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Article: Teaching Children with Autism to Mind-Read: A Practical Guide.(Review) (book review)
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- Intervention in School & Clinic
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- March 1, 2001
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Teaching Children with Autism to Mind-Read: A Practical Guide by Patricia Howlin, Simon Baron-Cohen, and Julie Hadwin. Wiley, 1999. 290 pp., $54.00 paperback (Available from Wiley, http://www.wiley.com)
Teaching Children with Autism to Mind-Read targets students with autism spectrum disorders between the ages of 4 and 13, with language ability of at least that of a typical five-year-old. Howlin, Baron-Cohen, and Hadwin offer suggestions for remediating the social and communicative difficulties, including social understanding, in individuals with autism spectrum disorders. The authors suggest that a key deficit in autism is that of "mind-reading," the ability to ...