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About this book
Dr. Temple Grandin gets to the REAL issues of autism?the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day. Temple offers helpful dos and don'ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips, all based on her insider perspective and a great deal of research. These are just some of the specific topics she delves into: how and why people with autism think differently, economical early intervention programs that work, how sensory sensitivities affect learning, behaviors caused by a disability vs. just bad behaviors, teaching people with autism to live in an unpredictable world, alternative vs. conventional medicine, and employment ideas for adults with autism.
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Table of contents
- Foreword
- Foreword to the Second Edition
- Foreword to the First Edition
- For Readers New to Autism
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Importance of Early Education
- Chapter 2: Teaching & Education
- Chapter 3: Sensory Issues
- Chapter 4: Understanding Nonverbal Autism
- Chapter 5: Behavior Issues
- Chapter 6: Social Functioning
- Chapter 7: Medications & Biomedical Issues
- Chapter 8: Cognition & Brain Research
- Chapter 9: Adult Issues & Employment
- Tony & Temple: Face to Face
- Bibliography
- About the Author
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