30 years of building responsive relationships with late-talking children including autism, Asperger's syndrome (ASD), Down syndrome, and typical development : development guides for professionals and parents /
First Statement of Responsibility
James D. MacDonald.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Philadelphia :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (336 pages) :
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illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-326) and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cover; Communicating Partners; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part 1 Introduction to the Model; 1 The 30-Year Journey with 1000 Children: How Communicating Partners Came About; 2 Guiding Principles; 3 Key Features of Communicating Partners and Contrasts with Traditional Approaches to Autism and Other Language Disorders; 4 Examples of Children Studied for this Book; 5 Theoretical Foundations for Communicating Partners; 6 Basic Components of Communicating Partners: Five Developmental Stages and Five Relationship Strategies; Part 2 Five Stages of Communication.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The program focuses on five key stages of communication development - interactive play, nonverbal communication, social language, conversation, and civil behaviour - and five life-long responsive strategies to use every day to build relationships within the child's own world.