Olga Bogdashina

Communication Issues in Autism and Asperger Syndrome

Do We Speak the Same Language?

Buch

Providing a theoretical foundation for understanding communication and language impairments specific to autism, Olga Bogdashina explores the effects of different perceptual and cognitive styles on the communication and language development of autistic children. She stresses the importance of identifying each autistic individual's nonverbal language with a view to establish a shared means of verbal communication. She offers an explanation of why certain approaches, for example PECS, might work with some autistic children but not others. Offering real in-sights, the 'What They Say' sections enable the reader to see through the eyes of autistic… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-84310-267-0
EAN: 9781843102670
Produktnummer: 20744457
Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Seitenangabe: 290 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.5 cm 424 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 424

Über den Autor

Professor Olga Bogdashina, MA, PhD, DEd, CO-founder of and Programme Leader (Autism courses) at the International Autism Institute, KSPU and co-founder of the International Consortium of Autism Institutes.She has worked extensively in the field of autism as a teacher, lecturer and researcher, with a particular interest in sensory-perceptual, cognitive and communication problems. She is a Visiting Professor in Autism Studies at universities around the world, develops university (Autism Study) courses and training programmes for professionals and parents, presents at national and international autism conferences and is an autism consultant for services for children and adults.Olga has an adult son with autism and lives in Yorkshire, UK.