Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Truths -- Definitions -- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual -- Causes -- Characteristics -- Challenges for Parents -- Discussion Starters -- Chapter 2. Being a Critical Consumer -- Assessment Procedures and Tools -- Intervention Strategies -- Addressing Communication Needs -- PRT -- Augmentative and Alternative Communication -- Social Stories -- Social Skill Groups -- Providing Choices -- Visual Strategies -- Behaviors Are Messages -- An Ounce of Prevention -- When the Fit Happens -- What I Believe -- Discussion Starters -- Chapter 3. Autism in the House -- Whole House Organization -- Order in the Kitchen -- Dietary Interventions? -- It's Potty Time -- The Space to Move -- Making Common Areas Work -- More Than a Bedroom -- A Word About Siblings -- What Is on the TV? -- When Technology Does Not Help -- What I Believe -- Discussion Starters -- Chapter 4. Talking, Playing, Doing, Being! -- Communication Development -- Play and Social Skill Development -- Social Communication Development -- Joint Attention -- What I Believe -- Discussion Starters -- Chapter 5. School Days, School Days! -- Proactive Planning -- Advocating for Your Child -- Interventions for School -- IFSP and IEP Is Not Alphabet Soup! -- Extended School Year and Regression/Recoupment -- What I Believe -- Discussion Starters -- Chapter 6. Managing Behavior Before It Manages You -- Behavioral Intervention -- Teenagers: A Breed Apart -- What I Believe -- Discussion Starters -- Chapter 7. A Potato on the Couch -- Asperger Syndrome -- Cognitive Abilities -- Language Abilities -- Social Abilities -- Sensory and Motor Skills -- Academic Skills -- Case Studies -- What I Believe -- Discussion Starters -- Chapter 8. All in the Family -- Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear.

What Families Have Taught Me -- Real Information from Real People -- What I Believe -- Chapter 9. Beyond High School -- Transition Planning -- Preparing to Enter the Workforce -- Preparing for College or Advanced Education and Training -- Interpersonal Relationships -- What I Believe -- Discussion Starters -- References -- Appendix A: Resources for Parents -- Appendix B: Basic Vocabulary for Parents -- Appendix C: Screening, Diagnostic, and Assessment Tools for Autism and Asperger Syndrome -- Index.