Overview
- Editor in Chief: Fred R. Volkmar, Director of the Child Study Center of the Yale University School of Medicine
- Associate Editors: Michael D. Powers, Rhea Paul, Kevin Pelphrey
- Contributors: Leading scholars, researchers, and clinicians in autism
- Offers a foundation of broadly based topics across the broad expanse of autism, pervasive developmental disabilities (PDDs) and related intellectual disabilities
- Hyperlinks from Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders articles in both PDF and HTML formats lead interested readers to broader coverage across the encyclopedia entries
- Serves as a reference repository of knowledge for the field as well as a conduit of information from leading research before it trickles down to the standard textbooks
- Offers an extensive cross-referencing system that will facilitate the search and retrieval of information
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About this book
This major reference work breaks new ground as an electronic resource for students, educators, researchers, and professionals. Comprehensive in breath and textbook in depth, the Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders serves as a reference repository of knowledge in the field as well as a regularly updated conduit of new knowledge long before such information trickles down from research to standard textbooks. The Encyclopedia consists of 5 volumes and approximately 1,500 entries divided by the major conceptual areas of ASD and PDDs, including:
- Research trends and findings
- Behavior/speech
- Communication
- Treatments
- Education
Taking advantage of the techniques offered by the electronic medium, the Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders offers an extensive cross-referencing system facilitating search and retrieval of information.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Fred R. Volkmar M.D., is the Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology at the Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine. An international authority on Asperger's disorder and autism, Dr. Volkmar was the primary author of the DSM-IV autism and pervasive developmental disorders section. He has authored several hundred scientific papers and has co-edited numerous books, including Asperger Syndrome, Healthcare for Children on the Autism Spectrum: A Guide to Medical, Nutritional, and Behavioral Issues, and the recently released third edition of The Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders. He has served as associate editor of the Journal of Autism, the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and the American Journal of Psychiatry. He also serves as co-chairperson of the autism/MR committee of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Starting in March 2007 he will serve as editor of the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Editors: Fred R. Volkmar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Springer Reference Behavioral Science and Psychology, Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences, Reference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-6435-8
Number of Pages: LV, 3422
Number of Illustrations: 51 b/w illustrations, 64 illustrations in colour
Topics: Child and School Psychology, Psychiatry, Sociology of Education, Neurosciences, Neuropsychology, Social Work
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals