The autistic spectrum : characteristics, causes, and practical issues / Jill Boucher.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2008Description: x, 412 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780761962120 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.85882 22
LOC classification:
  • LC4717 .8 .B69 2008
NLM classification:
  • 2009 B-140
  • WM 203.5
Other classification:
  • 44.91
Online resources:
Contents:
The subtypes model of autism : concept and definitions -- The spectrum model of autism : concept and definitions -- Filling in the picture : from conformity to diversity -- Facts and figures : epidemiology and lifespan development -- What is autism? Personal view -- A framework for explaining autism -- First causes and brain bases -- Explaining the social, emotional, and communication impairments -- Explaining the repetitive behaviours and lack of imaginative creativity -- Explaining other universal or common behavioural characteristics -- Explaining autism as a whole : attempts at a synthesis -- What causes autism : personal view -- Assessment, diagnosis and screening -- Intervention -- Care.
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Books Books Kwara State University Library LC4717 .8 .B69 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 004546- 01
Books Books Kwara State University Library LC4717 .8 .B69 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 004546- 02

Includes bibliographical references (p. [364]-400) and index.

The subtypes model of autism : concept and definitions -- The spectrum model of autism : concept and definitions -- Filling in the picture : from conformity to diversity -- Facts and figures : epidemiology and lifespan development -- What is autism? Personal view -- A framework for explaining autism -- First causes and brain bases -- Explaining the social, emotional, and communication impairments -- Explaining the repetitive behaviours and lack of imaginative creativity -- Explaining other universal or common behavioural characteristics -- Explaining autism as a whole : attempts at a synthesis -- What causes autism : personal view -- Assessment, diagnosis and screening -- Intervention -- Care.

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