Author Patricia Romanowski Bashe has revised this edition of Asperger Syndrome to reflect the latest in: working with professionals--building a team, negotiating for your child, and keeping everyone's focus on high expectations for academic, social, and emotional success; Special Education--from early intervention through transition, college, and other postsecondary options, including how special education works and steps to take when it does not; health and safety--sexuality education, health care, and insurance coverage, as well as understanding the real-life health and safety risks children with AS face and learning the steps that only parents can take to protect them; options and interventions--with an emphasis on established guidelines for evidence-based treatments, including medication, applied behavior analysis, cognitive-behavior therapy; social stories, comic strip conversations, and more.

"A parent's guide to give kids with Asperger Syndrome the skills that will make them feel as smart as they truly are"-- "This is the book parents need to learn how to teach the "independence curriculum" to children with Asperger Syndrome at home. Success--in school, at home, on the playground, and beyond--depends on mastering countless basic living skills most kids just "pick up" almost by osmosis. Yet research shows that even children with ASDs who have high IQs often fall behind in meeting age-appropriate expectations when it comes to self-care, doing chores, and managing their time"--