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Parent Survival Manual

A Guide to Crisis Resolution in Autism and Related Developmental Disorders

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Eric Schopler

    1. University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, USA

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Convergence of Parent and Professional Perspectives

    • Eric Schopler
    Pages 1-20

  3. Repetitive Behaviors and Special Interests

    • Eric Schopler
    Pages 21-42

  4. Communication

    • Eric Schopler
    Pages 43-62

  5. Play and Leisure

    • Eric Schopler
    Pages 63-85

  6. Aggression

    • Eric Schopler
    Pages 87-112

  7. Toileting and Hygiene

    • Eric Schopler
    Pages 113-132

  8. Eating and Sleeping

    • Eric Schopler
    Pages 133-154

  9. Behavior Management

    • Eric Schopler
    Pages 155-177

  10. Community Support

    • Alice Wertheimer
    Pages 179-213

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 215-224
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About this book

his book is the result of more than 30 years of experience and hard, T resourceful work by Eric Schopler and his team-first as lonely pioneers, now as leaders whose influence extends as far as Kuwait, India, and Japan. It is the fruit of a concept so simple, human, and obvious that it is hard to believe that not so long ago it was both revolutionary and controversial. Parents of children in mid-adulthood well remember what it was like to be considered the cause of their children's problems, rather than part of whatever solutions could be achieved. In 1971, when Eric Schopler described us as our children's "cotherapists" in the Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, it validated and strengthened the efforts we had already been making. When Division TEACCH began to develop new methods to help autistic children and-this is what was revolutionary-actually to teach them to parents, we could begin to heal. So what seems, and should seem, ordinary and matter-of-fact about this book-that it is a collection of ingenious solutions that parents have developed as responses to the continual challenges of living with autism-feels to me more like a miracle. It is not only that its nine chapters provide ingenious suggestions for dealing with the difficulties that arise in every aspect of daily life with an autistic person. Each chapter illustrates the root principle of Division TEACCH: collaboration between parents and professionals.

Reviews

"I would highly recommend the book as an excellent resource which every parent, carer and teacher of an autistic child would benefit from reading, taking examples directly or adapting the approach to fit specific situations and the personality of the child."
(Autism)
"Both format and tone are empowering to parents, and the book is an important contribution to the literature for parents of children with special needs. It has new insights and useful suggestions for the experienced clinician, as well."
(Readings)
"Those who care for autistic children will find [this book] to be a gold mine of useful ideas. Every family struggling with the problems of autism will find at least one - and probably many more - of the Manual's 350 instructive anecdotes to be worth the price of the book."
(Bernard Rimland, Autism Research Institute, San Diego, California)

Editors and Affiliations

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

    Eric Schopler

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Parent Survival Manual

  • Book Subtitle: A Guide to Crisis Resolution in Autism and Related Developmental Disorders

  • Editors: Eric Schopler

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1069-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44977-2Published: 30 June 1995

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-1069-1Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 224

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology

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