Guest guest Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 This book cites such old information. But I guess if you didn't know any better you'd believe what it had to say. I know that's not the case. My daughter tells me every night that she loves me and I'm sure she means it and understands it. > Please email with polite rebuttals of the flat-out false information in the psychology book below. This is the book used for the TN Board of Regents Learning and Memory course, a senior-level course. I am amazed that such false info is *still* being spread. Please note the following in your reply: > > autism is *NOT* psychological, but biological and neurological in nature > > children with autism desperately love their parents but oftentimes cannot tolerate the sensory overload > > the majority of children with autism no *NOT* bang their heads and act as the description of worse-case-scenario > > autistic individuals are generally quite capable of functioning in society without institutionalization, especially when biological and behavioral interventions are offered together > > and definitely cite a ton of scientific study showing all the treatments available > > > E. Purdy: purdy@s... > R. Markham: michael.markham@f... > L. Schwartz: bennett.schwartz@f... > C. Gordon: gordonwc@w... > > Book: Learning and Memory, Second Edition, ISBN:0-534-16914-7 > > Page 107, beginning paragraph 3: > > " Using Shaping to Help Autistic Children Learn Language. Autism is a severe psychological disorder that begins in early childhood and can have devastating effects on the child and the family. The symptoms of autism include a lack of emotional attachment to the parents, extreme social withdrawl, aggressive behavior, repetitive ritualistic behaviors, and violent self-injury. These children sometimes spend hours repeating the same behavior, especially rocking back and forth, and often they pound their fists against their faces or strike their heads against hard or sharp surfaces. Another common feature of autism is that most of these children do not speak at all or they exhibit echolalia, which is a robot-like repitition of anything that is said. > > The chances for improvement without treatment are quite poor. WIthout effective treatment, these individuals often spend their entire lives in hospitals or psychiatric > institutions. Unfortunately, most therapies, including psychiatric and medical treatments, are not effective in treating autism (Lovaas, 1987.) Once exception is the behavioral treatment program developed by Lovaas in the 1960's... " > > Then on to paragraph 7 of page 107: > > " ...It is important to remember that autistic children typically show little or no improvement with any other type of treatment. " > (other than Lovaas treatment) > > > > Check out my book, 's Little Sister, ISBN 1-4137-1724-1 > www.debityree.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 This book cites such old information. But I guess if you didn't know any better you'd believe what it had to say. I know that's not the case. My daughter tells me every night that she loves me and I'm sure she means it and understands it. > Please email with polite rebuttals of the flat-out false information in the psychology book below. This is the book used for the TN Board of Regents Learning and Memory course, a senior-level course. I am amazed that such false info is *still* being spread. Please note the following in your reply: > > autism is *NOT* psychological, but biological and neurological in nature > > children with autism desperately love their parents but oftentimes cannot tolerate the sensory overload > > the majority of children with autism no *NOT* bang their heads and act as the description of worse-case-scenario > > autistic individuals are generally quite capable of functioning in society without institutionalization, especially when biological and behavioral interventions are offered together > > and definitely cite a ton of scientific study showing all the treatments available > > > E. Purdy: purdy@s... > R. Markham: michael.markham@f... > L. Schwartz: bennett.schwartz@f... > C. Gordon: gordonwc@w... > > Book: Learning and Memory, Second Edition, ISBN:0-534-16914-7 > > Page 107, beginning paragraph 3: > > " Using Shaping to Help Autistic Children Learn Language. Autism is a severe psychological disorder that begins in early childhood and can have devastating effects on the child and the family. The symptoms of autism include a lack of emotional attachment to the parents, extreme social withdrawl, aggressive behavior, repetitive ritualistic behaviors, and violent self-injury. These children sometimes spend hours repeating the same behavior, especially rocking back and forth, and often they pound their fists against their faces or strike their heads against hard or sharp surfaces. Another common feature of autism is that most of these children do not speak at all or they exhibit echolalia, which is a robot-like repitition of anything that is said. > > The chances for improvement without treatment are quite poor. WIthout effective treatment, these individuals often spend their entire lives in hospitals or psychiatric > institutions. Unfortunately, most therapies, including psychiatric and medical treatments, are not effective in treating autism (Lovaas, 1987.) Once exception is the behavioral treatment program developed by Lovaas in the 1960's... " > > Then on to paragraph 7 of page 107: > > " ...It is important to remember that autistic children typically show little or no improvement with any other type of treatment. " > (other than Lovaas treatment) > > > > Check out my book, 's Little Sister, ISBN 1-4137-1724-1 > www.debityree.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Hope cant' say she loves me, but I know she does. When the mood strikes her she comes to me, gives me a big hug and keeps saying " mum " and patting my back. As far as autism being psychological, true it's not. But until they move it out of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) and get a better classification of it in the ICD-9. Right now it's lumped into 299.0 which is a psychological diagnosis (psychosis with origin specific to childhood), and totally not accurate. Toni Wells I sew, I sew. It's off to shop I go. :-) http://designs.merlins-avalon.com Re: autism action needed This book cites such old information. But I guess if you didn't know any better you'd believe what it had to say. I know that's not the case. My daughter tells me every night that she loves me and I'm sure she means it and understands it. > Please email with polite rebuttals of the flat-out false information in the psychology book below. This is the book used for the TN Board of Regents Learning and Memory course, a senior-level course. I am amazed that such false info is *still* being spread. Please note the following in your reply: > > autism is *NOT* psychological, but biological and neurological in nature > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Hope cant' say she loves me, but I know she does. When the mood strikes her she comes to me, gives me a big hug and keeps saying " mum " and patting my back. As far as autism being psychological, true it's not. But until they move it out of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) and get a better classification of it in the ICD-9. Right now it's lumped into 299.0 which is a psychological diagnosis (psychosis with origin specific to childhood), and totally not accurate. Toni Wells I sew, I sew. It's off to shop I go. :-) http://designs.merlins-avalon.com Re: autism action needed This book cites such old information. But I guess if you didn't know any better you'd believe what it had to say. I know that's not the case. My daughter tells me every night that she loves me and I'm sure she means it and understands it. > Please email with polite rebuttals of the flat-out false information in the psychology book below. This is the book used for the TN Board of Regents Learning and Memory course, a senior-level course. I am amazed that such false info is *still* being spread. Please note the following in your reply: > > autism is *NOT* psychological, but biological and neurological in nature > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 We received a response that it was info in the 1990 printing that was carried forward without updating in the 2002 printing. I'm so glad I can have confidence in the materials I'm being taught (NOT!). I've never met or heard of a person with autism who didn't love their parents. I do know several who can't take the perfumes, touches, sounds, and movements of parents or other people so prefer not to engage. If people take the time to look inside and really get to know people with autism, they can see the feelings and intelligence is the same as NT, we just haven't learned their way of communicating. This is a huge difference that should be explained in all places, a psychology class called " learning and memory " . Of course, once I read it I was sure that at least my class knows the truth. <g> Debi > Hope cant' say she loves me, but I know she does. When the mood strikes her she comes to me, gives me a big hug and keeps saying " mum " and patting my back. > > As far as autism being psychological, true it's not. But until they move it out of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) and get a better classification of it in the ICD-9. Right now it's lumped into 299.0 which is a psychological diagnosis (psychosis with origin specific to childhood), and totally not accurate. > > Toni Wells > I sew, I sew. It's off to shop I go. :-) > http://designs.merlins-avalon.com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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