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CBT to Help Young People with Asperger's Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder) to Understand and Express Affection: A Manual for Professionals
Contributor(s): Garnett, Michelle (Author), Attwood, Anthony (Author)
ISBN: 1849054126     ISBN-13: 9781849054126
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
OUR PRICE:   $42.75  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Psychopathology - Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Medical | Pediatrics
- Psychology | Reference
Dewey: 618.928
LCCN: 2013010989
Physical Information: 0.42" H x 8.52" W x 10.96" (0.88 lbs) 152 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

Children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are often not instinctive and intuitive in expressing their liking or love for someone, or in understanding that family members, friends and others need affection. Expressing affection to teachers, other close professionals, or family friends, can be even more challenging.

This book, by the leading experts in the field, provides a carefully constructed CBT programme for professionals to help boys and girls with an ASD to feel confident recognising, expressing and enjoying affection. The activities will help the young person identify their own and others' comfort and enjoyment range for gestures, actions and words of affection. They will also learn the variety of appropriate ways they can express liking or loving someone, helping them to strengthen friendships and relationships.

This book will be an invaluable resource for professionals supporting a child with an ASD.

Contributor Bio(s): Garnett, Michelle: - Michelle Garnett, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and founder and Director of Minds & Hearts: A Specialist Clinic for Asperger's Syndrome and Autism. She has specialized in autism spectrum disorders for the past 20 years, and created the first screening instrument for Asperger's Syndrome, the Australian Scale for Asperger's Syndrome (ASAS) in 1993. Michelle has been an invited speaker at many national and international conferences. She lives in Brisbane, Australia.Attwood, Tony: - Tony Attwood, PhD, is a clinical psychologist from Brisbane, Australia, with over 30 years of experience with individuals with autism spectrum disorders. He is currently Adjunct Professor at Griffith University in Queensland.