Description: I: Introduction.- 1 Professional Attitudes toward Parents: A Forty-Year Progress Report.- II: Overview.- 2 Handicapped Children and Their Families.- 3 Research Concerning Families of Children with Autism.- 4 Helping Autistic Children through Their Parents: The TEACCH Model.- III: Parents as Advocates.- 5 Developmental Changes in Families with Autistic Children: A Parent's Perspective.- 6 The Role of the National Society in Working with Families.- 7 The Professional's Role as Advocate.- 8 Advocacy: Effectively Changing the System.- IV: Parents as Trainees.- 9 Parents as Behavior Therapists for Their Autistic Children: Clinical and Empirical Considerations.- 10 A Training Program for Families of Children with Autism: Responding to Family Needs.- 11 Training Parent-Child Interactions.- 12 Behavior Therapists Look at the Impact of an Autistic Child on the Family System.- V: Parents as Trainers.- 13 My Great Teachers.- 14 Parents as Trainers of Legislators, Other Parents, and Researchers.- 15 The Parent as Trainer of Professionals: Attitudes and Acceptance.- VI: Emotional Support and Siblings.- 16 Explaining Mental Retardation and Autism to Parents.- 17 Family Resources and Successful Adaptation to Autistic Children.- 18 Coping with Burnout.- 19 Children with Handicapped Brothers and Sisters.- 20 The Sibling's Changing Roles.

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