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Overcoming Autism: Finding the Answers, Strategies, and Hope That Can Transform a Child's Life is a book that novelist Claire Scovell LaZebnik co-wrote with therapist Lynn Koegel in 2004. Lynn writes about strategies for working with children with autism, and Claire writes about her experience raising her autistic son. The book includes specific advice for teaching and raising children with autism, as well as personal anecdotes of families with autistic children.
This book is non-fiction, and represents a pro-applied behavior analysis point of view. The authors advocate the use of pivotal response therapy, which is a form of applied behavioral analysis, in working with autistic children.
Chapters in Overcoming Autism
Chapter One Diagnosis: Surviving the Worst News You’ll Ever Get
Chapter Two Ending the Long Silence: Teaching Your Child to Communicate
Chapter Three Tears, Meltdowns, Aggression, and Self-Injury: Breaking the Cycle
Chapter Four Self-Stimulation: Flapping, Banging, Twirling, and Other Repetitive Behaviors
Chapter Five Social Skills: Turning Language and Play into Meaningful Interactions
Chapter Six Battling Fears and Fixations: Bringing Your Child Back to the Real World
Chapter Seven Education: Finding the Right School Placement and Making It Even More Right
Chapter Eight Family Life: Fighting Your Way Back to Normalcy
External Links
Overcoming Autism page at Claire LaZebnik Website
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