Asperger Syndrome, Second Edition: Assessing and Treating High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Asperger
syndrome
Assessing and Treating
High-Functioning Autism spectrum disorders
se Co n d e d I T Io n
Edited by
James C. mcpartland
Ami Klin
Fred r. Volkmar
Foreword by Maria asperger Felder
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Asperger syndrome : assessing and treating high-functioning autism
spectrum disorders / edited by James C. McPartland, Ami Klin,
Fred R. Volkmar ; foreword by Maria Asperger Felder. — Second edition.
pages cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4625-1414-4 (hardback : acid-free paper)
1. Asperger’s syndrome. I. McPartland, James C., editor of
compilation. II. Klin, Ami, editor of compilation. III. Volkmar,
Fred R, editor of compilation.
RC553.A88A788 2014
616.85′883200835—dc23
2008021106
To the memory of our colleague
Dr. Sara S. Sparrow—teacher, mentor, and friend
About the Editors
James C. McPartland, PhD, is Assistant Professor, Director of the Devel-
opmental Disabilities Clinic, and Associate Director of the Developmental
Electrophysiology Laboratory at the Yale Child Study Center, Yale
University School of Medicine. Dr. McPartland’s research focuses on the
clinical neuroscience of autism spectrum disorders from infancy through
adulthood. He is a recipient of honors including the Behavioral Science
Track Award for Rapid Transition and a Patient-Oriented Research Career
Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health, the
NARSAD Atherton Young Investigator Award, the Young Investiga-
tor Award from the International Society for Autism Research, and the
Klerman Prize for Exceptional Achievement in Clinical Research from the
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation.
Ami Klin, PhD, is Director of the Marcus Autism Center at Children’s
Healthcare of Atlanta and Professor and Chief of the Division of Autism
and Related Disabilities at Emory University School of Medicine. He is
also a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar and a faculty member
at Emory’s Center for Translational Social Neuroscience. He formerly was
Professor at the Yale Child Study Center, where he directed the Autism Pro-
gram. Dr. Klin’s research focuses on the social development and well-being
of individuals with autism spectrum disorders from infancy through adult-
hood. He directs the National Institutes of Health Autism Center of Excel-
lence at the Marcus Autism Center and Emory University, which includes
genetic, social, and behavioral neuroscience studies in human infants and
in model systems.
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About the editors vii
Fred R. Volkmar, MD, is Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry,
Pediatrics, and Psychology and Director of the Yale Child Study Center at
the Yale University School of Medicine. He is also Chief of Child Psychiatry
at Yale–New Haven Hospital. Dr. Volkmar was the primary author of the
American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-IV autism and pervasive devel-
opmental disorders section. He is the author of several hundred scientific
papers and chapters as well as a number of books, and serves as Editor of
the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
Contributors
Tony Attwood, PhD, Minds and Hearts, West End, Queensland, Australia
Jane Thierfeld Brown, EdD, University of Connecticut School of Law,
Hartford, Connecticut
Jonathan M. Campbell, PhD, Department of Educational, School, and
Counseling Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Yu-Chi Chou, PhD, Special Education Department, University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kansas
Susan E. Folstein, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Miller School of Medicine,
University of Miami, Miami, Florida
Caitlin M. Hudac, PhD, Developmental Brain Laboratory, University
of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
Carrah L. James, PhD, private practice, Spokane, Washington
Ami Klin, PhD, Marcus Autism Center, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Dana Kober, MD, Department of Pediatric Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital,
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Rebecca Landa, PhD, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
Hyo Jung Lee, PhD, Department of Education, Dongguk University,
Seoul, South Korea
James W. Loomis, PhD, Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School
of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and The Center for Children with
Special Needs, Glastonbury, Connecticut
James C. McPartland, PhD, Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School
of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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