Engagement? 12. Autism and Society 13. A Sense of Self Conclusion

Google Preview content