Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: Autism spectrum disorders
(Ditza A Zachor and Joav Merrick)
Section One: Autism Spectrum Disorders
Chapter 1. Using an ecological approach to understand perception, cognition and action coupling in individuals with autism spectrum disorder
(Amy Lynch and Nancy Getchell)
Chapter 2. It takes a village: Redefining kin, extended family, and other social networks in the treatment of childhood autism
(Jennifer Hillman and Elon Gruber)
Chapter 3. Best practices in the assessment and treatment of stereotypical behavior in individuals with autism
(Kimberly N Sloman, Robert H LaRue, Mary Jane Weiss and Amy S Hansford)
Chapter 4. Attachment among individuals with autism spectrum disorders
(Nurit Yirmiya, Michal Shaked, Nina Koren-Karie and David Oppenheim)
Chapter 5. Compass:Finding direction for individuals with autism spectrum disorders
(Lisa Ruble and Grace Mathai)
Chapter 6. Psychopharmacological treatment of ADHD symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorder
(Benjamin L Handen, Johanna Taylor and Rameshari Tumuluru)
Chapter 7. (Enhancing multidisciplinary community supports for minority preschool children with autistic spectrum disorders: Promoting family centered and evidence based practices)
(Valeria Nanclares-Nogués, Elaine Lin, Carol Rolland, J Michael Cupoli and Michael E Msall)
Chapter 8. Parent-professional-teacher reporting of symptomatology and level of functioning in autism: Complementary perspectives
(Cory Shulman, Sigal Tidhar-Paz and Charles Greenbaum)
Chapter 9. Joint construction of stories by high functioning children with autism: Using a technological setting
(Judy Kupersmitt, Rachel Yifat, Eynat Gal, Nirit Bauminger, Oliviero Stock, Massimo Zancanaro, Fabio Pianesi and Patrice L (Tamar) Weiss)
Chapter 10. Diagnostic outcomes in school age siblings of children with autism
(Ifat Gamliel Seidman, Nurit Yirmiya, Raaya Alon, Noa Ben Yitzhak, Catherine Lord and Marian Sigman)
Chapter 11. Safety and efficacy of Donepezil in children and adolescents with autism: Behavioral measures
(Benjamin L Handen, Cynthia R. Johnson, Sarah McAuliffe-Bellin and Antonio Hardan)
Chapter 12. Abnormal white matter in language-related brain tracts in non-verbal children with autism
(Yonata Levy, Dafna Ben Bashat, Liat Ben Sira, Talma Hendler, Esther Ben Itzchak, Vered Kronfeld-Duenias and Ditza A Zachor)
Chapter 13. Intact cognitive flexibility in parents of autistic children
(Esther Vierck, Abraham Reichenberg, Philip D Harvey and Jeremy M Silverman)
Section Two: Acknowledgments
Chapter 14. About the editors
Chapter 15. About the Autism Center, Assaf HaRofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
Chapter 16. About the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel
Chapter 17. About the Pediatrics, child and adolescent health book series
Index