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 | | Helping Children with Autism Learn: Treatment Approaches for Parents and Professionals by Bryna Siegel ISBN-10: 9780195325065 ISBN-10: 0-19-532506-0 ISBN-13: 9780195325065 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-532506-5 Paperback 2007-04-09 Oxford University Press, USA Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Bryna Siegel gives parents of autistic children what they need most: hope. Her first book, The World of the Autistic Child, became an instant classic, illuminating the inaccessible minds of afflicted children. Now she offers an equally insightful, thoroughly practical guide to treating the learning disabilities associated with this heartbreaking disorder. The trouble with treating autism, Siegel writes, is that it is a spectrum disorder--a combination of a number of symptoms and causes. To one extent or another, it robs the child of social bonds, language, and intimacy--but the extent varies dramatically in each case. The key is to understand each case of autism as a discrete set of learning disabilities, each of which must be treated individually. Siegel explains how to take an inventory of a child's particular disabilities, breaks down the various kinds unique to autism, discusses our current knowledge about each, and reviews the existing strategies for treating them. There is no simple cure for this multifarious disorder, she writes; instead, an individual program, with a unique array of specific treatments, must be constructed for each child. She gives practical guidance for fashioning such a program, empowering parents to take the lead in their child's treatment. At the same time, she cautions against the proliferating, but questionable, treatments hawked to afflicted families. She knows the panic to do something, anything, to help an autistic child, and she offers parents reassurance and support as well as sensible advice, combining knowledge from experience, theory and research. For parents, autism in a child is heartbreaking. But it need not be overwhelming. Bryna Siegel offers a new understanding, and a practical, thoughtful approach that will give parents new hope. | ||
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Best professional book for treating Autism This book is more practical and has a professional outlook. Most of the books on autism are written by parents and offer an insight into theie plight. Yes, this book can be a bit depressing at times, but it's better to be realistic and find a solution. | ||
May have good educational information but is medically very misleading. I would NOT recommend this book...it is dangerously misleading in places. Quote from this book: "Similarly, retrospective statistics for US sample have led the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Institutes of Health, the Institute of Medicine, and the World Health Organization all to conclude that vaccines do not cause autism. The "probable cause" finger was pointed at thimerisol [SIC! correct spelling is thimerasol], a mercury- containing preservative in vaccines. However, the kind of mercury in vaccines is different from the "bad" mercury in contaminated foods. Mercury is a chemical element, like hydrogen or nitrogen--which might be bad for you, too--and like them, it needs to be studied in the form of the specific compound being indited." I don't know whether she is disingenuous or just simply ignorant. Comparing a toxic heavy metal to hydrogen or nitrogen?? "BAD mercury"??? There is no GOOD mercury. Ethyl and methyl mercury are both dangerous neurotoxins. And I will not go into all the flaws in the epidemiological studies. Here's another one: "Be aware that some practitioners have offered the idea that a child who eats a lot of one food is "craving" it for either some good or some bad reason. There is no evidence to support theories of these sorts. There is also no evidence to support the idea that children with autism have more food allergies or are more likely to react to foods with gluten (like wheat products) or casein(like dairy products). What "research" there is on these things is available only on the Internet and in books by parents who feel it "cured" their child or doctors who have "invented" a new diet. There are no reports in peer-reviewed scientific journals." Oh, yes, there are. There are peer-reviewed studies showing that there are many more autistic children with IgA deficiency than the general public, there are studies of opioid peptides from milk and wheat, and there is the newly recognized syndrome of gluten ataxia reported in the medical literature. Gluten ataxia results from antibodies that attack not only the gut but the Purkinje cells in the cerebellum, which affect balance and are also affected in autism. I'd skip this book, and certainly not recommend it to any parent of a newly diagnosed child. It may be useful for some educational considerations comparing ABA and TEACCH and various forms of inclusion, but with the misleading information on medical issues I think this book is dangerous. My PhD is from Cornell, and I worked in the Department of Nutrition there as a Research Associate for 7 years. Of course, it is hard to find peer-reviewed articles on thimerasol if you cannot spell the word. If you do purchase this book, please ignore any statements regarding medical issues. | ||
Yet another excellent book by Bryna Siegel! I read, "the world of the Autistic Child" a few years ago and it was just the best book on Autism out there. So informative, and such an interesting read. So I was extremely excited when this book was released. I immediately purchased it. You will not be dissapointed!! If you read "the world..." and enjoyed it then you will definately appreciate this book as well. I did however find the previous book more interesting, maybe because I was still "new" to the Autism world. Now after years of reads, and research, well there just isnt much "new" info out there that I haven't already read. Having said that..I still very highly recommend this book to add to anyones collection of books on Autism. | ||
Somethings to think about with a grain of salt I have not finished reading this book; yet like other reviewers I have some reservations. Bryna Siegel does a fine job of explaining Autistic Spectrum Disorders, and how it affects the development of a child. However, I find some of her conclusions and statements to be potentially misleading, especially when since ASDs are still being researched, and not much is 100% definite. Interesting theories, but not necessarily facts. Having said that, use your judgement and don't miss out on the good information and experience that Bryna does offers. | ||