Stress and Coping in Autism
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,...
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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.
IFoundations in stress, coping, and autism131Assessment and coping strategies152Scientific foundations for research and practice42IIThe experience of stress in autism693Stopping the constant stress : a personal account714Living with autism : a collaboration825Blind Tom : a celebrated slave pianist coping with the stress of autism96IIIEmerging pathways for the study of stress, coping, and autism1276Is autism a stress disorder? : what studies of nonautistic populations can tell us1297Autism and the physiology of stress and anxiety1838I can't get started : stress and the role of movement differences in people with autism2059Therapist insights in working with stress in people with autism spectrum disorder246IVStrategies for coping with stress27510Stress and coping among family members of individuals with autism27711Communication and stress in students with autism spectrum disorders30212Understanding the role of stress in autism : the key to teaching for independence32413Asperger's syndrome and problems related to stress35114The experience of bereavement for those with developmental disabilities37115Diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders in individuals with autism spectrum disorder388
