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A Parent's Guide to the First Signs and Next Steps
Broadway
January 2006
272 pages ISBN: 0767919726 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
If you have questions or concerns about your child’s social,
emotional, or behavioral development, you’re not alone. The
number of
children affected by autism—an umbrella term for a wide
spectrum of
disorders that includes “classic” autism, Asperger's
syndrome, and Rett
syndrome—is growing every year. Most children are not
diagnosed until
they start school. But developmental problems can be
recognized in
infants as young as four months old. Early intervention can
vastly
improve a child’s chances for a successful outcome and
recovery. Could It Be Autism? provides
vital information so you can recognize the red flags of
developmental
delays and begin treatment based on those first signs.
Nancy
Wiseman is the founder and president of First Signs, the
organization
dedicated to educating parents, clinicians, and physicians
on the early
identification of and intervention for developmental
delays. She is
also the mother of a child who was diagnosed with autism at
the age of
two, and she draws on her own experiences as well as the
latest
research to present real strategies. Emphasizing warning
signs, she
describes the most important milestones at each stage of a
child’s
growth, including things parents and pediatricians often
overlook. She
also empowers parents to act on their instincts and initial
concern,
rather than to “wait and see,” which is often encouraged.
The
book explains the steps parents can take to confirm or rule
out a
developmental delay or disorder. It details various
diagnoses and show
how sometimes multiple diagnoses may apply. But even more
valuable is
the information on how to design and implement the best
intervention
plan based on a child’s unique developmental profile.
Different
treatments and therapies are outlined so parents can
explore and
understand what may work best for their child, based on his
or her
particular strengths and weaknesses.
Ultimately,
Could It Be Autism?
is about giving parents hope--hope that they can know one
way or the
other where their child is developmentally and hope that
they can give
their child what he or she needs to have the best life
possible.
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