Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Editors: Volkmar, Fred R. (Ed.)
- Explores autism through a wide range of issues
- Serves as a repository of knowledge across many fields
- Offers an extensive cross-referencing system
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- About this book
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The Second Edition of this major reference work expands its coverage and continues to break new ground as an electronic resource for students, educators, researchers, and professionals. Comprehensive in breath and textbook in depth, the Second Edition of the Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders serves as a reference repository of knowledge in the field as well as a regularly updated conduit of new knowledge long before such information trickles down from research to standard textbooks.
The Second Edition of the Encyclopedia digests and presents new and updated information for readers who need to stay current with the latest research and clinical practices, including advances in neurobiology and genetics, diagnostic instruments and assessment tests, pharmaceutical treatments, and behavioral, speech and language, and other rehabilitative therapies. The Second Edition of the Encyclopedia covers topics across the following major conceptual areas of ASD and PDDs, including:- Research trends and findings
- Behavior/speech
- Communication
- Treatments
- Education
- About the authors
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Fred R. Volkmar, M.D., is the Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology at the Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine. An international authority on Asperger’s disorder and autism, Dr. Volkmar was the primary author of the DSM-IV autism and pervasive developmental disorders section. He has authored several hundred scientific papers and has co-edited numerous books, including Asperger Syndrome, the third edition of The Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, A Practical Guide for Autism: What Every Parent, Family Member, and Teacher Should Know, and Evidence-Based Practices and Treatments for Children with Autism. He has served as Associate Editor of The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, the American Journal of Psychiatry, and the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, of which he is currently Editor-in-Chief. He is also the Editor of the five volume Encyclopedia of Autism, published by Springer.
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Editors
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- Fred R. Volkmar
- Copyright
- 2021
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eReference ISBN
- 978-3-319-91280-6
- Print ISBN
- 978-3-319-91279-0
- Print + eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-91284-4
- Edition Number
- 2
- Number of Pages
- LXXXVII, 5257
- Number of Illustrations
- 28 b/w illustrations, 31 illustrations in colour
- Topics
