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Introduction I. Mapping the Road to the Best Treatment: How to Get a Thorough Diagnosis 1. Off to a Good Start: Timely Screening Will Set You on the Path to Help 2. Getting Your Footing: What a Diagnosis Can (and Should) Do for You and Your Child 3. Setting a Course: Navigating the Diagnostic Process to Emerge with a Plan II. Outfitting Yourself to Help Your Child 4. The Balanced Family: ""Adjust Your Own Face Mask before Attempting to Help Others"" 5. Becoming an Informed Consumer: Getting Your ""Personal Best"" in Services and Providers III. Putting It Together: Matching Your Child's Learning Needs with the Treatments That Can Help 6. Learning Deficits, Learning Styles: What Does Your Child Need? 7. Core Treatments for Autism: Which Interventions Will Meet Your Child's Needs? 8. The Customized Course: Additional Strategies That Target Specific Needs IV. On the Road: Getting Out There to Get What You Need 9. Navigating the Legal Byways: Entitlements That Foster Learning, Kathryn E. Dobel 10. Sharing the Driving: The Rights and Responsibilities of a Collaborative Parent Resources