Occupational therapy plays a vital role in providing services to children with autism and other pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) as well as their families. In this new edition of the classic best-seller, some of the field's foremost authorities offer their knowledge, clinical expertise, and insights on a wide variety of topics across the PDD spectrum. Chapters present diagnostic criteria, interventions, worksheets, sample assessment tools, resouces, case studies, and much more. New topics include exploring the etiology of autism spectrum disorders, occupation in children with PDDs, collaboration to improve communication in children with autism, and best practices in occupational therapy for children with autism.
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Heather Miller-Kuhaneck, MS, OTR/L, BCP, is instructor in the Graduate Program of Occupational Therapy at Sacred Heart University and a board member of Soul Friends, a nonprofit agency providing animal-assisted therapy to children in Connecticut. She is co-author of the School Assessment of Sensory Integration, an assessment tool currently under development.
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In 1943, Dr. Leo Kanner vividly described a group of 11 children with similar social and communication problems, labeling the diagnosis autism. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
transdisciplinary intervention, occupational therapy intervention plan, therapy practice framework, sensory integration framework, comprehensive occupational therapy approach, subjects with autism, preschool children with autism, sensory integration intervention, transactional developmental perspective, sensory integration approach, sensory strategies, teaching children with autism, occupational science, occupational therapy sessions, filtered music, sensory processing issues, occupational therapy practitioners, socialization deficits, body percept, client factors, young children with autism, autism spectrum disorders, occupational therapy services, other developmental disabilities, peer interaction skills Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, American Occupational Therapy Association, American Academy, American Psychiatric Association, San Antonio, Los Angeles, United States, Exceptional Children, Renee Watling, National Research Council, Van Bourgondien, Archives of Neurology, Child Psychiatry, Journal of Child Neurology, Psychological Corporation, Department of Education, Inclusion Press, Jessica Kingsley, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, Smith Roley, University of California, American Guidance Service, Biological Psychiatry, Circle Pines, Developmental Psychology New!
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In 1943, Dr. Leo Kanner vividly described a group of 11 children with similar social and communication problems, labeling the diagnosis autism. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
transdisciplinary intervention, occupational therapy intervention plan, therapy practice framework, sensory integration framework, comprehensive occupational therapy approach, subjects with autism, preschool children with autism, sensory integration intervention, transactional developmental perspective, sensory integration approach, sensory strategies, teaching children with autism, occupational science, occupational therapy sessions, filtered music, sensory processing issues, occupational therapy practitioners, socialization deficits, body percept, client factors, young children with autism, autism spectrum disorders, occupational therapy services, other developmental disabilities, peer interaction skills Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, American Occupational Therapy Association, American Academy, American Psychiatric Association, San Antonio, Los Angeles, United States, Exceptional Children, Renee Watling, National Research Council, Van Bourgondien, Archives of Neurology, Child Psychiatry, Journal of Child Neurology, Psychological Corporation, Department of Education, Inclusion Press, Jessica Kingsley, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, Smith Roley, University of California, American Guidance Service, Biological Psychiatry, Circle Pines, Developmental Psychology New!
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