Autism Books - 1981


Dorothy Beavers.
Autism: Nightmare Without End (Ashley Books, 1981). ISBN: 0879491671 (hardcover). [autism,account]
Edward G. Carr.
How to Teach Sign Language to Developmentally Disabled Children (H & H Enterprises, 1981). Part of the series Teaching the Autistic. or maybe Pro-Ed ISBN: 0890790639 (54 pages). [autism,se]
Nancy J. Dalrymple.
Teaching Social and Leisure Skills to Youth with Autism (1981). [autism,se]
James E. Gilliam, ed.
Autism, diagnosis, instruction, management, and research (Springfield, Ill.: Thomas, 1981). ISBN: 0398044724 (paperback, 313 pages). [autism]
Barry Neil Kaufman.
A miracle to believe in (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1981). The entire book is online. http://www.option.org/miracle/index.html ISBN: 0449201082 (Fawcett Crest/Ballantine, 313 pages). [autism,account]
Robert L. Koegel & Laura Schreibman.
How to Teach Autistic and other Severely Handicapped Children (Vancouver, B. C.: Educational Resources, 1981). Part of the series Teaching the Autistic. Also Pro-Ed. ISBN: 0890790655 (52 pages, H & H Enterprises). [autism,se]
Mary Kostantareas, Edward G. Blackstone & Christopher Webster.
Autism: A Primer (Quebec Society for Autistic Children, 1981). [autism,intro]
Ole Ivar Lovaas.
Teaching Developmentally Disabled Children: The Me Book (Austin, Texas: Pro-Ed, 1981). Available from publisher at 8700 Shoal Creek Blvd, Austin, Texas 78757, 1-512-451-3246. Describes a home-based program for behavior modification therapy. This book is highly recommended by practitioners of the Lovaas method. As of 5/96, I heard that a revision is in the works. http://www.proedinc.com/store/1213.html ISBN: 0936104783 (paperback, 250 pages, University Park Press, 1981). [autism,treatment,behavioral]
Stephen C. Luce & Walter P. Christian.
How to reduce autistic and severely maladaptive behaviors (H & H Enterprises, 1981). Part of the series Teaching the Autistic. Also Pro-Ed. ISBN: 0890790531 (paperback, 37 pages). [autism]
Dennis E. Mithaug.
How to Teach Prevocational Skills to Severely Handicapped Persons (Pro-Ed, 1981). Part of the series Teaching the Autistic. Or How to Teach Prevocational Skills to Severely Handicapped Children ISBN: 0890790566 (paperback, 62 pages, H & H Enterprises). [autism,se]
Sam B. Morgan.
The Unreachable Child: an introduction to early childhood autism (Memphis: Memphis State University Press, 1981). 197 pages; aimed at both parents and professionals. ISBN: 0878702016 ; ISBN: 0878702024 . [autism,intro]
National Society for Autistic Children.
How they grow: a handbook for parents of young children with autism (1981). [autism,parent]
Arnold Rincover.
How to use Sensory Extinction (Pro-Ed, 1981). Part of the series Teaching the Autistic. ISBN: 0890790620 (paperback, 34 pages). [autism,se]
Raymond G. Romanczyk & Stephanie Lockshin.
How to Create a Curriculum for Autistic & Other Handicapped Children (Pro-Ed, 1981). Part of the series Teaching the Autistic. ISBN: 0890790574 (paperback, 46 pages, H & H Enterprises). [autism,se]
Frances Tustin.
Autistic States in Children (Routledge & Paul, 1981). Written by a psychologist and puts forth the idea that autism in some children is of psychological origin. [autism,psychoanalysis]
Barbara Wilcox & A. Thompson, ed.
Critical issues in educating autistic children and youth (Washington, D.C.: NSAC, 1981). ISBN: 0914797239 (Brookline Books, 1986). [autism,adolescent]

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