Binding: Paperback
Description: Drawing from the author's extensive clinical experience this autism casebook offers stimulating reflections and a fresh perspective on how we assess diagnose and ultimately treat young children thought to be autistic. Challenging what she perceives as the rampant over - diagnosis and misdiagnosis of autism and the commonly accepted status of autism as an unchangeable trait Dr. Levin Fox illustrates how the developmental play strategies of DIR Floortime combined with the creative psychological perspective of Reuven Feuerstein create an effective way of identifying the child's strengths behind the autistic symptoms. The chapters are an accessible mix of clinical insights theoretical reflections and vivid case stories that argue and illustrate that qualitative assessment methods based on play have the power to yield a more accurate clinical understanding of a child's difficulties and strengths than conventional symptom - focused autism assessment methods. This engaging casebook will stimulate practitioners educators and students in the field of autism to question commonly held assumptions when assessing and treating autistic children as it both urges and illustrates more reflective practice. Parents of children considered autistic will find renewed encouragement and hope in these enlightening case stories.
Title: An Autism Casebook For Parents And Practitioners The Child Behind The Symptoms
Author(s): Fox Shoshana Levin
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367434410
Pages: 222 Pages
Publication Date: 12/30/2020
Category: Psychotherapy