a parent's guide to negotiating the social service maze /
Gretchen Mertz ; foreword by Tony Attwood.
Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
2005.
1 online resource (238 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-229) and indexes.
Diagnosis : how to make the most of it -- Finding a diagnosis -- Be aware of similar and overlapping diagnoses -- The usefulness of diagnosis -- Further down the maze : starting intervention -- Finding a program -- Speech therapy -- Occupational therapy -- Related therapies -- The education machine : the maze to end all mazes -- What's needed for students with asperger's syndrome -- Just what you're entitled to -- How to get it -- Daily life : progressing in the maze -- Coordinating therapy from healthcare system, school, and home -- Home front hints.
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Parents of children diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome frequently find themselves embarking on an exhausting and disheartening hunt for the services and interventions that their child needs - and is entitled to. Gretchen Mertz presents a readable and comprehensive parent's guide to developing an intervention program for a child with AS. Beginning with the search for a diagnosis, she outlines an accessible overview of the helpful and appropriate services that are available, how to find them and get funding for them, what to expect of them, and how to evaluate them. The issues raised and the inf.