Overcoming Autism: Finding The Answers, Strategies, And Hope That Can Transform A Child's Life

From the shock of diagnosis to the challenges of nurturing an autistic child, "Overcoming Autism"--the definitive, breakthrough guide--promotes the proven "pivotal response" methods and other recent advances in treating the disorder, while helping readers understand their child and their options for intervention.

There have been huge advances in our ability to diagnose autism and in the development of effective interventions that can change childrenas lives. In this extraordinary book, Lynn Kern Koegel, a leading clinician, researcher, and cofounder of the renowned Autism Research Center at the University of California at Santa Barbara, combines her cutting-edge expertise with the everyday perspectives of Claire LaZebnik, a writer whose experience with a son with autism provides a rare window into the disorder. Together, they draw on the highly effective apivotal responsea approach developed at the center to provide concrete ways of improving the symptoms of autism and the emotional struggles that surround it, while reminding readers never to lose sight of the humor that lurks in the disabilityas quirkiness or the importance of enjoying your child. From the shock of diagnosis to the step-by-step work with verbal communication, social interaction, self- stimulation, meltdowns, fears, and more, the answers are here-in a book that is as warm and nurturing as it is authoritative.