Stress and Coping in Autism

by M. Grace Baron, June Groden, Gerald Groden, Lewis P. Lipsitt

Overview

This important volume provides a theoretical framework for the usefulness of the stress construct in understanding and treating autism. Contributions by researchers, clinicians, teachers and persons living with autism illustrate how stress influences the lives of persons with autism; how those touched by autism cope with stress; and how clinicians, teachers and caregivers can reduce the impact of stress in autism.

The authors explore how stress contributes to the physiological, psychological, and overt behavioral manifestations of autism. Narratives by individuals with autism, family members, clinicians, and a musician help the reader to understand in a rich and unique way the role and impact stress can have in the life of people living with autism and also highlight creative coping strategies over a lifetime. Clinicians and educators offer a range of intervention and instructional strategies to reduce stress and to prevent or alleviate anxiety and other disruptive responses inherent in autism. This volume's biological, psychological and social perspectives on stress and autism reflect many modes of inquiry and types of information. Stress, Coping and Autism will be of great help to mental health professionals, researchers and caregivers alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195182262
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/13/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	9.52(w) x 6.30(h) x 1.41(d)

About the Author

Wheaton College

University of Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island

Brown University (Emeritus)

Table of Contents

I. FOUNDATIONS IN STRESS, COPING AND AUTISM
Assessment and Coping Strategies, June Groden, PhD, M. Grace Baron, PhD, Gerald Groden, PhD
Scientific Foundations for Research and PracticeM. Grace Baron, PhD, Lewis P. Lipsitt, PhD, Matthew S. Goodwin, MAII. THE EXPERIENCE OF STRESS IN AUTISM
Stopping the Constant Stress: A Personal Account, Temple Grandin, PhD
Living with Autism: A CollaborationClara Claiborne Park, MA and Jessica H. Park
Blind Tom: A Celebrated Slave Pianist Coping with the Stress of AutismJohn Davis, MM, BA and M. Grace Baron, PhDIII. EMERGING PATHWAYS FOR THE STUDY OF STRESS, COPING, AND AUTISM
Is Autism a Stress Disorder? What Studies of Nonautistic Populations Can Tell Us, Kathleen Morgan, PhD
Autism and the Physiology of Stress and AnxietyRaymond G. Romancyzk, PhD and Jennifer M. Gillis, MA
I Can't Get Started: Stress and the Role of Movement Differences in People with AutismAnne M. Donnellan, PhD, Martha R. Leary, MA, CCC-SLP, Jodi Patterson Robledo, PhD
Therapist Insights in Working with Stress in People with Autism Spectrum DisorderLawrence Bartak, MA, PhD, Verity Bottroff, PhD, Joanna Zeitz, MAIV. STRATEGIES FOR COPING WITH STRESS
Stress and Coping Among Family Members of Individuals with Autism, Beth A. Glasberg, PhD, Megan Martins, MS, Sandra L. Harris, PhD
Communication and Stress in Students with Autism Spectrum DisordersDiane Twachtman-Cullen, PhD, CCC-SLP
Understanding the Role of Stress in Autism: The Key to Teaching for IndependenceJanice E. Janzen, MS, M. Grace Baron, PhD, June Groden, PhD
Asperger's Syndrome and Problems Related to StressTony Attwood, PhD
The Experience of Bereavement for Those with Developmental DisabilitiesPatricia Wisocki, PhD
Diagnosis and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Individuals with Autism Spectrum DisorderLuke Tsai, MD