Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction to Asberger Syndrome: a developmental-lifespan perspective / Kevin P. Stoddart -- PART I: CLINICAL AND SERVICE PERSPECTIVES -- Clinical assessment of children and adolescents with Asperger Syndrome / Rosina G. Schnurr -- Anxiety and depression in children and adolescents with Asperger Syndrome / M. Mary Konstantareas -- Enhancing academic, social, emotional, and behavioural functioning in children with Asperger Syndrome and nonverbal learning disability / Barbara Muskat -- Tourette Syndrome and Asperger Syndrome: overlapping symptoms and treatment implications / Trina Epstein, Jennifer Saltzman-Benaiah -- Young adults with Asperger SYndrome: psychosocial issues and interventions / Kevin P. Stoddart -- Getting to work: helping the adolescent with Asperger Syndrome transition to employment / Gail Hawkins -- Sexuality and Asperger Syndrome: the need for socio-sexual education / Isabelle Hénault -- PART II: DISCIPLINE-BASED PERSPECTIVES -- Communication and Asperger Syndrome: the speech-language pathologist's role / Tracie Lindblad -- Integrating paediatrics and child development: Asperger Syndrome and the role of the developmental paediatrician / S. Wendy Roberts, Tamarah Kagan-Kushnir -- Children and adolescents with Asperger Syndrome: social work assessment and intervention / Kevin P. Stoddart ... [et al.] -- Medication use in children with high-functioning Pervasive Developmental Disorder and Asperger Syndrome / Leon Sloman -- Meeting the educational needs of the student with Asperger Syndrome through assessment, advocacy, and accommodations / Georgina Rayner -- Sensory and motor differences for individuals with Asperger Syndrome: occupational therapy assessment and intervention / Paula Aquilla ... [et al.] -- Psychological assessment of more able adults with autism spectrum disorders / Lillian Burke -- PART III: THEORETICAL AND RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES -- Developing a research agenda in Asperger Syndrome / Peter Szatmari -- In search of an Asperger culture / Charmaine C. Williams -- Child social interaction and parental self-efficacy: evaluating simultaneous groups for children with Asperger Syndrome and their parents / Leon Sloman, Jonathan Leef -- The genetics of autism spectrum disorders / Jeanette J.A. Holden, Xudong Liu -- Quality of life for children with Asperger Syndrome: parental perspectives / Anne Fudge Schormans ... [et al.] -- Depression and anxiety in parents of children and adolescents with Asperger Syndrome / Kevin P. Stoddart -- PART IV: PARENT AND PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES -- Asperger Syndrome: perceiving normality / Peter Jansen -- From despair to hope: a mother's Asperger story / Fern Lee Quint -- Searching for home in a foreign land: my discovery of Asperger Syndrome / Donna Moon -- Asperger Syndrome: it's a family matter / Margot Nelles -- Life on the outside: a personal perspective on Asperger Syndrome Chris J. Dakin.