Autism Through the Lifespan: The Eden Model - Softcover

Holmes, David L.

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9780933149281: Autism Through the Lifespan: The Eden Model

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ISBN 10: 093314928X ISBN 13: 9780933149281

Publisher: Woodbine House, 1998

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For more than twenty years, The Eden Family of Services in Princeton, New Jersey, has provided comprehensive behaviorally based services for children and adults with autism. Now Eden's founding director, David L. Holmes, Ed.D., writes about autism and the specialized programs offered at Eden in Autism Through the Lifespan, explaining how Eden's theories and practices can be replicated in other communities.

With numerous examples and case histories, Autism Through the Lifespan presents an indepth model for helping children and adults with autism that will be of interest to professionals and parents alike. It begins with an overview of what's known about autism today, then continues with discussions about Eden's approach to modifying behavior, placement and treatment, their "zero reject" policy, curriculum from early childhood to adulthood, staffing issues, inclusion, decision making, and parental roles.

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"Eden Institute was founded 23 years ago in New Jersey by Dr. David L. Holmes. The Eden programme development, expansion and operational practice are described in this book, with the goal of facilitating similar projects elsewhere. Also, there are chapters on the definition of autism, and a review of the most popular treatments available in North America for persons with autism.

The Eden Family of Services has experienced tremendous growth over the years and offers, at the present time, a full range of community-based services for children and adults with autism and their families. The programme remains loyal to some of its distinctive features: life-span philosophy, zero-rejection policy, use of behaviour modification techniques and respect for the person as an active partner, as exemplified in their preference for the term 'participant' versus 'client'....

Dr. Holmes, and staff and participants should be praised for their commitment to autism and for their determination in explaining what they do and how they do it. A particularly devoted group of readers will be the 170 families now being served by the network. I can only wish that all programmes would make this effort and produce an equivalent book." --Autism: International Journal of Research & Practice

About the Author:

Founder and Executive Director of The Eden Family of Services, David L. Holmes received his graduate degrees in special education and educational psychology from Rutgers University. He is Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Princeton University.

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