Asperger Syndrome, First Edition

by Klin, Ami; Volkmar, Fred R.; Sparrow, Sara S.

• ISBN13: 9781572305342
• ISBN10: 1572305347
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-18
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

Usually diagnosed in childhood, Asperger syndrome is a lifelong social disorder characterized by a lack of empathy, little ability to form friendships, one-sided conversations, clumsy movements, and intense absorption in special interests. While Asperger syndrome has received increasing attention from researchers, clinicians, educators, and parents in recent years, numerous central questions about the disorder remain unanswered. This groundbreaking volume brings together preeminent scholars and practitioners to offer a definitive statement of what is currently known about Asperger syndrome and to highlight promising leads in research and clinical practice. Diagnostic and conceptual issues are explored in depth, and the disorder's assessment, treatment, and neurobiology are thoroughly reviewed. The book examines the effects of Asperger syndrome on an individual's social, communication, and behavioral development, and identifies the challenges that individuals with AS face at home, in school and the workplace, and in other settings. The volume concludes with several parent essays that exemplify the trials and tribulations--as well as the joys and the victories--of life with a child with Asperger syndrome.

Author Biography

Ami Klin, PhD, is the Harris Associate Professor of Child Psychology and Psychiatry at Yale University's Child Study Center. Dr. Klin is the author of more than 60 articles and chapters in the field of autism and related disorders, and has coordinated a series of federally funded research studies focused on Asperger syndrome. His main research interests involve the neuropsychology and social cognition of disorders of socialization.

Fred R. Volkmar, MD, is Professor of Child Psychiatry, Psychology, and Pediatrics at Yale University's Child Study Center. Dr. Volkmar is the author of more than 150 articles, chapters, and books in the field of autism and related disorders. He is an editor of the second edition of the Handbook of Autism, chair of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry's committee on autism, and an associate editor of the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders and the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Sara S. Sparrow, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Chief Psychologist at Yale University's Child Study Center. Dr. Sparrow is the author of more than 100 articles and chapters in the fields of psychological assessment and developmental disabilities, and the senior author of one of the most widely used psychological instruments, the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales. Her main research interests involve the assessment of adaptive behavior, child neuropsychology, and developmental disabilities.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(24)
Ami Klin
Fred R. Volkmar
Sara S. Sparrow
I. BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS
Diagnostic Issues in Asperger Syndrome	25	(47)
Fred R. Volkmar
Ami Klin
Neuropsychological Function and the External Validity of Asperger Syndrome	72	(25)
Sally Ozonoff
Elizabeth McMahon Griffith
Motor Functioning in Asperger Syndrome	97	(28)
Isabel M. Smith
Social Language Use in Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism	125	(34)
Rebecca Landa
II. FAMILY GENETICS AND NEUROBIOLOGICAL ASPECTS
Does Asperger Syndrome Aggregate in Families?	159	(13)
Susan E. Folstein
Susan L. Santangelo
Neurofunctional Models of Autistic Disorder and Asperger Syndrome: Clues from Neuroimaging	172	(38)
Robert T. Schultz
Lizabeth M. Romanski
Katherine D. Tsatsanis
Psychopharmacological Treatment of Higher-Functioning Pervasive Developmental Disorders	210	(21)
Andres Martin
David K. Patzer
Fred R. Volkmar
III. RELATED DIAGNOSTIC CONSTRUCTS
Nonverbal Learning Disabilities and Asperger Syndrome	231	(23)
Byron P. Rourke
Katherine D. Tsatsanis
What's So Special about Asperger Syndrome?: The Need for Further Exploration of the Borderlands of Autism	254	(24)
D. V. M. Bishop
Schizoid Personality in Childhood and Asperger Syndrome	278	(31)
Sula Wolff
IV. ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT AND INTERVENTION, AND ADULTHOOD
Assessment Issues in Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome	309	(31)
Ami Klin
Sara S. Sparrow
Wendy D. Marans
Alice Carter
Fred R. Volkmar
Treatment and Intervention Guidelines for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome	340	(27)
Ami Klin
Fred R. Volkmar
Adolescence and Adulthood of Individuals with Asperger Syndrome	367	(36)
Digby Tantam
V. PERSPECTIVES ON RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE, AND PARENT ESSAYS
Perspectives on the Classification of Asperger Syndrome	403	(15)
Peter Szatmari
Past and Future of Research on Asperger Syndrome	418	(45)
Lorna Wing
Parent Essays
Introduction	433	(1)
Walter	434	(9)
Jeanne Wallace
A View from Inside	443	(5)
Lori S. Shery
How Did We Get Here?	448	(6)
Linda Rietschel
First Advocates	454	(9)
DeAnn Hyatt-Foley
Matthew G. Foley
Appendix: Useful Internet Addresses	463	(2)
Author Index	465	(14)
Subject Index	479