Stress and Coping in Autism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195182262)

This important volume provides a theoretical framework for the usefulness of the stress construct in understanding and treating autism. Contributions by researchers, clinicians, teachers and persons living with autism illustrate how stress influences the lives of persons with autism; how those touched by autism cope with stress; and how clinicians, teachers and caregivers can reduce the impact of stress in autism.

The authors explore how stress contributes to the physiological, psychological, and overt behavioral manifestations of autism. Narratives by individuals with autism, family members, clinicians, and a musician help the reader to understand in a rich and unique way the role and impact stress can have in the life of people living with autism and also highlight creative coping strategies over a lifetime. Clinicians and educators offer a range of intervention and instructional strategies to reduce stress and to prevent or alleviate anxiety and other disruptive responses inherent in autism. This volume's biological, psychological and social perspectives on stress and autism reflect many modes of inquiry and types of information. Stress, Coping and Autism will be of great help to mental health professionals, researchers and caregivers alike.

Author: M. Grace Baron, June Groden, Gerald Groden
ISBN-10: 019518226X
ISBN-13: 9780195182262
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 07/13/2006
Pages: 472
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.30w x 1.41d