Envisioning a bright future
Subtitle: interventions that work for children and adults with autism spectrum disorders
By: Patricia S. Lemer, editor.
Contributors: Lemer, Patricia S.; Optometric Extension Program Foundation.
Publisher: OEP Foundation
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Santa Ana, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780929780177
Subjects: Autism; Visual training; Autistic Disorder -- rehabilitation; Child Development Disorders, Pervasive -- rehabilitation; Sensory Art Therapies -- methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Autism spectrum disorders: overview / Patricia S. Lemer; title: Optometry's role in autism spectrum disorders / Randy Schulman; title: Total load theory: why so many children have autism spectrum disorders / Patricia S. Lemer with Anju Usman; title: Autism: the vaccine connection / Barbara Loe Fisher; title: A biomedical approach to autism spectrum disorders / Kelly Dorfman, Patricia S. Lemer; title: The defeat autism now movement / Bernard Rimland, Jon Pangborn, Sidney MacDonald Baker; title: Sensory-based approaches including the role of the occupational therapist / Patricia S. Lemer; title: Primitive reflexes and autism spectrum disorders / Samuel Berne, Carol Marusich, Brendan O'Hara; title: Vision therapy for those on the autism spectrum / Melvin Kaplan, Randy Schulman; title: Sound-based therapies for those on the autism spectrum / Dorinne Davis ; contributor, Stephen M. Edelson; title: Therapies that address communication and social-emotional issues through play / Patricia S. Lemer; title: Homeopathy: a tool to help children with autism heal naturally / Patricia S. Lemer ... [et al.]; title: Educational kinesiology / Mary Rentschler; title: Therapies based on operant conditioning: EEG neurofeedback and applied behavioral analysis (ABA) / Patricia S. Lemer ... [et al.]; title: Healing with animals / Patricia S. Lemer; title: The autism protocol of Dietrich Kinghardt / Dietrich Klinghardt, with Elizabeth Hesse-Sheehan; title: Prioritizing therapies for children with autism spectrum disorders / Patricia S. Lemer.