Understanding Children & Families with Autism Spectrum Disorders by Renee (Rivki) Silverberg

978-1-62212-726-9-RSilverbergCoverAbout the Book

Understanding Children & Families with Autism Spectrum Disorders provides an OBJECTIVE, informative, and helpful view of ASD. There is a great need for a book on autism spectrum disorder that provides OBJECTIVE information that will allow families and professionals to provide a high quality, pro-social life for children with ASD. The book discusses the various issues, developmental processes, possible therapies, DSM-IV-TR, the current DSM-5, and educational approaches.

Renee (Rivki) Silverberg is certified/licensed as a Preschool-3rd grade and Students with Disabilities Teacher. Her college education includes State University of New York Rockland Community College, New York University, and City University of New York Kingsborough Community College, with studies in Early Childhood Education and Liberal Arts. She has a B.A. from Dominican College in Social Sciences and Dean’s List awards from Rockland and Kingsborough Community Colleges.

Renee is credentialed as a human services board-certified practitioner. Her other certifications include certified autism specialist; Montessori teacher’s diploma; certified behavior management specialist; early childhood lead teacher certificate; national association education of young children member; early childhood certification and New Jersey Registry for childhood professionals Level VII certificate.

About the Author

Renee SilverbergThe author is an avid New York Mets fan who plans to author more books. She loves spending time with family, the beach, hot weather, visiting Israel, photography, Taylor Swift’s music, and she hopes the New York Mets win the World Series and the New York Giants win the Super-Bowl. She is currently working on her second book Understanding Children: The Early Years Birth-5.