Overview
Offers state-of-the art instruction to clinicians on how to recognize, diagnose and assist children with autism spectrum disorders, from early in life to transition to adulthood, while also exploring how to support pediatric patients by working with families.
Engaging, and written in a conversational style, Diagnosing and Caring for the Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder will be an ideal resource for the pediatrician, primary care provider, and all healthcare providers working with children with ASD, providing concrete, step-by-step methods that readers can incorporate into their own practice.
Covers treatment and interventions for the autism spectrum and includes a discussion on alternative therapies and how to direct parents toward evidence-based or plausible treatments. The book also includes chapters on anxiety, parents, challenging behaviors and common scenarios that occur across childhood for those who have ASD.
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Treatment and Intervention
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Working with Parents: Primary Care Issues in ASD
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About this book
The book opens with a comprehensive introduction of ASD and obstacles to diagnosis and common myths. Section Two is devoted to the early recognition of atypical development and reviews the steps in diagnosing autism, including the evaluation, the diagnostic visit, the developmental exam, and the discussion of findings with parents. Section Three covers treatment and interventions for the autism spectrum and includes a discussion on alternative therapies and how to direct parents toward evidence-based or plausible treatments. Section Four and Five addresses special topics that are relevant to the PCP’s or pediatrician’s long-term relationship with families, including chapters on anxiety, parents, challenging behaviors and common scenarios that occur across childhood for those who have ASD. Later chapters delve more deeply into providing informed, sensitive care for patients with intersecting identities, and discusses how gender identity and cultural perspective and attitudes can impact the pediatric patient with ASD.
Engaging, and written in a conversational style, Diagnosing and Caring for the Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder will be an ideal resource for the pediatrician, primary care provider, and all healthcare providers working with children with ASD, providing concrete, step-by-step methods that readers can incorporate into their own practice.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Waisman Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Diagnosing and Caring for the Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Book Subtitle: A Practical Guide for the Primary Care Provider
Authors: Tina Iyama-Kurtycz
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26531-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-26530-4Published: 11 November 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-26531-1Published: 30 October 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 269
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Primary Care Medicine