Groundbreaking book for the layperson and professional alike. Defines and outlines the characteristics of the syndrome also referred to as Higher-functioning Autistic Disorder. The book provides a professional synopsis of Aspergers and its profound effect upon the lives of those living and dealing with it.

This is a groundbreaking book for the layperson and professional alike which outlines the characteristics of the syndrome also referred to as Higher-functioning Autistic Disorder. The book provides a professional synopsis of Aspergers and its profound effect upon the lives of those living and dealing with it.

Well written and widely focused, this book touches on all aspects of the disorder. On a personal level, families of several individuals who have Aspergers provide poignant insights into the day to day struggle with the disorder through their stories and anecdotes. On the intervention side, stratagies for helping enhance the learning of elementary and secondary students at home and in school are discussed. Definately geared towards the diversified needs of the child.

This book was wonderful, especially in regard to understanding how children and adults with autism see the world. It is a great resource for teachers and professionals who are programming for these children. Excellent

I loved this book.It was great to hear the Beatles speaking for themselves for once. Great NEW pics too. A MUST buy for Beatles fans.

I have got all of Giulianp's interview books and I think they are terrific. He has got a way with words and organization I have yet to see from any other Beatles historian or pop expert. Really good interviews and great pics. too.

I would just like to say that of all the books I've read on the Beatles this is the most interesting of all. Me being a young fan of only 17 is intrigued by the poliical views and social views of the fab four. This book not only shows their serious side, but it also shows their witty sense of humor. I recommend this book to any fab-4 fan who would like to have a good laugh and insight into these great musicians in history. Peace! 8-)

I have really become very close to this book. The text is presented in a manner which makes it easily understandable. The content goes into ellaborate depth, leaving no unanswered questions. Well Done!

"This book is worded in a such a manner that even those who are just beginning their nursing careers can understand the concepts. The workbook that comes with the book also is a great companion for learning the information. I highly recommend this text for other nursing schools. It sure has been a great asset in my plethora of nursing textbooks." A student of Abilene Intercollegiate School of Nursing, Abilene, TX

This is perhaps the sine qua non of trail guides. You will be able to explore the Big South Fork with comfort and ease using Deavers book. If you want day hikes or more challenging distance hikes, this book will help you make your plans. Trail sections are thouroughly explained. Interesting information about the geology and cultural history abound.

There is a wealth of advice in this book which all parents and teachers should find helpful. Plenty of checklists are offered and numerous cameo case histories are presented. The references are good but perhaps a bit limited (may be of importance only to researchers - no mention of central coherence deficit for instance). The main point of the book is the get schools to recognise and deal with stress build up in AS pupils before it boils over. Some of this will be familiar from Myles' other book on tantrum management.

The advice for high school transition is very practical. Make sure he knows the schedule, pin the timetable everywhere, fix routine reminders inside textbook covers, make sure he knows which teacher tolerates which behaviour, etc. It is all good sensible advice, though I wonder how deliverable it is in the ordinary school setting?

The authors touch on 'circle of friends', travelcards and a host of other supports, but ultimately pin their support hopes on resource teachers and an enlightened school policy. Unfortunately, this is where I begin to part company with the book. Few schools could make the quantum shifts expected, and the authors could have made much more of their advice if they had identified compromise strategies. Teachers are human, not superhuman. Also in my limited experience, parents of AS teenagers often have unrealistic expectations of their offspring's academic performance and that tends to obscure their grasp of daily school realities. The classic example here is the emphasis on the 'gifted' child who must attend a 'gifted' school irrespective of the impact that has on the school and child. The authors tend to cite gifted children examples a lot in their case studies. I don't think this is helpful.

Perhaps unconsciously the book also portrays the AS teenager as very much a ship in the night steering a lonely course from class to class, from teacher to teacher, etc. How to help out here? Again, while friendship strategies are touched upon, no elabaorated plan is developed. A weakness to my mind.

The book presents the AS teenager as very much a patient to be treated by the environment. I don't want to appear overly critical of the book. It is good that adolescent AS are being addressed, however, for the life of me I could not grasp why there is no section on teenage communication pragmatics. The authors simply skate by the whole problematic of communication skills. It seems that as long as your 'gifted' child is doing well academically and no one is hitting him, then we should be pleased. This struck me as a very lobsided developmental philosophy. Interestingly the book points out in footnote in the beginning that it will ignore sexuality and relationship issues. Ignore these? In a book dealing AS adolescents?

