This two volume set includes Relationship Development Intervention with Children, Adolescents and Adults: Social and Emotional Development Activities for Asperger Syndrome, Autism, PDD and NLD and Relationship Development Intervention with Young Children: Social and Emotional Development Activities for Asperger Syndrome, Autism, PDD and NLD. Notes on Volume One: Remove our emotional bonds with family, colleagues and friends and few of us would want to go on living. Yet establishing and maintaining such bonds is particularly difficult for people on the autism spectrum. This volume contains over 200 activities and exercises ranging over the entire gamut of social and emotional development, and is applicable to anyone, regardless of diagnosis, but will be particularly valuable for those on the autism spectrum. Activities can be undertaken independently, or with a teacher or therapist, and a full schema for the evaluation of progress and objectives is included. A companion website provides a wealth of further information and support. Notes on Volume Two: Friendship, even for the most able, requires hard work, and the odds are heavily stacked against those with autism spectrum disorders. Designed for younger children, typically between the ages of two and eight, this comprehensive set of activities emphasizes foundation skills such as social referencing, regulating behavior, conversational reciprocity and synchronized actions. The authors include over 300 objectives to plan and evaluate a child's progress, each one related to a specific exercise. Suitable for parental use, the manual is also designed for easy implementation in schools and in therapeutic settings. A comprehensive website acts as companion to the book, free to purchasers.
George W. Burns, the master of therapeutic storytelling, has brought together a group of international therapists to describe why and how they use storytelling in their clinical practice and share specific examples of what metaphors they have successfully used with their clients. This new companion to Burns's other successful Healing Stories books is structured around five outcome-oriented goals (improving mood, building positive relationships, changing patterns of behavior, enhancing health and well-being, and developing life skills) with relevant stories in each section. This insightful new work will engage students and professionals new to this therapeutic approach as well as those already using storytelling in therapy.
Rigorously updated and revised, this volume remains the definitive reference on the indications for and techniques of pediatric radiotherapy. The Second Edition presents and evaluates the most up-to-date protocols available, incorporating new data from the most recent clinical cooperative group trials. The book reviews the epidemiology, pathology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, staging, prognosis, and multimodality treatment of both common and rare childhood cancers.Balanced consideration is given to all treatment options for each disease, including surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and combination treatments. The authors offer expert, setting-specific advice on optimal irradiation techniques and recommended dosages, as well as appropriate immobilization devices and anesthetic agents. Available data on acute toxicities and late effects of cancer treatment, including secondary malignancies, are presented and analyzed--valuable information for guiding referring physicians, patients, and families in their decision making. Illustrations strategically reinforce key patient management principles.
"Any condition that potentially could be related to hematology is addressed. Given the significance of maternal morbidity and mortality, this most certainly is a worthwhile contribution to the field....One striking aspect of the book is that it is aesthetically pleasing. It is difficult to make a book about hematology engaging but the authors have succeeded -- in both content and appearance -- in creating a book that is a pleasure to read....[W]ill certainly prove an invaluable addition to the libraries of clinicians who deal with these patients."
--Doody's Review Service
Extensively revised and updated, this practical manual on the basic and advanced management of the neonate covers procedures, diseases, disorders and drugs. The popular On-Call Problems, present over 25 common and serious patient mgt problems.
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