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ISBN-13: 9781843108047
Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
By Paula Jacobsen
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Local release date: 14/08/2005
Format: Paperback 120 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: Autism & Asperger's Syndrome [MJNA]

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Author Biography
Google Preview: Paula Jacobsen, a licensed clinical social worker, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Los Gatos, California. She has thirty-eight years' experience as a child psychotherapist, and she provides supervision as an adjunct clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. She has taught continuing education courses for child psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, and other psychotherapists, and has provided in-service training and consultation to educators. These have predominantly focused on high functioning autism spectrum disorders.; Preface. Part One: Understanding Asperger thinking and communication. 1. Introduction to considering Asperger perspectives. 2. Learning who the child is. 3. The Asperger mind. 4. t Learning the child's perspective. 5. Pragmatic communications and the Asperger mind. Part Two: Addressing and supporting life and learning during school years. 6. An introduction to addressing specific issues. 7. Behaviour. 8. Academics, schoolwork, and the Asperger mind. 9. The education team. 10. Lessons learned from and with Asperger children. 11. Afterward...what lies ahead. Appendix 1. Instructional assistance for an AS child: Discovering the child's perspective. Appendix 2. Educating peers about an Asperger child. Appendix 3. An observation at a specialized school for Asperger students. Index.; Google Preview content