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"For parents and carers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) aged 2-9 (and potentially older depending on developmental level), this book provideds guidance and proactive behavioural strategies in managing tantrums and meltdowns. It offers an empathetic approach and provides explanations of what goes on in the brain and body of someone experiencing a meltdown, describing sensory reactions and brain processes. The authors help the reader...
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"In the golden age of "talk therapy," the 1950s and 1960s, psychotherapists saw no limit to what they could do. Believing they had already explained the origins of war, homosexuality, anti-Semitism, and a host of neurotic ailments, they set out to conquer one of mankind's oldest and fiercest foes, mental illness. In Madness on the Couch, veteran science writer Edward Dolnick tells the tragic story of that confrontation. ... Madness on the Couch uses...
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"This program delves into the physiology of autism, a pervasive developmental disorder of the brain that can cause severe deficits in the areas of cognition, communication, socialization, and play. Computer animation reveals the impact of autism on the language center and other parts of the brain, while case studies demonstrate interventions being used to help people with autism live fuller lives. Interviews with Ivar Lovaas, Temple Grandin, [Portia...
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In America nearly one in a hundred children are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, a staggering increase from only 20 years ago, and babies and toddlers are now routinely tested for evidence of this brain disorder that is mainly characterised by an inability to socialize and communicate. Louis travels to DLC Warren in New Jersey, one of the most innovative schools of its kind in the U.S., to find out how specialised intervention can help....
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America's older generation dream of an idyllic retirement. Physically healthy, financially sound, their reward for decades of hard work is a life of sunshine, golf and gardening. But the shocking truth is that most of these older people will spend their retirement years either with dementia or caring for someone who has it. Louis Theroux spends time with America's growing population of dementia sufferers and sees how families maintain relationships...
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