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    Title
    Understanding How Asperger Children and Adolescents Think and Learn
    Subtitle
    Creating Manageable Environments for AS Students
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Paula Jacobsen
    Physical properties
    Format: Paperback
    Number of pages: 120
    Width: 164 mm
    Height: 231 mm
    Thickness: 8 mm
    Weight: 195 g
    Audience
    College/higher education
    General/trade
    Professional and scholarly
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9781843108047
    ISBN 10: 1843108046
    Classifications
    BISAC category code: MED069000
    Dewey: 371.94
    LC classification: RJ506.A9 J
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: S3.8
    BISAC category code: EDU026020
    BISAC category code: EDU026050
    BISAC category code: EDU026010
    Publisher
    JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
    Imprint name
    JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
    Publication date
    15 September 2005
    Publication City/Country
    London/GB
    Biographical note
    Paula Jacobsen, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Los Gatos, California. She has had thirty-eight years of experience as a child psychotherapist, and she provides supervision as an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor in the Child Psychiatry Division at Stanford University. She has taught continuing-education courses for child psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, and other psychotherapists, and has provided in-service training and consultation to educators. These have predominantly focused on Asperger Syndrome. Paula Jacobsen is also the author of Asperger Syndrome and Psychotherapy: Understanding Asperger Perspectives, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
    Table of contents
    Preface. Part One: Understanding Asperger thinking and communication. 1. Introduction to considering Asperger perspectives. 2. Learning who the child is. 3. The Asperger mind. 4. t Learning the child's perspective. 5. Pragmatic communications and the Asperger mind. Part Two: Addressing and supporting life and learning during school years. 6. An introduction to addressing specific issues. 7. Behaviour. 8. Academics, schoolwork, and the Asperger mind. 9. The education team. 10. Lessons learned from and with Asperger children. 11. Afterward...what lies ahead. Appendix 1. Instructional assistance for an AS child: Discovering the child's perspective. Appendix 2. Educating peers about an Asperger child. Appendix 3. An observation at a specialized school for Asperger students. Index.