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Transfer boy [electronic resource] : perspectives on Asperger syndrome / Ljiljana Vuletic, Michel Ferrari and Teodor Mihail.

By: Vuletic, Ljiljana, 1959-.
Contributor(s): Ferrari, M. D | Mihail, Teodor.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; Philadelphia, PA : Jessica Kingsley, 2005Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-197) and index.Description: 1 online resource (208 p.) : ill.ISBN: 184642092X (electronic bk.); 9781846420924 (electronic bk.); 1843102137 (Paper); 9781843102137 (Paper).Subject(s): Mihail, Teodor -- Mental health | Asperger's syndrome -- Case studiesGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 616.85/88 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
Contents:
Cover; Transfer Boy: Perspectives on Asperger Syndrome; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE TO READER; 1 A Transfer Boy; 2 A Good and Loving Child: The Family Perspective; 3 A Good and Well-Behaved Student: The School Perspective; 4 An Autistic or Asperger: Syndrome Child The Scientific Perspective; 5 A Transfer Boy: The First-Person Perspective; 6 Conclusion: Where Do We Go From Here?; 7 Epilogue: Transfer Boy No More; APPENDIX A: METHOD OF THIS STUDY; APPENDIX B: DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR AUTISTIC DISORDER; APPENDIX C: DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ASPERGER'S DISORDER; NOTES; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX.
Summary: Transfer Boy: Perspectives on Asperger Syndrome explores what it is like to be an adolescent with Asperger Syndrome, through interviews with Teodor, a 'psychologically unusual' thirteen-year-old. In this detailed case study, Vuletic and Ferrari combine an autobiographical account with perspectives from other family members and people who know Teodor well, while simultaneously integrating psychiatric and psychological research on autism. The authors evaluate the merits and pitfalls of different interpretations of autism and address the broad psychological issues related to Asperger Syndrome - i.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-197) and index.

Cover; Transfer Boy: Perspectives on Asperger Syndrome; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE TO READER; 1 A Transfer Boy; 2 A Good and Loving Child: The Family Perspective; 3 A Good and Well-Behaved Student: The School Perspective; 4 An Autistic or Asperger: Syndrome Child The Scientific Perspective; 5 A Transfer Boy: The First-Person Perspective; 6 Conclusion: Where Do We Go From Here?; 7 Epilogue: Transfer Boy No More; APPENDIX A: METHOD OF THIS STUDY; APPENDIX B: DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR AUTISTIC DISORDER; APPENDIX C: DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ASPERGER'S DISORDER; NOTES; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX.

Transfer Boy: Perspectives on Asperger Syndrome explores what it is like to be an adolescent with Asperger Syndrome, through interviews with Teodor, a 'psychologically unusual' thirteen-year-old. In this detailed case study, Vuletic and Ferrari combine an autobiographical account with perspectives from other family members and people who know Teodor well, while simultaneously integrating psychiatric and psychological research on autism. The authors evaluate the merits and pitfalls of different interpretations of autism and address the broad psychological issues related to Asperger Syndrome - i.

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