Full name: Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals

Author: Tony Attwood Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Psychology, Non Fiction, Science, Parenting Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781853025778 1853025771

Tony Attwood's guide will assist parents and professionals with the identification, treatment and care of both children and adults with Asperger's Syndrome. The book provides a description and analysis of the unusual characteristics of the syndrome and practical strategies to reduce those that are most conspicuous or debilitating. Beginning with a chapter on diagnosis, including an assessment test, the book covers all aspects of the syndrome from language to social behaviour and motor clumsiness, concluding with a chapter based on the questions most frequently asked by those who come into contact with individuals with this syndrome. Covering the available literature in full, this guide brings together the most relevant and useful information on Asperger's Syndrome, incorporating case studies from the author's own practical experience as a Clinical Psychologist, with examples of, and numerous quotations from people with Asperger's Syndrome. Similar books: The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome by Tony Attwood Pretending to Be Normal by Liane Holliday Willey Be Different by John Elder Robison Aspergirls by Rudy Simone The Way I See It by Temple Grandin Look Me in the Eye by John Elder Robison Atypical by Jesse A. Saperstein The Dyslexic Advantage by Brock L. Eide The Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel Playing and Reality by D. W. Winnicott The Primal Teen by Barbara Strauch The Teenage Brain by Frances E. Jensen Pink Brain, Blue Brain by Lise Eliot Being Mortal by Atul Gawande Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon Untangled by Lisa Damour Next of Kin by Roger Fouts The Shallows by Nicholas Carr The Red Queen by Matt Ridley The Sense of Wonder by Rachel Carson