Bücher von Georg Theunissen

Viele Mitarbeiter*innen in der Behindertenhilfe, Lehrer* innen in Förder- und allgemeinbildenden Schulen, aber auch Eltern, heilpädagogische oder therapeutische Fachkräfte klagen über ein Problemverhalten, über Verhaltensstörungen oder Verhaltensauffälligkeiten bei Kindern, Jugendlichen und Erwachsenen mit Lernschwierigkeiten, geistiger oder komplexer Behinderung.Dieses Buch bietet auf fundierter wissenschaftlicher Grundlage konkrete Hilfen für den alltäglichen und speziellen Umgang mit herausforderndem Verhalten. Einen herausragenden Stellenwert hat dabei ein an Stärken orientiertes pädagogisches Konzept, das als Positive Verhaltensunterstützung nachweislich als effektiv und tragfähig für die Praxis gelten darf.Ein Lehrbuch für Schule, Heilpädagogik und außerschulische Unterstützungssysteme. In seiner 7. aktualisierten Auflage, erweitert durch Angebote wie Marte Meo®, tiergestützte Methoden, ProDeMa® und entwicklungsfreundliche Beziehung, ist es als Standardwerk für Best Practice unverzichtbar.

The subject of autism has enjoyed a considerable boom in recent years. A wealth of autobiographical reports on autistic perception, thinking and action by individuals who are affected has challenged the widespread clinical and pathologizing view of autism. This volume aims to understand the views of autistic individuals and to compare them with scientific findings, especially from the field of the neurosciences. Neuroscientific findings are shedding new light on the abilities and intelligence of people in the autistic spectrum. The characteristics that have been identified are then illuminated here by autistic persons themselves & with an ?inside view=, so to speak: perceptual peculiarities, unusual learning behaviour, focused thinking, difficulties in communicating and in social interaction, etc.

This book examines autism from the point of view of the strengths the condition confers, but without disregarding the challenges that autistic behavior poses for the surrounding world. The volume starts with an introduction on the history of treating with autism, before going on to outline the current understanding of the condition, always focusing on viewing the problem sympathetically. Moving on from there to educational practice, the book first discusses the guiding principles of contemporary remedial and special education, as well as work with the disabled. Central issues in educational work are then addressed, with topics ranging from early assistance and preschool teaching, school and classroom work, to adult education, vocational training, employment and housing.

Autism has been the focus of a controversial interdisciplinary discussion over the last few years. Next to enhanced criteria in regards to the diagnosis of autism, early diagnosis during infantry and more detailed tools in regards to registering autistic behaviour, the debate was increasingly characterised by the mongering of autistic behaviour. The result of this development is a breadth of expert and key terms, as well as new interpretations of existing terms. All of the significant key terms, which are important from a practical and theoretical point of view, are being addressed by the book and it therefore represents a solid scientific guide.

Work with people who have mental disabilities has been undergoing greater change in recent years than practically any other field in remedial and special needs teaching. As the ability of people with mental disability to learn and develop was recognized, a competence and strengths approach was adopted in the theories and concepts underlying support work for them, and this was supplemented by taking into account the views of those affected and a commitment to strengthen their legal rights. This pocket dictionary provides solid scientific guidance in the face of the rapid developments and upheavals in assistance for the mentally disabled that have taken place in recent years. It includes all of the major key concepts that are important from both the practical and theoretical viewpoints. At the same time, the pocket dictionary tries to indicate the interdisciplinary nature of this specialist field of work by including terms that come not only from the field of remedial and special needs teaching, but also from psychiatry/medicine, psychology, sociology, social policy and social work.