05544nam a22006135i 4500 978-3-031-46463-8 DE-He213 20251030111727.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240319s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031464638 978-3-031-46463-8 10.1007/978-3-031-46463-8 doi BF712-724.92 JMC bicssc PSY039000 bisacsh JMC thema Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders [electronic resource] / edited by Fred R. Volkmar, Brian Reichow, James C. McPartland. 2nd ed. 2024. Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2024. X, 519 p. 3 illus., 1 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Chapter 1. Autism Spectrum Disorder in Adolescents and Adults – An Introduction -- Part 1: Clinical and Research Perspectives -- Chapter 2. Families Of Autistic Adults -- Chapter 3. Transitioning from High School to Adulthood: Optimizing Outcomes for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder -- Chapter 4. Social Skills Training for Autistic Adolescents and Adults -- Chapter 5. Romantic Relationships, Sexuality, and Autism -- Chapter 6. Adult services and employment for adults with autism: Options, challenges, and hope -- Chapter 7. Supporting Autistic Students in College -- Chapter 8. Optimizing Self-Sufficiency and Independence through Adaptive Behavior -- Chapter 9. Pharmacotherapy of Behavioral Symptoms and Psychiatric Comorbidities in Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders -- Chapter 10. Residential Options and Treatment for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum -- Chapter 11. Range of Adult Outcomes -- Chapter 12. Medical Care and Common Medical Comorbidities in ASD -- Chapter 13. Mental Health Issues in Adolescents and Adults with ASD -- Chapter 14. Autism Spectrum Disorder and Unlawful Behavior -- Chapter 15. Assessment and Treatment Planning in Autistic Adults -- Chapter 16. The Epidemiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Adulthood -- Chapter 17. Psychotherapeutic Approaches for Autistic Adolescents and Adults -- Part 2: Personal Perspectives -- Chapter 18. A Parent’s Perspective -- Chapter 19. Severe Autism from a Parent’s Perspective, Told in Clichés -- Chapter 20. A Middle Aged Man Looks at a Childhood Diagnosis: A New First Person Account of Autism -- Chapter 21. A personal perspective -- Chapter 22. An Adult Sibling’s Perspective on Autism. The second edition of this book examines the numerous research and practice advances with regard to adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Expert contributors offer cogent reviews of complex issues, from education to employment, leisure activities to illegal behaviors, mental health issues to medical health concerns. The volume explores the latest findings in key areas, such as psychosocial and residential treatments, social skills programs, epidemiology, the impact of ASD on families. The book focuses on areas of research and practice that require improved models of assessment, current data, new interventions, and increased support services. Key areas of coverage include: Transition from high school to adulthood for adolescents and young adults with ASD. Innovative programming to support college students with ASD. Romantic relationships, sexuality and ASD. Treatment of mental health comorbidities. Assessment and treatment planning in adults with ASD. The range of outcomes and challenges in middle and later life for individuals with autism. The second edition of Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders is a must-have reference for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and other practitioners in clinical child, school, and developmental psychology, psychiatry, social work, rehabilitation medicine/therapy, special education, and general practice/family medicine. Developmental psychology. Psychiatry. 70761 Social service. Educational psychology. 57583 Medical care. Family medicine. 63339 Developmental Psychology. Psychiatry. 70761 Social Work. 62482 Educational Psychology. 57583 Health Care. 66563 General Practice and Family Medicine. 73291 Volkmar, Fred R. editor. (orcid)0000-0002-4248-3384 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4248-3384 edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 73292 Reichow, Brian. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 73293 McPartland, James C. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 73294 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031464621 Printed edition: 9783031464645 Printed edition: 9783031464652 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46463-8 ZDB-2-BSP ZDB-2-SXBP 58428 58428