
Help for the Child with Asperger's Syndrome : A Parent's Guide to Negotiating the Social Service Maze.
Title:
Help for the Child with Asperger's Syndrome : A Parent's Guide to Negotiating the Social Service Maze.
Author:
Cowell, Gretchen Mertz.
ISBN:
9781846420429
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (240 pages)
Contents:
Help for the Child with Aspergers Syndrome: A Parent's Guide to Negotiating the Social Service Maze -- Contents -- Foreword by Tony Attwood -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I Diagnosis: How to Make the Most of It -- 1 Finding a Diagnosis -- 2 Be Aware of Similar and Overlapping Diagnoses -- 3 The Usefulness of Diagnosis -- Part II Further Down the Maze: Starting Intervention -- 4 Finding a Program -- 5 Speech Therapy -- 6 Occupational Therapy -- 7 Related Therapies -- Part III The Education Machine: The Maze to End all Mazes -- 8 What's Needed for Students with Asperger's Syndrome -- 9 Just What You're Entitled To -- 10 How to Get It -- Part IV Daily Life: Progressing in the Maze -- 11 Coordinating Therapy among Healthcare System, School, and Home -- 12 Home Front Hints -- Appendix I: Diagnostic Criteria for Disorders Related -- Appendix II: Sample Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), Notices of Recommendation Assignments (NORAs), Behavioral Intervention Plans (BIPs), and Functional Behavioural Assessments (FBAs) -- Appendix III: Sample Blank Section 504 Service Plan -- Appendix IV: Key Sections of IDEA Regulations -- Appendix V: Key Sections of Section 504 Regulations -- Appendix VI: When and How to Hire a Lawyer -- Appendix VII: State Government Numbers for Information on Medical Assistance -- References -- Subject Index -- Author Index.
Abstract:
Mertz presents a readable and comprehensive parent's guide to developing an intervention program for a child with AS.Beginning with the search for a diagnosis, she outlines an accessible overview of the helpful and appropriate services that are available, how to find them and get funding for them, what to expect of them, and how to evaluate them.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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