Autism, new directions in research and education /
[Book]
edited by Christopher D. Webster [and others]
xviii, 282 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm
Pergamon general psychology series ;
v. 87
Includes indexes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-269)
The characteristics of autism / C.D. Webster -- Autism: a search for a perspective / C.D. Webster -- Then there was Joey / Jack Muskat -- The Family Phenomenon / Judith E. Mack, C.D. Webster -- "The runaround": how parents view the professional's view of their autistic child / Judith E. Mack, C.D. Webster -- A hope that is not conditional / Elizabeth Marmura -- A sibling's view / Stephen Dukoff -- Educating the autistic child: some ideas and inspirations from the misses Keller and Sullivan / C.D. Webster, Erison Keffer, Denise Fruchter -- Family work: some case examples and implications for the design of family-centered programs / C.D. Webster [and others] -- Where are they now and how are they faring? Follow-up of 51 severely handicapped speech-deficient children four years after an operant-based program / Judith E. Mack, C.D. Webster, Ilhami Gokcen -- Kerry's place: an educational program for autistic adolescents in a rural setting / Judith E. Mack, M. Mary Konstantareas, Brian G. Finlayson -- A negative reaction to the use of electric shock with autistic children: a personal note / C.D. Webster -- How to fail as director of a program for autistic children / C.D. Webster, Joel Oxman -- Comments on research strategy / M. Mary Konstantareas -- Measuring and promoting social activity in children with severe communication disorders / Maxine Gallander Wintre, C.D. Webster -- Some experiments to determine the perceptual capacities of autistic children / C.D. Webster, Janice Li, M. Mary Konstantareas -- To what is the autistic person responding: notes on the problem of isolating the sources of behavioral control / C.D. Webster, Joel Oxman, M. Mary Konstantareas -- Gestures as a means of communication with an autistic boy: a case study / C.D. Webster [and others] -- An alternative to speech training: simultaneous communication / M. Mary Konstantareas, C.D. Webster, Joel Oxman -- Individual differences in the acquisition of sign language by severely communicatively-impaired children / Stephanie Stull [and others] -- Teaching sign language: some practical advice / Linda Hill Brand, C.D. Webster -- The perception and processing of information by severely dysfunctional nonverbal children: a rationale for the use of gestural communication / Joel Oxman, C.D. Webster, M. Mary Konstantareas -- Autism and the Condon Effect: an elaboration of the evidence with additional hypotheses and suggestions for educational programs / Muffet McGowan, C.D. Webster -- Further research into the nature and relevance of simultaneous communication with autistic children / M. Mary Konstantareas, Joel Oxman -- Simultaneous communication: work in progress / M. Mary Konstantareas