Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction to Asberger Syndrome: a developmental-lifespan perspect ive / Kevin P. Stoddart -- PART I: CLINICAL AND SERVICE PERSPECTI VES -- Clinical assessment of children and adolescents with Asperger Syndrome / Rosina G. Schnurr -- Anxiety and depression in childr en and adolescents with Asperger Syndrome / M. Mary Konstantareas -- Enhancing academic, social, emotional, and behavioural functioning in children with Asperger Syndrome and nonverbal learning disability / Barbara Muskat -- Tourette Syndrome and Asperger Syndrome: overl apping symptoms and treatment implications / Trina Epstein, Jenni fer Saltzman-Benaiah -- Young adults with Asperger SYndrome: psychos ocial issues and interventions / Kevin P. Stoddart -- Getting to work: helping the adolescent with Asperger Syndrome transition to emplo yment / Gail Hawkins -- Sexuality and Asperger Syndrome: the need for socio-sexual education / Isabelle Hâenault -- PART II: DISCI PLINE-BASED PERSPECTIVES -- Communication and Asperger Syndrome: the speech-language pathologist's role / Tracie Lindblad -- Integrat ing paediatrics and child development: Asperger Syndrome and the role o f the developmental paediatrician / S. Wendy Roberts, Tamarah Kag an-Kushnir -- Children and adolescents with Asperger Syndrome: socia l work assessment and intervention / Kevin P. Stoddart ... [et al.] -- Medication use in children with high-functioning Pervasive Develo pmental Disorder and Asperger Syndrome / Leon Sloman -- Meeting t he educational needs of the student with Asperger Syndrome through asse ssment, advocacy, and accommodations / Georgina Rayner -- Sensory and motor differences for individuals with Asperger Syndrome: occupati onal therapy assessment and intervention / Paula Aquilla ... [et al. ] -- Psychological assessment of more able adults with autism spectr um disorders / Lillian Burke -- PART III: THEORETICAL AND RESEARC H PERSPECTIVES -- Developing a research agenda in Asperger Syndrome / Peter Szatmari -- In search of an Asperger culture / Charmai ne C. Williams -- Child social interaction and parental self-efficac y: evaluating simultaneous groups for children with Asperger Syndrome a nd their parents / Leon Sloman, Jonathan Leef -- The genetics of autism spectrum disorders / Jeanette J.A. Holden, Xudong Liu - - Quality of life for children with Asperger Syndrome: parental pers pectives / Anne Fudge Schormans ... [et al.] -- Depression and an xiety in parents of children and adolescents with Asperger Syndrome / Kevin P. Stoddart -- PART IV: PARENT AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES - - Asperger Syndrome: perceiving normality / Peter Jansen -- Fr om despair to hope: a mother's Asperger story / Fern Lee Quint -- Searching for home in a foreign land: my discovery of Asperger Synd rome / Donna Moon -- Asperger Syndrome: it's a family matter / Margot Nelles -- Life on the outside: a personal perspective on Asperger Syndrome Chris J. Dakin.

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