An Early Start for Your Child with Autism: Using Everyday Activities to Help Kids Connect, Communicate, and Learn

Rogers, Sally J.; Dawson, Geraldine; Vismara, Laurie A.

ISBN 10: 160918470X / ISBN 13: 9781609184704

Published by The Guilford Press, 2012

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Autor/in Rogers, Sally J.,Dawson, Geraldine,Vismara, Laurie A
Titel An Early Start for Your Child with Autism: Using Everyday Activities to Help Kids Connect, Communicate, and Learn
ISBN 9781609184704 (ISBN-10: 160918470X)
Zustand leichte Gebrauchsspuren
Verlag Guilford Publications
Seiten 342
Einband Softcover
Sprache Englisch
Beschreibung Cover etwas bestossen - gering knittrig; Anmerkung im Vorsatz - sonst sauber und gut ---
Cutting-edge research reveals that parents can play a huge role in helping toddlers and preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) connect with others and live up to their potential. This encouraging guide from the developers of a groundbreaking early intervention program provides doable, practical strategies you can use every day. Nearly all young kids?including those with ASD?have an amazing capacity to learn. Drs. Sally Rogers, Geraldine Dawson, and Laurie Vismara make it surprisingly simple to turn daily routines like breakfast or bath time into fun and rewarding learning experiences that target crucial developmental skills. Vivid examples illustrate proven techniques for promoting play, language, and engagement. Get an early start?and give your child the tools to explore and enjoy the world.
Winner--American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award
Mental health professionals, see also the authors' related intervention manual, Early Start Denver Model for Young Children with Autism, as well as the Early Start Denver Model Curriculum Checklist for Young Children with Autism (sold in sets of 15).
Stichwörter Autismus
Erschienen 2012
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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Early Start for Your Child with Autism: Using Everyday Activities to Help Kids Connect, Communicate, and Learn
• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 160918470X
• ISBN 13: 9781609184704
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dimensions: 17.78W x 25.4H x 2.29D centimeters 17.78 centimeters width by 25.4 centimeters height by 2.29 centimeters depth
• Weight: 572 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Psychologie

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Synopsis

Cutting-edge research reveals that parents can play a huge role in helping toddlers and preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) connect with others and live up to their potential. This encouraging guide from the developers of a groundbreaking early intervention program provides doable, practical strategies you can use every day. Nearly all young kids—including those with ASD—have an amazing capacity to learn. Drs. Sally Rogers, Geraldine Dawson, and Laurie Vismara make it surprisingly simple to turn daily routines like breakfast or bath time into fun and rewarding learning experiences that target crucial developmental skills. Vivid examples illustrate proven techniques for promoting play, language, and engagement. Get an early start—and give your child the tools to explore and enjoy the world.

Winner--American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award

Mental health professionals, see also the authors' related intervention manual, Early Start Denver Model for Young Children with Autism, as well as the Early Start Denver Model Curriculum Checklist for Young Children with Autism (sold in sets of 15).
 

About the Author

Sally J. Rogers, PhD, is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the MIND Institute at the University of California, Davis. She is a pioneering autism researcher known for her work on early intervention for preschoolers, imitation deficits, family interventions, and autism in infancy. With Geraldine Dawson and colleagues, Dr. Rogers developed the Early Start Denver Model, the treatment approach that is the basis for this book.

Geraldine Dawson, PhD, is the William Cleland Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development at Duke University. She served as Founding Director of the University of Washington Autism Center. An internationally recognized autism expert with a focus on early detection, intervention, and brain plasticity in autism, Dr. Dawson is a passionate advocate for families. She is coauthor of An Early Start for Your Child with Autism and A Parent's Guide to Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism.

 

Laurie A. Vismara, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA, has spent her research career working closely with families with autism and contributing to the science and program development of the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM). She is coauthor of An Early Start for Your Child with Autism (for parents) and Coaching Parents of Young Children with Autism (for professionals). Dr. Vismara uses telehealth platforms and travels throughout the United States and internationally to help families, publicly funded programs, and universities develop ESDM in their communities.