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Autism and Understanding: The Waldon Approach to Child Development de Walter Solomon

Autism and Understanding: The Waldon Approach to Child Development

Autor Walter Solomon, Chris Holland, Mary Jo Middleton
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 mai 2012

Ceea ce aduce nou Autism and Understanding în literatura de specialitate este o perspectivă longitudinală și practică asupra metodei Waldon, fundamentată pe o experiență personală de peste patru decenii. Apreciem modul în care Walter Solomon, alături de Chris Holland și Mary Jo Middleton, reușește să pună în dialog rigoarea științifică cerută de cercetători cu limbajul accesibil necesar părinților. Cartea nu se limitează la teorie, ci documentează transformarea fiului autorului dintr-un copil considerat „sub-normal” într-un adult integrat social și profesional.

Structura volumului este una progresivă, începând cu secțiuni biografice ce acoperă perioada 1968-2011, urmate de o analiză detaliată a Teoriei Waldon despre dezvoltarea copilului. Ne-a atras atenția includerea unor studii de caz diversificate, care demonstrează că principiile „învățării-cum-să-înveți” sunt aplicabile unei game largi de nevoi speciale, nu doar spectrului autist. Finalul cărții este dedicat „Lecturii Funcționale”, oferind o orientare practică pentru intervențiile educaționale.

Cititorii familiarizați cu Understanding and Teaching Children with Autism de Rita Jordan vor aprecia la acest volum faptul că, deși ambele resping ideea de „leac miraculos”, Solomon propune o alternativă la viziunea clasică a autismului ca barieră insurmontabilă, punând accent pe intervenția care facilitează înțelegerea lumii înconjurătoare. Spre deosebire de alte lucrări care se concentrează pe gestionarea comportamentelor, abordarea de față vizează fundamentul cognitiv al dezvoltării. Tonul este unul echilibrat, oferind speranță fără a ignora dificultățile reale ale procesului educațional.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781446209233
ISBN-10: 1446209237
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 170 x 242 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications Ltd
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Această lucrare este esențială pentru educatorii și părinții care caută o metodă structurată de a sprijini dezvoltarea cognitivă a copiilor cu nevoi speciale. Cititorul câștigă o înțelegere profundă a modului în care procesul de învățare poate fi deblocat prin tehnici specifice, transformând o perspectivă clinică rigidă într-un parcurs educațional constructiv, validat prin studii de caz și succese pe termen lung.

Despre autor

Walter Solomon este un promotor dedicat al abordării Waldon, experiența sa fiind profund marcată de parcursul personal în sprijinirea fiului său diagnosticat cu autism. Împreună cu practicieni precum Chris Holland și Mary Jo Middleton, acesta a documentat și extins metodele Dr. Geoffrey Waldon, adaptându-le cerințelor educaționale moderne. Expertiza autorilor combină cercetarea teoretică cu practica terapeutică în centre dedicate, oferind o voce autoritară în domeniul educației speciale și al psihologiei dezvoltării.

Descriere scurtă

[The authors] provide a detailed breakdown of the scientific underpinnings of Waldon's theory in language accessible enough for parents and rigorous enough to satisfy the informed researcher/practitioner.  
 - The Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Daniel S. Posner, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Icahn School of medicine at Mt Sinai, New York, NY


The author sets out an approach based on Dr Geoffrey Waldon's philosophy of the development of understanding, which centres on helping children learn-how-to-learn. The book includes:
- The inspirational and well documented story of the author's son, diagnosed at two with autism and as 'basically sub-normal', now a successful professional with a wife and child.
- An introduction to Geoffrey Waldon's theory and working methods.
- Testimony from parents and teachers, covering autism and a range of learning difficulties.
This book does not offer a 'miracle cure' for autism, although the author aims to counteract the prevailing view that autism is a lifetime condition. The author demonstrates that with the appropriate intervention, children with autism - and other special needs - can gain a fuller understanding of the world and learn to take a constructive and contributing place in it.
Teachers, therapists, doctors, parents and special interest groups will find this book an important and potentially transformational read.

Recenzii

'Dr Waldon offered hope to parents, not only changing lives but also often saving lives. The book is a worthy tribute to how Dr Waldon dediated his life to helping children and their families'


-Saira Pester, Special Children

'A regular one hour lesson using the Waldon Approach can have a significant and lasting impact. It is refreshingly low-tech, and complements and reinforces the student's learning and activities throughout the rest of their day. But, most important, it provides a framework for understanding how children learn and how children who have difficulties might be helped'

-Peter Bowker, Teacher of the Waldon Approach

'Geoffrey's theories were about development and learning and they were applicable to everyone at every stage of life. Although his ideas were actually far broader, he became identified with learning disabilities and with autism. But anyone, from any culture or of any age, could benefit'

-John Gooding Teacher of the Waldon Approach

'Author Walter Solomon is a father
inspired to write about his son and the
educational programme which the
author feels was crucial to his son
overturning the experts’ expectations to
become an employed, happily married
man...He puts his case convincingly,
leading you into an understanding of the
method, rather than trying to define it up
front.This is a book I am going to treasure'
- Communication

'This is an important book for mental health professionals about the Waldon approach to child development, and based originally on the author's experience with his son...This is clearly a philosophy that deserves to be more widely known, and the author has done a fine job in this respect'
-David Lorimer, SCI-MED Network News


'It is meant to be, and succeeds in being, accessible to parents and teachers...It is a fascinating and highly readable publication'
The book is easy to read and is often written as a dialoguebetween people discussing an experience or teachers andother professionals retelling a case study and the progressthose children made. There is an extensive bibliographythat has been personally selected by the author andsorted into books on autism, child development,neuroscience and movement. However, I question theauthor’s opinion that autism is not a lifelong conditionand that the Waldon Approach can be used at any age inany culture.This book would be informative for teachers and otherprofessionals who work with autistic children that maybe further along on the spectrum, although it may havelimited application for the specialist literacy teacher.
"The authors of this book should be congratulated for producing a useful resource that explains the journey of one family through the maze of autism....it explores most of the important issues of autism in an accessible and jargon-free way.  It also gives the reader access to a website with relevant videos, podcasts, forums and other valuable materials."
-Mike Gibbs, Keele University

Cuprins

Early Days 1968-1972
School Years 1972-1987
College Years, UK and Israel 1987-1998
Work and Marriage 1998-2011
The Waldon Theory of Child Development and the Waldon Approach
Centres Influenced by Geoffrey Waldon
Case Studies of Children on the Autistic Spectrum
Not Only for Autism - More Case Studies
Functional Reading: A Special Orientation of the Approach

Descriere

The personal account of the journey to adulthood of a person with autism, plus the account of a particular type of therapy which allows learning to develop.