Autistic Adults at Bittersweet Farms

ISBN-13: 9781560240570 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 226 str.

Norman S. Giddan; Jane J. Giddan

Opis

Focuses on the treatment of adult autism as used at Bittersweet Farm. The first part of this book offers information on the range of treatments available. The second section covers behaviour modification techniques and the third deals with the funding of residential care programmes.

Spis treści

Contents
Preface

• Introduction Section I: Treatment Environments: Residential and Community-Based
• Historical Rationale of the Therapeutic Community
• Farmstead Residential Community: Bittersweet Farms
• A Potpourri of Information From Staff
• Treatment Settings in the United Kingdom for Autistic Adults
• Community Services for Autistic Adults and Children
• Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children
• Section II: Individual Treatment and Training
• Consulting Behavioral Management Team
• Communication Issues
• Farm Life and Physical Activitiy
• Music and the Handbell Choir
• Behavioral and Research Influences on Educational and Clinical Programs
• Section III: Practical Issues and Viewpoints
• State Funding Regulations
• Funding and Politics
• Perspectives on Bittersweet Farms
• Adaptation and Change in a Residential Farmstead Community
• Index

O autorze

Norman Giddan, Jane J. Giddan