Asperger Syndrome A Guide for Professionals and Families
Asperger Syndrome: A Guide for Professionals and Families integrates the latest evidence-based research from leading scholars and examples from those working with this population in non-university settings with personal practical advice from a mother whos
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Issues in Children's and Families' Lives
Series Editors:
Thomas P. Gullotta, Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut,
New London, Connecticut Herbert J. Walberg, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Roger P. Weissberg, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
ASPERGER SYN DROME A Guide for Pro fession als and Families Edi ted by Raymo n d W. Du Ch arme and Thom as P. Gullotta CHA NG ING WELFARE Edi ted by Rache l A. Gordon and Herb ert
J. Walberg
PREVENTING YOUTH PROBLEMS Edi ted by Anthony Biglan, Ma rga ret C. Wang, and Herbert
J. Walberg
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Asperger Syndrom.e A Guide for Professionals and Families Edited by
Raymond w. DuCharme The Learning Clinic, Inc. Brooklyn, Connecticut
and
Thomas P. Gullotta Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut New London, Connecticut
Research Assisfanfs
Jessica M. Ramos Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut New London, Connecticut and
Jennifer C. Messina
Villanova University Villanova, Pennsylvania
Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Asperger syndrome: a guide for professionals and families / edited by Raymond W. DuCharme and Thomas F. Gullotta. p. cm.-(Issues in children's and families' lives) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4419-8883-6 (eBook) ISBN 978-1-4613-4704-0 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-8883-6 1. Asperger's syndrome. 2. Asperger's syndrome--Patients-Family relationships. 3. Parents of autistic children. I. DuCharme, Raymond W. II. Gullotta, Thomas, 1948- III. Series. RJ506.A9A855 2004 362.198'928588-dc22
2003054469
C0 2003 by Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers in 2003 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2003 http://www.wkap.nl/ 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 A CI.F. record for this book is available from the Library of Congress All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the book. Permission for books published in Europe: [email protected] Permissions for books published in the United States of America: [email protected]
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Preface
Every book ha s not one but many stories to tell as readers bring their life experience and un iqu e p erson al interp retation to the w ord s found on th ose written p ages. For Tom Gullotta, thi s book began unknowingly some nine
