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Abstract
Parents of children diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome frequently find themselves embarking on an exhausting and disheartening hunt for the services and interventions that their child needs - and is entitled to. Gretchen Mertz presents a readable and comprehensive parent's guide to developing an intervention program for a child with AS.
Beginning with the search for a diagnosis, she outlines an accessible overview of the helpful and appropriate services that are available, how to find them and get funding for them, what to expect of them, and how to evaluate them. The issues raised and the information given will be pertinent to any parent of a child that has (or may have) AS. It will also be an invaluable resource for social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists who wish to find or offer appropriate support for children with Asperger's Syndrome.
Gretchen Mertz has a son with Asperger's Syndrome. She researched many of the legal and medical issues surrounding this condition to deal with government officials, school administrators, insurance company representatives and medical and therapeutic professionals to create and implement an appropriate program for her son. Her professional experience includes working as an educator and a legal assistant. She lives with her husband and two children in Philadelphia, where she works all day and writes all night.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before you begin ...! | |||
| First open community meeting | |||
| Theme One – Group cooperation | |||
| Session A: Let’s communicate | |||
| Session B: Our perceptions | |||
| Session C: What is love? | |||
| Session D: Our prejudices | |||
| Theme Two – HIV and safer sex | |||
| Session E: HIV | |||
| Session F: Condoms and male circumcision | |||
| Theme Three – Why we behave in the ways we do | |||
| Session G: Our options | |||
| First full workshop meeting | |||
| Session H: Let’s look deeper: | |||
| Part 1 | |||
| Session I: Let’s look deeper: | |||
| Part 2 | |||
| Session J: Let’s support ourselves | |||
| Theme Four – Ways in which we can change | |||
| Session K: Let’s assert ourselves | |||
| Session L: Let’s change ourselves | |||
| Second full workshop meeting | |||
| Session M: Let’s work together | |||
| Session N: Let’s prepare for the future | |||
| Second open community meeting | |||
| Theme Five – Moving forward together | |||
| Session O: What happened next? | |||
| Session P: Nurturing common ground: Promoting care and support amongst partners, families and the wider community | |||
| Session Q: Supporting mothers and their children: Our community’s future in their hands | |||
| Session R: Accepting HIV within the family: Supporting family members who are living with HIV | |||
| Further open community meeting | |||
| Annexes Annex 1: Notes on role plays and tableaux | |||
| Annex 2: Technical notes on using DVD | |||
| Annex 3: Synopsis of DVD Clips |