Autism Frontiers: Clinical Issues and Innovations

by Bruce K. Shapiro (Editor), Pasquale J. Accardo (Editor), Mark L. Batshaw (Foreword by)

Clinicians need the very latest research on all the hot-button topics related to autism—both to work effectively with children and answer their families' most pressing questions. Autism Frontiers is the book no clinician should practice it brings together the biggest names in autism research to examine today's most important medical and clinical issues. This much-needed professional reference gives clinicians in-depth, up-to-date, and readily applicable research and guidance on the topics they'll encounter early diagnosis and intervention, language and social reciprocity, overlapping syndromes, complementary and alternative medicine, autism and epilepsy, parent advocacy, and more. Readers will also get A must for every professional who works with children with autism spectrum disorders in a clinical setting—including physicians, psychologists, OTs, PTs, and SLPs—this essential reference will help readers answer their biggest questions about autism so they can give children the best possible care.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published April 22, 2008

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[Jeff La Marca]

non-fiction,special education,autism