Overall this is a good book for advising on schedule construction and maintenance of the daily school routine. It has limitations and depending on your needs they may be significant or otherwise.

I have recently completed reading "Asperger's Syndrome and Adolescence: Practical Solutions for School Success", by Brenda Smith Miles and Diane Adreon. I found the book to be informative, and written so clearly that it may be recommended to parents, while thorough enough that it is of use to professionals both for its insight into the syndrome and its practical solutions. I would highly recommend this book to any clinician or parent who has a patient or child suffering from
Asperger's Syndrome.

This easy-to-read book fully describes the characteristics of Asperger Syndrome(AS) that have the greatest impact during the teen years and how to assist each individual with the appropriate level of support and structure. The importance of assessments in covered, letting parents and teachers know what diagnostic assessments are important, how to assess the characteristics of AS, how to do a curriculum based assessment, how to measure sensory-motor, social language, student learning traits and how to do a functional assessment on behavior.

I found chapter four (Supports for Students with Asperger Syndrome in Middle and High School)to be the most beneficial. The chapter provided goals that every person needs and how they can be reached by the individual with AS. Several academic modifications are shared along with social and environmental supports. In each secion the supports on explained in an easy to understand manner. I felt comfortable enough to implement the supports in the book right after I read the chapter.

A case study is shared in the last chapter. The entire chapter is full of examples of difficulties and how with the appropriate supports a child went successfully from third through eigth grade.

The entire book is full of examples, charts and graphs that you can use. I highly recommend this easy-to-read book. If you have a family member or work with individuals with AS this is an excellent resource.

This is a small (33 page) ring bound book. It briefly touches on a number of circumstances (common one for children)that might benefit from visual communication offerings. The latter can be diagrams, drawings, or pictures that help the child manage their daily schedule. The idea is that the visual 'artwork' represents the rules for a particular set of circumstances. A wide variety of formats are mentioned and there are abundant pictures which may stir and inspire parents. For most readers that will be enough to justify purchasing the book.

My main reservations about the book are that the outlined methodology is so broad as to make it impossible to separate effective from less effective representational modes. The test-retest reliability question, hanging over all these type of intervention programmes, is never addressed. For instance the authors never explore the results of the use of the Picture Exchange Communication System. On a related point, the authors don't connect their strategies with general speech and language therapy approaches. These are moot points but ones that have to be acknowledged as autism intervention programmes try to formalise their methodologies.

This wonderful book is jam-packed with ideas. It complements the video on visuals by Jennifer Savner. Together (or separately) they are winners!

This video shows how visuals can work with children. I learned more in 20 minutes watching this video than I did in trying reading a thick book!

B.G. Smith's work is fun to read, and she obviously researched the period, but her description of prehistoric culture is weak. She is strong in her theological descriptions, but as a reader of historical fiction, particularly prehistoric historical fiction, I enjoy the descriptions of how they ate, gathered food, built houses, made clothes, shaped weapons and tools, etc. While this is an entertaining novel, one only has to compare it to Sue Harrison's novels to see Smith's weaknesses. However, this is a first novel. Hopefully in her future novels (which I will read, by the way), Smith will have more confidence as a historical fiction writer and be able to include more of the anthropological detail that makes pre-historic fiction special.

I hope she writes more, this is a great book.

I got this book while waiting in line at a grocery store. The title seemed interesting and I am into historical view points, fictional or not. I absolutely loved the book. The relationships between the characters were very believable and the story line keep me up half the night trying to finish the book. I would definately recommend this book!!!

This is probably one of the best books on the subject. My son has AS and you do need pratical solutions for the difficult times. Yes, this book is primarily for teachers but considering teachers are going to be working with AS kids along side of parents I found the solutions in the book to be of value for both teachers and parents to work as a partnership in dealing with the special daily needs of AS Children and teens.This book is a must for anyone who deals with Asperger's syndrome.

This book is a must for parents of children with Asperger Syndrome. Understanding the behavior and reasoning of a child with Asperger is difficult to say the least.This book is a great resource to help parents understand and deal with the issues and behaviors of children with asperger.

Just wanted to mention that the title of this book was changed to "Asperger Syndrome and Difficult Moments: Practical Solutions for Tantrums, Rage, and Meltdowns" so it's still available on Amazon (do a search)

I highly recommend this book for both parents and professionals