Australian Journal of Early Childhood back issues from September 2004:
Editorial.(autism spectrum disorders )(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Nobody knows for certain why there are increasing numbers of people identified as being on the autism spectrum. With recent estimates at around one in 160 however, there is no doubt that parents, early childhood educators and other professionals are likely to encounter diagnosed children, ...
Meeting the needs of children with autistic spectrum disorders in the early years.
Sep 01, 2004; ... Distilled from workshop presentations for the New South Wales Autism Society, 3-4 April 2004, Sydney. Autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) The spectrum of autistic disorders includes not just classical autism (Kanner, 1943) and Asperger Syndrome (Asperger, 1944, trans. ...
Autism: the heart of the disorder? Sensory processing and social engagement--illustrations from autobiographical accounts and selected research findings.
Sep 01, 2004; ... Introduction Autism was first identified as a separate condition in the 1940s by Leo Kanner, who published an account describing a disorder he termed 'Autistic disturbances of affective contact' (Kanner, 1943, in Donnellan, 1985). The feature found across Kanner's II cases was a ...
Strategies to reduce the bullying of young children with Asperger Syndrome.
Sep 01, 2004; ... Sixty years ago Hans Asperger described a distinct profile of abilities and behaviour in young children that he called autistic personality (Asperger, 1944), but it was in 1981, a year after his death, that Lorna Wing first used the eponymous term Asperger Syndrome to describe children ...
Adaptive education for students with special needs in the inclusive classroom.(Special Teaching Assistants)
Sep 01, 2004; ... Introduction Reflecting the contemporary ethos of inclusion, an increasing number of children with diverse needs are claiming their right to an education in mainstream settings alongside their typically-developing peers. One of the results of this movement has been a growing ...
Early intervention for children with autism: parental priorities.
Sep 01, 2004; ... Introduction It has been recognised for some time that early intervention for children with disabilities should not only focus on child outcomes but must also recognise the integral role families play in the development of their child (Bailey et al., 1998). Services that support ...
Evaluating the efficacy of parent-focused interventions for autism: how do we know what will work?
Sep 01, 2004; ... Autism, first identified by Kanner in 1943 (Kanner, 1973), is now concepcualised as a spectrum disorder (Autistic Spectrum Disorder or ASD) in which degrees of impairment are represented. It is characterised by three interacting zones of deficit: qualitative impairments in social ...
Change in behavioural symptoms in children with high-functioning autism and Asperger Syndrome: evidence for one disorder?
Sep 01, 2004; ... Introduction Autistic Disorder and Asperger Syndrome (AS) are classified as Pervasive Developmental Disorders (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, IV [DSM IV], American Psychiatric Association [APA], 1994) and both are characterised by deficits in social ...
A parent's guide to Asperger Syndrome and high-functioning autism.
Sep 01, 2004; ... Sally Ozonoff, Geraldine Dawson and James McPartland (2002) Guilford, New York Taking the view that children who are diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome (AS) share very similar characteristics with those diagnosed with high-functioning autism (HFA), Sally Ozonoff, ...
Peer play and the autism spectrum: the art of guiding children's socialization and imagination--integrated play groups field manual.
Sep 01, 2004; ... Pamela J. Wolfberg (2003) Autism Asperger Publishing Company, Kansas Acknowledging the importance of play and imagination in social development, Pamela Wolfberg has written a field manual that addresses the social deficits that so often prevent children on the autism ...