
Autism 360°
Resources
Description
Key Features
- Covers topics from the prevention and treatment of autism and how to live with it
- Adopts an integrated methods approach
- Features field experiences
- Provides valuable syntheses of scattered material
- Compares cross-cultural learnings
- Discusses the education and employment of those with autism
Readership
Nurses, family members of autistic children, physicians, pediatricians, researchers, health care workers, teachers of special schools
Table of Contents
Section I
Prevention
1. A perinatal strategy to prevent autism
Undurti N. Das2. The early development of autism spectrum disorder and its care
Colwyn Trevarthen and Jonathan Delafield-Butt3. Autistic ontologies and the open genome
Majia H. Nadesan4. Underestimated environmental factors contributing to autism spectrum disorders
Jean-Baptiste Fini, Michelle Leemans, and Barbara A. Demeneix5. Dietary interventions to prevent autism spectrum disorder
Tatyana El-Kour, Melissa Olive, Natalia Neophytou, and Sandra PretoriusSection II
Assessment and Diagnosis6. Deriving resting-state fMRI biomarkers for classification of autism spectrum disorder
Antonis D. Savva, Aikaterini S. Karampasi, and George K. Matsopoulos7. Current assessment and diagnostic practices in the United States: what they are missing
Nina Newman and Ira Glovinsky8. A multidisciplinary and parent-useful approach to assessment and diagnosis: creating a road map for professionals, parents, and better outcomes
for children
Ira Glovinsky and Nina Newman10. Introducing best practices in treatment modalities using a lifecycle approach
Gil Tippy11. Treatment in autism spectrum disorder: areas of unmet need in the United States
Stephanny Freeman and Tanya Paparella12. Full circle autism care includes family relationships and dynamics
Ruby Moye Salazar13. DIR Model
Serena Wieder14. Sensory processing and meaning making in autism spectrum disorder
Isabelle Mueller and Ed Tronick15. Early intervention for children with autistic spectrum disorders through a system of mobile services in the local community
Ivanka Pejic16. A comparative study of infants and toddlers treated with The Mifne Approach intervention for Autism
Spectrum Disorder
Hanna A. Alonim, Ido Lieberman, Danny Tayar, Giora Scheingesicht, and Hillel D. Braude17. Targeting gut microbiota as a possible therapeutic intervention in autism
Afaf El-Ansary and Ramesa Shafi Bhat18. Nutrition and dietary considerations during treatment of autism spectrum disorder
Tatyana El-Kour, Melissa Olive, Natalia Neophytou, and Sandra Pretorius19. Exercise-based interventions for individuals with autism spectrum disorder
Natalia Neophytou20. Adjusting the lens on the spectrum through a developmental, individual-difference, relationshipbased model: a developmental, parent-mediated, play-based intervention
Gilbert M. Foley
Section IV
Training and Education
21. A comprehensive approach to inclusion: theoretical and clinical implications using the developmental, individual difference, relationship-based
DIR Model
Alisa Vig22. New approaches to the development of personalized rehabilitation programs for the children with disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders
O.G. Safonicheva and M.A. Ovchinnikova23. Architecture for autism: built environment performance in accordance to the autism ASPECTSS design index
Magda Mostafa
Product details
- No. of pages: 554
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2019
- Published: September 27, 2019
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128184660
- eBook ISBN: 9780128184677
About the Editors
Undurti Das
Affiliations and Expertise
Neophytos Papaneophytou
Affiliations and Expertise
Tatyana El-Kour
Affiliations and Expertise
Ratings and Reviews
Latest reviews
(Total rating for all reviews)
Afaf E. Thu May 16 2019
Prof.Afaf El-Ansary
Great efforts and integrated work is behind the release of this valuable book on autism