Autism – a Holistic Approach
By Bob Woodward and Dr Marga Hogenboom
With a foreword by Colwyn Trevarthen

Educating and caring for an autistic child is a severely difficult task, too often associated with frustration and disappointment. As a result, autism is widely assumed to be a condition which places the child's inner development beyond the reach of parents and carers.

Autism, a Holistic Approach challenges this assumption, quoting case studies where curative education based on a holistic approach has resulted in marked improvements in the autistic individual's behaviour and social integration. Within an extended holistic programme - involving physical, sensory, social and play therapies - the autistic child comes to discover inner self-awareness and self-recognition, leading to first steps in relationships and social skills.

The authors cite their own practical experiences with these therapies, as well as the findings of other experts in the field to back up their discoveries. Well-researched and movingly written in its personal case histories, this book has an essential message for all those involved in the care and education of autistic children.

Bob Woodward, M. Ed. MPhil. has lived with and taught children with severe learning difficulties, including children with autism, since 1970. He works at the Sheiling School in Gloucestershire.

Marga Hogenboom, MRCGP, lives and works at the Camphill Rudolf Steiner School near Aberdeen.

This book has taught me that the philosophical approach of Anthroposophy . . . clearly does inspire carers and teachers. Colwyn Trevarthen Professor (Emeritus) of Child Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Edinburgh

Cover image. Detail from Walter Roggenkamp and Hildegard Osten, Et Incarnates Est.

Floris Books
272pp; paperback
ISBN: 0 86315 378 X

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