asperger's syndrome

Offers teachers, aides, principals, and parents practical advice to help them better understand the behavior of students with Asperger Syndrome and high-functioning autism and manage behavior problems in the classroom and at home.

Helps readers to understand Asperger's syndrome through a story about Sam, who has been diagnosed with the disorder; and offers advice for parents, teachers, and children on being with other children who have Asperger's.

Josh Showalter, an insecure and overweight sixth-grader, hopes for a new start when he transfers to a school in northern Idaho, but he and his new friends are soon the target of a cold-hearted bully.

A humorous look at Asperger Syndrome for parents that compares their child's challenges and quirks to those of a cat.

A comprehensive guide to Asperger's syndrome that provides information on every aspect of the syndrome, including its symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, causes, impact on a child's emotional and social development, and other related topics.

The author, an American music critic who spent his life unaware that he had Asperger's syndrome until he was forty-five-years-old, describes his childhood and the false medical treatments he endured.

Provides practical guidance for parents of children with Asperger's syndrome or high-functioning autism and parents who suspect their child may have one of these conditions, explaining how to help one's child interact with siblings and peers and behave appropriately in other social situations, and how to channel his or her talents.

Provides information on the characteristics of Asperger's Syndrome, a pattern of behaviors that includes a lack of empathy, inability to form frienships, one-sided conversations, clumsy movements, and intense absorption in aspecial interest, and describes strategies designed to help people learn appropriate social skills.

An unlikely romance develops between a science-minded girl who is determined to reclaim her reputation and a boy with Asperger's Syndrome.

Offers teens with Asperger's syndrome practical strategies to help them deal with the impact their condition has on their schoolwork and social lives and learn to overcome their weaknesses.