Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date : March 24, 2005
Pages : 417
Format : Pdf
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Quality : Excellent
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 0195159918
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Speaking as someone with both a Masters in Linguistics and a child on the Autism spectrum who will likely not develop Theory of Mind without assistance, I found answers to many questions I wanted answered.
It was most enlightening to see the predictor of TOM in kids on the spectrum, as well as studies from deaf people which supported the notion that language (especially for spectrum kids) plays a crucial roles.
It’s especially interesting to me that the consultant/agency I used for my child’s early intervention program considered my son all-caught-up in his language skills while he still had not mastered what research in this book considers the prerequisite to TOM. As such, this book provided a new direction for us.
While, in fact, early intervention programs do make use of the structures shown to be critical in the research in this book, I feel that the comprehensive view of how TOM is acquired that this book presents may shed new light and illuminate a better path towards helping TOM acquisition in children where it does not necessarily occur naturally (though this book does show how/when it does in that group of children).
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