Teaching Children with Autism to Mind–Read: The Workbook

This book explores the relationship of ‘theory of mind’ deficits to social and communication problems in children with autism. Specific issues covered include:How to interpret facial expressionsHow to recognize feelings of anger, sadness, fear and happinessHow to see things from another person’s perspectiveHow feelings are affected by what has happened and what is expected to happen next
A companion to Teaching Children with Autism to Mind–Read: A Practical Guide, this book is based on the authors′ successful experimental work and provides a detailed interven­tion program, with accessible teach­ing materials to help autistic children improve their understanding of beliefs, emotion, and pretence.

Nota biograficzna:
Pat Howlin is Professor of Clinical Psychology at St George’s Hospital Medical School, UK and author of numerous books and articles on intervention in autism, including Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome (Wiley, 1998).
Simon Baron–Cohen is Professor of Developmental Psychopathology and Director of the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge University, UK. He is one of the co–discoverers of the ‘theory of mind’ deficit in autism, his key books are Mindblindness (MIT Press, 1995) and The Essential Difference (Penguin, 2003).
Julie Hadwin is Lecturer in Developmental Psychology at Southampton University, UK. She carried out the research on which the first edition is based.

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This book explores the relationship of ‘theory of mind’ deficits to social and communication problems in children with autism. Specific issues covered include:How to interpret facial expressionsHow to recognize feelings of anger, sadness, fear and happinessHow to see things from another person’s perspectiveHow feelings a re affected by what has happened and what is expected to happen next
A companion to Teaching Children with Autism to Mind–Read: A Practical Guide, this book is based on the authors′ successful experimental work and provides a detailed interven­tion program, with accessible teach­ing materials to help autistic children improve their understanding of beliefs, emotion, and pretence.