Table of Contents:
  • Professional attitudes toward parents : a forty-year progress report / Eric Schopler and Gary B. Mesibov
  • Handicapped children and their families / Edward Zigler
  • Research concerning families of children with autism / Dennis P. Cantwell and Lorian Baker
  • Helping autistic children through their parents : the TEACCH model / Eric Schopler... [et al.]
  • Developmental changes in families with autistic children : a parent's perspective / Mary S. Akerley
  • The role of the national society in working with families / Frank Warren
  • The professional's role as advocate / Siegfried M. Pueschel and James C. Bernier
  • Advocacy : effectively changing the system / James E. Surratt
  • Parents as behavior therapists for their autistic children : clinical and empirical considerations / David J. Kolko
  • A training program for families of children with autism : responding to family needs / Martin A. Kozloff
  • Training parent-child interactions / Laura Schreibman ... [et al.]
  • Behavior therapists look at the impact of an autistic child on the family system / Sandra L. Harris and Michael D. Powers
  • My great teachers / Eric Schopler
  • Parents as trainers of legislators, other parents, and researchers / Ruth Christ Sullivan
  • The parent as trainer of professionals : attitudes and acceptance / Barbara Coyne Cutler
  • Explaining mental retardation and autism to parents / Victoria Shea
  • Family resources and successful adaptation to autistic children / Marie M. Bristol
  • Coping with burnout / Lee M. Marcus
  • Children with handicapped brothers and sisters / Susan M. McHale, Rune J. Simeonsson, and Jerry L. Sloan
  • The sibling's changing roles / Robert Fromberg.