Autism in Adolescents and Adults

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Overview

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction

      • Eric Schopler

      Pages 3-10

   3. A Developmental Perspective of Adolescence

      • Wayne V. Adams, David V. Sheslow

      Pages 11-36

   4. Current Perspectives and Issues in Autism and Adolescence

      • Gary B. Mesibov

      Pages 37-53

3. Individual Needs

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55

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   2. Language and Communication Needs of Adolescents with Autism

      • Catherine Lord, Patricia J. O’Neill

      Pages 57-77

   3. The Educational Needs of the Autistic Adolescent

      • H. D. Bud Fredericks, Jay Buckley, Victor L. Baldwin, William Moore, Kathleen Stremel-Campbell

      Pages 79-109

   4. Recreation and Leisure Needs

      • Paul Wehman

      Pages 111-132

   5. School Doesn’t Last Forever; Then What? Some Vocational Alternatives

      • Sidney M. Levy

      Pages 133-148

   6. Medical Needs of the Autistic Adolescent

      • Joanna S. Dalldorf

      Pages 149-168

   7. Sex Education at Benhaven

      • Mary B. Melone, Amy L. Lettick

      Pages 169-186

   8. The Management of Aggressive Behavior

      • Judith E. Favell

      Pages 187-222

4. Family Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223

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   2. Family Needs of the Autistic Adolescent

      • Marian K. DeMyer, Peg Goldberg

      Pages 225-250

   3. Stress and Coping in Families of Autistic Adolescents

      • Marie M. Bristol, Eric Schopler

      Pages 251-278

   4. Growing Out of Autism

      • Clara Claiborne Park

      Pages 279-295

   5. Parental Perspective of Needs

      • Margaret Avery Dewey

      Pages 297-317

   6. Legal Needs

      • Lawrence A. Frolik

      Pages 319-334

5. Social and Community Programs

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 335-335

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The state of North Carolina has had a longstanding concern and com­ mitment to the understanding and treatment of autistic, communications­ handicapped children and their families. This commitment found expres­ sion in the only comprehensive statewide program for families confronted with this disability, Division for the Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication handicapped CHildren (Division TEACCH). Our program staff has been privileged to respond to this commitment by developing and providing the needed services, and to engage in research informed by our clinical experience. Although many of the problems con­ cerning these developmentally disabled children remain to be solved, substantial progress has been made during this past decade of collabo­ ration among professionals, parents, and their government representa­ tives. The TEACCH staff has resolved to mark the effectiveness of this collaboration by holding a series of annual conferences focused on the several major issues confronting these children and their families. The conferences are held in order to bring together the best research knowl­ edge available to us from throughout the country, and to encourage par­ ticipation by the different professional disciplines and concerned parents. In addition these annual meetings form the basis for a series of books based on the conference theme. These books are, however, not merely the published proceedings of the presented papers: some chapters are expanded from conference presentations and many others were solicited from experts in the related areas of research and their service application.

• coping
• development
• disability
• management
• stress

• Division TEACCH, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, USA

  Eric Schopler

• Division TEACCH, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, USA

  Gary B. Mesibov

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