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Inside Out: What Makes the Person with Social-cognitive Deficits Tick?

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This is an interesting book pitched at a ground somewhere between parents and teachers. The book lays out information on deficits arising from Autism and PDD. However, most of the vignettes appear to feature children and teenagers with Asperger syndrome. The book is very clearly written and outlines methods that are useful in teaching the children. Various help sheets are listed at the end of most chapters. It is not a long book, and one afternoon should easily see it read through. The good points in the book are its realistic appraisals of children's progress through interventions. The vignettes are particularly illustrative. It is a very genuine book. However, the book has three significant deficits. In the first instance, the title is misleading since most of the content of the book is addressing teachers, and advising on how to mange the children in various interventions. Secondly, the book has tried to meet parents and teacher needs, and I am not sure that it does this equally well. It is difficult to write a book for one audience let alone two or three. Finally, many of the methods are skated over. They are mentioned but not elaborated. It is a bit light here.

However, taking the book as a whole, it is a good readable introduction to the isses involved. For many teachers the book will be a useful introduction and will help them better frame their requirements for supplementary texts.