An Autism Casebook for Parents and Practitioners: The Child Behind the Symptoms

ISBN-13: 9780367434410 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 222 str.

Shoshana Levin Fox

Opis

Drawing from the author’s extensive clinical experience, this autism casebook offers stimulating reflections and a fresh perspective on how we assess, diagnose, and ultimately treat young children thought to be autistic.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction: A Call from the Trenches; PART ONE CHILDREN; Chapter 1. Jack: Misdiagnosis and the Burden of Doubt; Chapter 2. Sasha: The Specter of Early Diagnosis; Chapter 3. Annie: Emergence from the Shadows; Chapter 4. Davie: A Longer Journey; Chapter 5. Joe: Was it Too Late?; Chapter 6. Mikey: Talk to Your Child; Chapter 7. Max: The Impact of Oral Dyspraxia; Chapter 8. Josh: Developmental Drama; PART TWO THEORETICAL GROUNDINGS; Chapter 9. Feuerstein's Vision and Vocabulary; Chapter 10. Searching for Islets of Normalcy; Chapter 11. DIRFloortime Basics; Chapter 12. Islets of Normalcy Revisited; Chapter 13. The DSM on Autism: A Closer Look; Chapter 14. Autistiform but Not Autistic; Chapter 15. Toward a Paradigm Shift; Chapter 16. Concluding Reflections; APPENDIX I; APPENDIX II; APPENDIX III; Index

O autorze

Shoshana Levin Fox, EdD, is a child psychologist specializing in play therapy. Since completing doctoral studies in Canada, she has worked in Jerusalem, where she lives with her husband.