Description
Preface.; Part I. Autism Spectrum Disorders.; Chapter 1. Introduction.; Chapter 2. Definition of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD).; Chapter 3. Historical Background for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).; Chapter 4. Additional and Alternative Definitions for AD.; Chapter 5. Social Development and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).; Part II Treating Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).; Chapter 6. Stress and Anxiety.; Chapter 7. Attention.; Chapter 8. Flexibility, Change, and Transition.; Chapter 9. Managing and Regulating Affective and Emotional Response.; Chapter 10. Combining Social Competence and Social Skill Building.; Part III Group Interventions with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).; Chapter 11. A Model for Group Interventions with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Children.; Chapter 12. Forming an Understanding of the ASD Individual.; Chapter 13. Introduction to a Stage Model of Group Development for ASD.; Chapter 14. Stages of Group Development.; Chapter 15. Roles that individual Children May take Within the Group.; Chapter 16. Roles that the Group Leader May take Within the Group.; References.; Index.